Added --startTitle option

eevans · eevans · commit 302137340b65 · 2016-06-09T12:47:41.000+02:00
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*~
+.tern-port
+node_modules
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -8,18 +8,21 @@ HTML dump script for RESTBase APIs like https://rest.wikimedia.org/.
 ## Usage: Dumping a single wiki
 
 ```
-Usage: node ./bin/dump_wiki
-Example: node ./bin/dump_wiki --domain en.wikipedia.org \
-  --ns 0 --apiURL http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php \
-  --saveDir /tmp
+$ node bin/dump_wiki --help
+Create a HTML dump in a subdir
+
+Example:
+/usr/bin/nodejs ./bin/dump_wiki --domain en.wikipedia.org --ns 0 --apiURL http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
 
 Options:
-  --apiURL       [required]
-  --domain       [required]
-  --ns           [required]
-  --host         [required] [default: "http://rest.wikimedia.org"]
-  -d, --saveDir  Directory to store a dump in (named by domain) [default: no saving]
-  --db, --dataBase  SQLite database name [default: no saving]
+  --apiURL            [required]
+  --domain, --prefix  [required]
+  --ns                [required]
+  --host              [required]  [default: "http://rest.wikimedia.org"]
+  -d, --saveDir       [default: ""]
+  -t, --startTitle    [default: ""]
+  --db, --dataBase    [default: ""]
+  --verbose           [default: true]
 ```
 
 ### Filesystem output
diff --git a/bin/dump_wiki b/bin/dump_wiki
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ var argParser = require('yargs')
         alias : 'saveDir',
         default : ''
     })
+    .options('t', {
+        alias: 'startTitle',
+        default: ''
+    })
     .options('db', {
         alias : 'dataBase',
         default : ''
diff --git a/lib/htmldump.js b/lib/htmldump.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ function getArticles (options, res) {
         action: 'query',
         generator: 'allpages',
         gaplimit: '500',
+        gapfrom: options.startTitle,
         prop: 'revisions',
         gapnamespace: options.ns,
         format: 'json',
