Task: Rosetta Code_Rank languages by popularity
Python: import requests
import re

response = requests.get("http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Programming_Languages").text
languages = re.findall('title="Category:(.*?)">',response)[:-3] 

response = requests.get("http://rosettacode.org/mw/index.php?title=Special:Categories&limit=5000").text
response = re.sub('(\d+),(\d+)',r'\1'+r'\2',response)           
members  = re.findall('<li><a[^>]+>([^<]+)</a>[^(]*[(](\\d+) member[s]*[)]</li>',response) 

for cnt, (language, members) in enumerate(sorted(members, key=lambda x: -int(x[1]))[:15]): 
    if language in languages:
        print("{:4d} {:4d} - {}".format(cnt+1, int(members), language))

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URL1 = "http://www.rosettacode.org/mw/api.php?format=json&action=query&generator=categorymembers&gcmtitle=Category:Programming%20Languages&gcmlimit=500&prop=categoryinfo&rawcontinue"
URL2 = "http://www.rosettacode.org/mw/api.php?format=json&action=query&generator=categorymembers&gcmtitle=Category:Programming%20Languages&gcmlimit=500&prop=categoryinfo&gcmcontinue="


Function ScrapeGoat(link)
    On Error Resume Next
    ScrapeGoat = ""
    Err.Clear
    Set objHttp = CreateObject("Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP")
    objHttp.Open "GET", link, False
    objHttp.Send
    If objHttp.Status = 200 And Err = 0 Then ScrapeGoat = objHttp.ResponseText
    Set objHttp = Nothing
End Function


Set HTML = CreateObject("HtmlFile")
Set HTMLWindow = HTML.ParentWindow


    
    
    

On Error Resume Next

isComplete = 0    
cntLoop = 0       
Set outputData = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")

Do
    
    If cntLoop = 0 Then strData = ScrapeGoat(URL1) Else strData = ScrapeGoat(URL2 & gcmCont)
    If Len(strData) = 0 Then
        Set HTML = Nothing
        WScript.StdErr.WriteLine "Processing of data stopped because API query failed."
        WScript.Quit(1)
    End If

    
    HTMLWindow.ExecScript "var json = " & strData, "JavaScript"
    Set ObjJS = HTMLWindow.json

    Err.Clear    
    batchCompl = ObjJS.BatchComplete
    If Err.Number = 438 Then
        
        gcmCont = ObjJS.[Query-Continue].CategoryMembers.gcmContinue
    Else
        isComplete = 1    
    End If

    
    HTMLWindow.ExecScript "var langs=new Array(); for(var lang in json.query.pages){langs.push(lang);}" & _
                          "var nums=langs.length;", "JavaScript"
    Set arrLangs = HTMLWindow.langs
    arrLength = HTMLWindow.nums

    For i = 0 to arrLength - 1
        BuffStr = "ObjJS.Query.Pages.[" & Eval("arrLangs.[" & i & "]") & "]"
        EachStr = Eval(BuffStr & ".title")

        Err.Clear
        CntLang =  Eval(BuffStr & ".CategoryInfo.Pages")
        If InStr(EachStr, "Category:") = 1 And Err.Number = 0 Then
            outputData.Add Replace(EachStr, "Category:", "", 1, 1), CntLang
        End If
    Next

    cntLoop = cntLoop + 1
Loop While isComplete = 0



arrRelease = Array()
ReDim arrRelease(UBound(outputData.Keys), 1)

outKeys = outputData.Keys
outItem = outputData.Items
For i = 0 To UBound(outKeys)
    arrRelease(i, 0) = outKeys(i)
    arrRelease(i, 1) = outItem(i)
Next


For i = 0 to UBound(arrRelease, 1)
    For j = 0 to UBound(arrRelease, 1) - 1
        If arrRelease(j, 1) < arrRelease(j + 1, 1) Then
            temp1 = arrRelease(j + 1, 0)
            temp2 = arrRelease(j + 1, 1)
            arrRelease(j + 1, 0) = arrRelease(j, 0)
            arrRelease(j + 1, 1) = arrRelease(j, 1)
            arrRelease(j, 0) = temp1
            arrRelease(j, 1) = temp2
        End If
    Next
Next


Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set txtOut = objFSO.CreateTextFile(".\OutVBRC.txt", True, True)

txtOut.WriteLine "As of " & Now & ", RC has " & UBound(arrRelease) + 1 & " languages."
txtOut.WriteLine ""
For i = 0 to UBound(arrRelease)
    txtOut.WriteLine arrRelease(i, 1) & " Examples - " & arrRelease(i, 0)
Next


Set HTML = Nothing
Set objFSO = Nothing
WScript.Quit(0)