--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tools/import_mediawiki.py	Tue Mar 28 21:25:00 2017 -0700
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+import os
+import os.path
+import argparse
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('url')
+    parser.add_argument('-o', '--out', default='wikked_import')
+    parser.add_argument('--prefix', default='wiki')
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('--ext', default='.md')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    prefix = args.prefix
+    out_dir = args.out
+    ext = '.' + args.ext.lstrip('.')
+
+    if not out_dir:
+        parser.print_help()
+        return 1
+
+    if os.path.isdir(out_dir):
+        print("The output directory already exists!")
+        return 1
+
+    engine = create_engine(args.url, echo=args.verbose)
+    conn = engine.connect()
+
+    query = (
+        'SELECT '
+        'p.page_id,p.page_title,p.page_latest,'
+        'r.rev_id,r.rev_text_id,t.old_id,t.old_text '
+        'from %(prefix)s_page p '
+        'INNER JOIN %(prefix)s_revision r ON p.page_latest = r.rev_id '
+        'INNER JOIN %(prefix)s_text t ON r.rev_text_id = t.old_id;' %
+        {'prefix': prefix})
+    q = conn.execute(query)
+    for p in q:
+        title = p['page_title'].decode('utf8')
+        text = p['old_text'].decode('utf8')
+
+        path_noext = os.path.join(out_dir, title)
+        path = path_noext + ext
+        dirname = os.path.dirname(path)
+        if not os.path.isdir(dirname):
+            os.makedirs(dirname)
+
+        if os.path.exists(path):
+            suffnum = 2
+            while True:
+                new_path = '%s_%d%s' % (path_noext, suffnum, ext)
+                if not os.path.exists(new_path):
+                    break
+                suffnum += 1
+                if suffnum > 100:
+                    raise Exception("Can't find available path for: " %
+                                    path)
+
+            print("WARNING: %s exists" % path)
+            print("WARNING: creating %s instead" % new_path)
+            path = new_path
+
+        print(p['page_id'], title)
+        with open(path, 'w', encoding='utf8') as fp:
+            fp.write(text)
+
+    conn.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()