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import pickle
import pandas as pd
from mwclient import Site
import datetime
import time


    

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start_time = time.time()
start_time


    

    
Out[67]:





1483482304.675926

In [68]:

    

pol_tracker = None
def read_politician_tracker() : 
    global pol_tracker
    pol_tracker = pd.read_csv('profile-reading-tracker')
    pol_tracker = pol_tracker[['handle','finished_reading']]
read_politician_tracker()
pol_tracker.head()


    

    
Out[68]:






  

    

      

      
handle
      
finished_reading
    
  
  

    

      
0
      
Quincy_Timberlake
      
False
    
    

      
1
      
Fanny_Edelman
      
False
    
    

      
2
      
Stojan_Novaković
      
False
    
    

      
3
      
Paul_Scheffer
      
False
    
    

      
4
      
Ed_Robb
      
False
    
  

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def get_unread_politician(pol_tracker):
    data_to_be_read = pol_tracker[pol_tracker['finished_reading'] == False]
    if(data_to_be_read.shape[0] > 0) :
        return data_to_be_read.iloc[0]['handle']
    else:
        return None
    
def write_read_politician(pol_tracker, politician):
    pol_tracker.loc[pol_tracker['handle'] == politician, 'finished_reading'] = True
    pol_tracker.to_csv('profile-reading-tracker')
    
get_unread_politician(pol_tracker)


    

    
Out[69]:





'Quincy_Timberlake'

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user_agent = 'Uni Koblenz-Landau student, kandhasamy@uni-koblenz.de'
wiki = Site(host='en.wikipedia.org', clients_useragent=user_agent)


    

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#this is just for testing whether writing the tracker file and reading back works or not
for i in range(1, 10):
    handle = get_unread_politician(pol_tracker)
    print(handle)
    write_read_politician(pol_tracker, handle)
    pol_tracker.head()


    

    




Yang_Ti-liang
Georges_Colombier
Gottlieb_Duttweiler
Mohammad_Natsir
Ján_Ševčík
Georges_Othily
Athanasios_N._Miaoulis
Kristalina_Georgieva
Otto_Hoetzsch

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#read_politician_tracker()
pol_tracker.head()


    

    
Out[53]:






  

    

      

      
handle
      
finished_reading
    
  
  

    

      
0
      
Quincy_Timberlake
      
True
    
    

      
1
      
Fanny_Edelman
      
True
    
    

      
2
      
Stojan_Novaković
      
True
    
    

      
3
      
Paul_Scheffer
      
True
    
    

      
4
      
Ed_Robb
      
True