wp_factboxes.py

import sys
import itertools
from pyquery import PyQuery as pq

def download_and_parse(wikipedia_url):
	page = pq(url=wikipedia_url.strip())	
	key_values = {}
	for tr in page('.infobox tr'):
		tr = pq(tr)
		cells = tr('th,td')
		if len(cells) == 2:
			key_values[cells.eq(0).text().strip()] = cells.eq(1).text().strip()
	return key_values	

results = itertools.imap(download_and_parse, sys.stdin)
from pprint import pprint
for result in results:
	for key, value in result.iteritems():
		pass
		# do something