Minimal ZIM file reader, designed for article streaming.
Install using pip:
pip install zimscan
Or from Git repository, for latest version:
pip install -U git+https://github.com/jojolebarjos/zimscan.git
Iterate over a records, which are binary file-like objects:
from zimscan import Reader
path = "wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2019-10.zim"
with Reader(open(path, "rb"), skip_metadata=True) as reader:
for record in reader:
data = record.read()
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- Wikipedia ZIM dumps, to download Wikipedia ZIM files
- ZIMply, a ZIM file reader in the browser, in Python
- libzim, the reference implementation, in C++
- pyzim, Python wrapper for libzim
- pyzim, another Python wrapper for libzim
- Internet In A Box, a project to bundle open knowledge locally