CHANGELOG.rst

v0.43.1

• Improve the performance of get_bolds_and_italics(recursive=True, filter_cls=None).
• Fix a bug in get_bolds_and_italics(recursive=False, filter_cls=None) which was causing it to return recursive Bold items.

v0.43.0

• Remove the deprecated parameters of Template.normal_name().
• Fix a bug in get_bolds_and_italics() which was causing it to return only Bold items.

v0.42.3

• Fix a bug in handling of comments in template names. (#54)

v0.42.2

• Improve the handling of weird colspan and rowspan values in tables. (#53)

v0.42.1

• Fix a syntax error in Python 3.5.

v0.42.0

• BREAKING CHANGE:

  Remove replace_bolds/replace_italics params from remove_markup/plain_text methods. Users can use the new replace_bolds_and_italics parameter. Removing only bolds or only italics is no longer possible.

• Add get_bolds_and_italics as a new method.
• Fixed bugs and rewrote the algorithm for finding Bold and Italic objects. (#51)

v0.41.0

• Trying to mutate an overwritten/detached object will now raise DeadIndexError (a subclass of TypeError). Hopefully this will prevent some subtle late-appearing bugs.

v0.38.2

• Fix a bug in plaintext method.

v0.38.1

• Fix a bug in detection of external links in parsable tag extensions. (#50)

v0.38.0

• Fix a bug in handling of half-marked bold/italic, e.g. '''bold\n.

v0.37.13

• Fix a bug handling of half-marked bold/italic items e.g. '''bold text\n.

v0.37.12

• Improve handling of extension tags inside external links. (#49)
• Ignore invalid attributes that do not start with space characters. (#48)

v0.37.11

• Improved how invalid attributes (in html tags, tables, etc.) are handled. (#47)

v0.37.10

• Fixed a bug in handling <pre> tags. (#46)

v0.37.9

• Fixed a bug in parsing tag attributes. (#44)

v0.37.8

• Fixed handling of tags having different casings in start and end name, e.g. <s></S>.
• Fix handling of extension tags.
• Fixed a bug in get_bolds/get_italics resulting in duplicate items in returned values. It also was causing a subtle issue in plain_text/remove_markup, too. (#42)
• Fixed detection of parameters containing single braces.

v0.37.7

• Fix handling of external links containing wikilinks.

v0.37.6

• Fixed a bug in plain_text/remove_markup causing unexpectedly empty objects. (#40)

v0.37.5

• Fixed some other bugs in plain_text/remove_markup functions for:

  • images containing wikitext
  • tags containing bold/italic items
  • nested tags

• Fixed a bug in extracting sub-tags.

v0.37.4

• Fixed a bug in Tag objects causing strange behaviour upon mutating a tag.
• Fixed a bug in plain_text/remove_markup functions, causing some objects that are expected to be removed, remain in the result. (#39)

v0.37.3

• Fix syntax errors for python 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7.

v0.37.2

• Fix a bug in getting the parser functions of a Template object.

v0.37.1

• Fix a catastrophic backtracking issue for wikitexts containing html tags. (#37)

v0.37.0

• Add wikitextparser.remove_markup function and WikiText.plain_text method.
• Improve detection of parameters and wikilinks.
• Add get_bolds and get_italics methods.
• WikiLink.wikilinks, WikiList.get_lists(), Template.templates, Tag.get_tags(), ParserFunction.parser_functions, and Parameter.parameters won't return objects equal to self anymore, only sub-elements will be returned.
• Improve handling of comments within wikilinks.
• WikiLink.text.setter no longer accepts None values. This was marked as deprecated since v0.25.0.
• Drop support for Python 3.4.
• Remove the deprecated pprint method. Users should use pformat instead.
• Allow a tuple of patterns in get_list and sublists method. The default None is now deprecated and a tuple is used instead.

v0.36.0

• Add a new parameter, level, for the get_sections method.

v0.35.0

• Fixed a rare bug in handling lists and template arguments when there is newline or a pipe inside a starting or closing tag.
• Section.title will return None instead of '' when the section does not have any title.

v0.34.0

• Invoking the deleter of Section.title won't raise a RuntimeError anymore if the section does not have a title already.

v0.33.0

• Add a deleter for Section.title property. (#32)

v0.32.0

• Fixed a bug in WikiText.get_lists() which was causing it to sometimes return items in an unordered fashion. (#31)

v0.31.0

• Rename WikiText.lists() method to WikiText.get_lists() and deprecate the old name.
• Add get_sections() method with include_subsections parameter which allows getting section without including subsections. (#23)

v0.30.0

• Fixed a bug in parsing wikilinks contianing [.*] (#29)
• Fixed: wikilinks are not allowed to be preceded by [ anymore.
• Rename WikiText.tags() method to WikiText.get_tags() and deprecate the old name.

v0.29.2

• Fix a bug in detecting the end-tag of two consecutive same-name tags. (#27)

v0.29.1

• Properly exclude the test package from the source distribution.

v0.29.0

• Fix a regression in parsing some corner cases of nested templates. (#26)
• The previously deprecated WikiText.__getitem__ now raises NotImplementedError.
• WikiText.__call__: Remove the deprecated support for start is None.
• Optimize a little and use more robust algorithms.

v0.28.1

• Implemented a workaround for a catastrophic backtracking condition when parsing tables. (#22)

v0.28.0

• Add get_tables as a new method to WikiText objects. It allows extracting tables in a non-recursive manner.
• The nesting_level property was only meaningful for tables, templates, and parser functions, remove it from other types.

v0.27.0

• Fix a bug in detecting nested tables. (#21)
• Fix a few bug in detecting tables and template arguments.
• Changed the comments property of Comment objects to return an empty list.
• Changed the external_links property of ExternalLink objects to return an empty list.

v0.26.1

• Fix a bug in setting Section.contents which only occurred when the title had trailing whitespace.
• Setting Section.level will not overwrite Section.title anymore.

v0.26.0

• Define WikiLink.title property. It is similar to WikiLink.target but will not include the #fragment.

v0.25.1

• Deprecate using None as the start value of __call__.

v0.25.0

• Added fragment property to WikiLink class (#18)
• Added deleter method for WikiLink.text property.
• Deprecated: Setting WikiLink.text to None. Use del WikiLink.text instead.
• Added deleter method for WikiLink.target property.
• Added deleter method for ExternalLink.text property.
• Added deleter method for Parameter.default property.
• Deprecated: Setting Parameter.default to None. Use del Parameter.default instead.
• Defined WikiText.__call__ to get a slice of wikitext as string.
• Deprecated WikiText.__getitem__. Use WikiText.__call__ or WikiText.string instead.

v0.24.4

• Fixed a bug in Tag.parsed_contents. (#19)

v0.24.3

• Fixed a rarely occurring bug in detecting parameters with names consisting only of whitespace or underscores.

v0.24.2

• Fixed a bug in detecting parser functions containing parameters.

v0.24.1

• Fixed a bug in detecting table header cells that start with +, -, or }. (#17)

v0.24.0

• Define deleter method for WikiText.string property and add Template.del_arg method. (#14)
• Improve the lists method of Template and ParserFunction classes. (#15)
• Fixed a bug in detection of multiline arguments. (#13)
• Deprecated capital_links parameter of Template.normal_name. Use capitalize instead (keyword-only argument).
• Deprecated the code parameter of Template.normal_name as a positional argument deprecate. It's now a keyword-only argument.

v0.23.0

• Fixed a bug in Section objects that was causing them to return the properties of the whole page (#15).
• Removed the deprecated attribute access methods. The following deprecated methods accessible on Table and Tag objects, have been removed: .has, .get, .set . Use .has_attr, .get_attr, .set_attr instead.
• Fixed a bug in set_attr method.
• Removed the deprecated Table.getdata method. Use Table.data instead.
• Removed the deprecated Table.getrdata(row_num) method. Use Table.data(row=row_num) instead.
• Removed the deprecated Table.getcdata(col_num) method. Use Table.data(col=col_num) instead.
• Removed the deprecated Table.table_attrs property. Use Table.attrs or other attribute-related methods instead.

v0.22.1

• Fixed MemoryError caused by very long or unclosed comment tags (issue #12)

v0.22.0

• Change the behaviour of external_links property to never return Templates or parser functions as part of the external link.
• Add support for literal IPv6 external links, e.g. https://[2001:db8:85a3:8d3:1319:8a2e:370:7348]:443/.
• Fixed: Do not mistake the equal signs of section titles for template keyword arguments.

v0.21.5

• Fixed Invalid escape sequences for Python 3.6.
• Added msg, msgnw, raw, safesubst, and subst to known parser function identifiers.

v0.21.4

• Fixed a bug in Table.data (issue #9)

v0.21.3

• Fixed: A bug in processing Section objects.

v0.21.2

• Fixed: A bug in external_links (the starting position must now be a word boundary; previously this condition was not checked)

v0.21.1

• Fixed: A bug in external_links (external links withing sub-templates are now detected correctly; previously they were ignored)

v0.21.0

• Changed: The order of results, now everything is sorted by its starting position.
• Fixed: Bug in ancestors and parent methods

v0.20.0

• Added: parent and ancestors methods
• Added: __version__ to __init__.py

v0.19.0

• Removed: Support for Python 3.3
• Fixed: Handling of comments and tags in section titles

v0.18.0

• Changed: Add an underscore prefix to private internal modules names
• Changed: Moved test modules to a different directory
• Changed: Templates adjacent to external links are now treated as part of the link
• Fixed: A bug in handling tag extensions withing parser functions
• Fixed: A minor bug in Template.set_arg
• Changed: ExternalLink.text: Return None if the link is not within brackets
• Fixed: Handling of comments and templates in external links

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