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error when getting a word's summary
` import wikipedia print(wikipedia.summary("Ubuntu"))
The code that caused this warning is on line 389 of the file C:\Users\karim\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\wikipedia\wikipedia.py. To get rid of this warning, pass the additional argument 'features="html.parser"' to the BeautifulSoup constructor.
lis = BeautifulSoup(html).find_all('li')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Users\karim\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\wikipedia\util.py", line 28, in __call__
ret = self._cache[key] = self.fn(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\karim\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\wikipedia\wikipedia.py", line 231, in summary
page_info = page(title, auto_suggest=auto_suggest, redirect=redirect)
File "C:\Users\karim\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\wikipedia\wikipedia.py", line 276, in page
return WikipediaPage(title, redirect=redirect, preload=preload)
File "C:\Users\karim\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\wikipedia\wikipedia.py", line 299, in __init__
self.__load(redirect=redirect, preload=preload)
File "C:\Users\karim\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\wikipedia\wikipedia.py", line 393, in __load
raise DisambiguationError(getattr(self, 'title', page['title']), may_refer_to)
wikipedia.exceptions.DisambiguationError: "bantu" may refer to:
Bantu languages
Bantu peoples
Bantu knots
Black Association for Nationalism Through Unity
Bantu (band)
Bantu (album)
Bantu FC
Bantu expansion
Bantustan`
it used to work normally before but now i just randomly get this error for some reason.
Auto suggestion is turned on by default for summary
. This is mind-boggling terrible and the fact that it ever works is frankly miraculous. Turn it off:
wikipedia.summary("Ubuntu", auto_suggest=False)
Thanks!
@wlerin auto_suggest is not working in specific cases. It worked for your example by try the word "Sabrina" in case of Ubuntu, where it fails.
@KairaNithin That looks like it's working as intended? That query is too vague so of course it throws a DisambiguationError, but at least it didn't get transformed into something completely different like with Ubuntu
turning into bantu
, even though there's an Ubuntu page.
@KairaNithin That looks like it's working as intended? That query is too vague so of course it throws a DisambiguationError, but at least it didn't get transformed into something completely different like with
Ubuntu
turning intobantu
, even though there's an Ubuntu page.
I believe the issue is in line 274: title = suggestion or results[0] If there is any result, it should take it. This line will prioritize the suggestions. This happens with 'blockchain' for instance, it will never find it.