wikipedia-location-search v0.0.0

wikipedia-location-search

Search for wikipedia articles based on given geolocation using this API. Work in progress.

Installation

npm install wikipedia-location-search

Usage

The module returns a Promise that will resolve in a list of locations:

const articles = require('wikipedia-location-search')

articles(coordinates, opt)

The defaults for opt look like this:

{
    language: 'en', // wiki language code
    maxDistance: 10000, // max. distance to the coordinates in meters
    maxResults: 10 // max. number of results returned
}

articles({latitude: 37.786952, longitude: -122.399523}, {language: 'de'})
.then(console.log)

would give you something like this:

[
    {
        "id": 39927,
        "title": "Wikimedia_Foundation",
        "coordinates": {
            "longitude": -122.39957,
            "latitude": 37.78687
        },
        "distance": 10
    },
    {
        "id": 1365097,
        "title": "Cartoon_Art_Museum",
        "coordinates": {
            "longitude": -122.40098480194,
            "latitude": 37.787328048611
        },
        "distance": 135.1
    },
    {
        "id": 904290,
        "title": "San_Francisco_Museum_of_Modern_Art",
        "coordinates": {
            "longitude": -122.40083333333,
            "latitude": 37.785833333333
        },
        "distance": 169.5
    }
    // … 7 more
]

Contributing

If you found a bug, want to propose a feature or feel the urge to complain about your life, feel free to visit the issues page.