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Authored by • MZMcBride on May 5 2016, 9:13 PM.

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	$ python --version
	Python 2.7.2

	>>> import json, urllib2
	>>> api_url = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php'
	>>> api_params = 'action=query&list=recentchanges&rclimit=5000&rctype=edit&rcnamespace=0&rcdir=newer&format=json&rcstart=20160504022715'
	>>> f = urllib2.Request(api_url, api_params)
	>>> print ('requesting ' + api_url + '?' + api_params)
	requesting http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=recentchanges&rclimit=5000&rctype=edit&rcnamespace=0&rcdir=newer&format=json&rcstart=20160504022715
	>>> source = urllib2.urlopen(f, None, 300).read()
	>>> source = json.loads(source)
	>>> type(source)
	<type 'dict'>
	>>> source[u'query'][u'recentchanges'][0][u'title']
	u'Comedy Nights Live'

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• MZMcBride created this paste.May 5 2016, 9:13 PM