Wikipedia Search Tool Application Using Python Tkinter

 

Welcome Coders,

In this tutorial we are going to make Wikipedia search tool application using Python Tkinter Module.

Lets take a quick view of modules  that are required to make this application.

Check The Output Below:

Output:

Module Used:

• tkinter
• PIL
• Wikipedia -For Searching Wikipedia
• threading
• os
• fpdf - For creating Pdfs

Installations:

To Install pillow

pip install pillow 

To Install wikipedia

pip install wikipedia 

To Install fpdf (For Creaing Pdfs)

pip install fpdf 

Source Code

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import messagebox,ttk,simpledialog
from PIL import Image,ImageTk
import wikipedia
import threading
import os
from fpdf import FPDF

root=Tk()
root.title("Wikipedia Search By Coder Community")


#container Frame
window=Frame(root)
window.grid(row=5,column=0,columnspan=2)


#Creating Canvas For Banner
canvas=Canvas(root,width=385,height=100)
canvas.grid(row=0,column=0,columnspan=2)

#Displaying Banner On Canvas
Banner=ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open("F:/wiki.jpg"))
canvas.create_image(0,0,image=Banner,anchor=NW)


my_progress=ttk.Progressbar(root,orient=HORIZONTAL,length=300,mode="indeterminate")


Dir_name="c:/"
Directory="Wikipedia Search"
path=os.path.join(Dir_name,Directory)

try:
    os.mkdir(path)
except OSError as error:
    pass


def extract():
    global text
    text_container.delete('1.0', END)
    os.chdir("c:/Wikipedia Search")
    find=search_box.get()
    sentence=sentence_box.get()
    my_progress.grid(row=1,column=0,columnspan=2)
    my_progress.start(10)
    try:
        text=wikipedia.summary(find,sentences=sentence)
        text_container.insert(END,text)
        my_progress.grid_forget()
    except Exception as e:
        messagebox.showerror("Results Not Found","Try using a Different Keywords!")
        my_progress.grid_forget()

def save_txt():
    name=simpledialog.askstring("Filename","Enter Your File Name")
    file=open(f"{name}.txt","wt")   
    file.write(text)
    file.close()
    messagebox.showinfo("File Saved","Your Txt File Is Saved!\nC:\Wikipedia Search")

def save_pdf():
    name=simpledialog.askstring("Filename","Enter Your File Name")
    pdf=FPDF()
    pdf.add_page()
    pdf.set_font("Arial",size=13) 
    pdf.multi_cell(200, 10, txt=text,align='L') 
    pdf.output(f"{name}.pdf")  
    messagebox.showinfo("File Saved","Your Txt File Is Saved!\nC:\Wikipedia Search")

def thread1():
  thread=threading.Thread(target=extract)
  thread.start()



search_box=Entry(root,width=40,font=("arial bold",12))
search_box.grid(row=2,column=0,ipady=5,columnspan=2)

search_button=Button(root,text="Search Wikipedia",font=("arial bold",12),bg="#5f9ea0",command=thread1)
search_button.grid(row=3,column=0,columnspan=2,ipadx=80,pady=5)

label1=Label(root,text="No Of Sentences:",font=("arial bold",12))
label1.grid(row=4,column=0,pady=5)

sentence_box=Entry(root,width=10,font=("arial bold",12))
sentence_box.grid(row=4,column=1,ipady=5,pady=5)

scrollbar=Scrollbar(window)
scrollbar.grid(row=0,column=1,sticky=NE+SE)

text_container=Text(window,width=50,height=15,yscrollcommand=scrollbar.set,font=("Arial bold",11))
text_container.grid(row=0,column=0)

scrollbar.config( command = text_container.yview )

txt_save=Button(root,text="Save As Txt",font=("arial bold",12),command=save_txt,bg="#ff7f50")
txt_save.grid(row=6,column=0,ipadx=45,pady=5)

pdf_save=Button(root,text="Save As Pdf",font=("arial bold",12),command=save_pdf,bg="#ff7f50")
pdf_save.grid(row=6,column=1,ipadx=45,pady=5)

quit=Button(root,text="Close",font=("arial bold",12),bg="#5f9ea0",command=root.destroy)
quit.grid(row=7,column=0,ipadx=150,columnspan=2,pady=5)

root.mainloop()

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