WikiTimeline
Last updated: 6/2/16
WikiTimeline constructs a web-based timeline from a Wikipedia page, using TimelineJS.
General Info
Team Members
- Aditi Bhandari
- Yixuan Chai
- Will Roever
- Taylor Zheng
How it Works
WikiTimeline accepts a simple text query and uses the MediaWiki API to parse Wikipedia for events related to that query. It then poplulates a JSON and generates a TimelineJS timeline.
Technologies
WikiTimeline is currently running on Heroku at https://wikitimeline.herokuapp.com/. It runs on a Django server.
How WikiTimeline can be improved
- Add extractors to handle more page structures.
- Implement caching to improve on search times for already-assembled timelines
- Add additional sharing features
Setup
Setup:
git clone https://github.com/wroever/wikitimeline
pip install -r requirements.txt
Running:
python manage.py collectstatic # Collect static files (if changes made)
python manage.py runserver [PORT] # Will run on localhost:[PORT]