Hi, I'm creating a prototype in Python to add wikidata entries and tags during an import of schools. To upload the school data, there is this silly rule that this needs to be done using a separate import account. It doesn't matter how I feel about this requirement, but my main problem with it, is that I constantly forget to switch back and forth.
So, what I would like to do is create script that changes to the import account and uploads the node with the imported data, then switch back to the regular account and upload buildings, school perimeter and access roads. As said, I would at the same time, create wikidata item to which I want to add coordinates and add the node id url as a reference. By doing it right at the time of the import, I hope to avoid occasional licensing issues. It would be nice if this could become part of the importing workflow, while still allowing to upload each item with the proper account. An example wikidata entry: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22309756 The node for the school gets this as: wikidata=Q22309756 If you look at the wikidata entry, all the parameters are sourced as reference URL: http://www.ubos.org The coordinate location <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P625> is sourced as https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3966915559 Making it clear where the coordinates came from and easy to jump to it. The coordinates are georeferenced on Bing though, at the time of upload, or just before. The reason why I want to make uploading part of my script, is that creating the wikidata entries becomes a 2 step process. First use all the imported data to create a wikidata item and have a Q-number. Assign this number to the wikidata key. Then upload, so the node starts to exist on the Openstreetmap side and it becomes possible to refer to it when adding the coordinates to Wikidata. I hope this makes sense somehow. Anyway, I got stuck on automating the switching of the accounts. I can bluntly do the following: print Main.pref.put("osm-server.username", 'PolyglotImport') And I see the change happening in preferences.xml Unsurprisingly, it's not possible to upload anymore after doing this, until I go into settings and set the osm server url back to its default setting. Here is the prototype script I'm creating: https://github.com/PolyglotOpenstreetmap/Python-scripts-to-automate-JOSM/blob/master/CreateQuickStatementsForWikidata.py The coding style is not great at all and it would be better to use the wikidata API directly instead of using this kludge via QuickStatements through the browser. Hopefully somebody may become inspired into turning it into a proper plugin or add the functionality to the Wikipedia plugin. Polyglot _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
