Wikipedia Description Fetcher 🧠

This project uses the Wikipedia API to fetch the first paragraph of Wikipedia pages for a given list of class names. The results are saved in a CSV file for further use.

📋 Features

• Fetches Wikipedia descriptions using the wikipedia-api package.
• Saves the results to a CSV file.
• Handles pages that do not exist gracefully.

🚀 Project Setup and Requirements

• Python Version: 3.7+

Dependencies:

• wikipedia-api
• csv To install the required package, run:

pip install wikipedia-api

How the Script Works

• Initializes a connection to the Wikipedia API using a custom User-Agent to avoid request blocking.
• Takes a list of class names (biological classifications).
• Fetches the first paragraph of each Wikipedia page.
• Saves the results in a CSV file named wikipedia_descriptions.csv.

How to Run the Script

• Clone this repository to your local machine.
• Navigate into the project folder.
• Run the Python script with:

python main.py

🔹 LICENSE (MIT License)

This project is licensed under the MIT License.