main1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
from sparql import DBpediaEndpoint

def main ():
    s = DBpediaEndpoint( {
            "resource": "http://dbpedia.org/resource/",
            "yago": "http://dbpedia.org/class/yago/"
        } )

    query = """
        SELECT ?abstract WHERE {
            resource:London dbpedia-owl:abstract ?abstract .
            FILTER(langMatches(lang(?abstract), "EN"))
        }
    """

    results = s.query(query)
    abstract = results[0]["abstract"]["value"]
    print abstract

    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        main()
        sys.exit(0)
    except KeyboardInterrupt, e: # Ctrl-C
        raise e