npm:wtf-plugin-image

README

npm install wtf-plugin-image

Some additional methods for using and rendering images in wtf_wikipedia

const wtf = require('wtf_wikipedia')
wtf.extend(require('wtf-plugin-markdown'))

wtf.fetch('casa', { lang:'it', wiki: `wiktionary` }).then(async function(doc) {
  let image = doc.images(0)

  // make a {method: 'HEAD'} request to test the image is there
  let bool = await image.exists()

  //instead of using the redirect api, generate a direct img url
  let url = image.commonsURL()
  //https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/RybnoeDistrict_06-13_Konstantinovo_village_05.jpg

  let img = doc.mainImage()
  //
})

plugin also has a method for choosing a good, or representative image for this page, if it exists:

// choose a good image for this article
let doc = await wtf.fetch('Toronto')
let img = doc.mainImage()
console.log(img.src())
// https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Redirect/file/Toronto_Flag.svg

API

image.exists() - double-check that the image is on the server
image.commonsURL() - instead of the wikimedia redirect server, generate a url for the commons server.
image.mainImage() - get only an image that should represent this topic, as a thumbnail.

MIT

Usage no npm install needed!

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