changeRankClaimids.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import pywikibot
import json

CLAIMS = ['Q41197-3527CCB4-A422-4B31-AED4-BB2CCBF07790']
NEW_RANK = 'deprecated'
SUMMARY = 'Deprecating %s' # %s will be replaced with claim ID

site = pywikibot.Site('wikidata', 'wikidata')
repo = site.data_repository()

for claimId in CLAIMS:
	itemId = claimId.split('-')[0]
	splitClaimId = '-'.join(claimId.split('-')[1:])
	item = pywikibot.ItemPage(repo, itemId)
	itemData = item.get()
	for prop in itemData['claims']:
		for claimData in itemData['claims'][prop]:
			if claimData.toJSON().get('id') == '%s$%s' % (itemId, splitClaimId):
				print(claimData.toJSON().get('id'))
				claimData.setRank(NEW_RANK)
				item.editEntity({
					'claims': [ claimData.toJSON() ]
				}, summary=SUMMARY % claimId)
				break

changeRankDatabase.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import toolforge
import pywikibot

site = pywikibot.Site()
conn = toolforge.connect('cswiki', cluster='analytics')

with conn.cursor() as cur:
        cur.execute('select page_title from categorylinks join page on page_id=cl_from where page_namespace=0 and cl_to="Obce_v_Bavorsku" and cl_type="page"')
        data = cur.fetchall()

for row in data:
        page = pywikibot.Page(site, row[0].decode('utf-8'))
        item = pywikibot.ItemPage.fromPage(page)
        itemData = item.get()
        inhab_claims = itemData['claims'].get('P1082', [])
        for claim in inhab_claims:
                if claim.rank != "preferred":
                        continue
                claim.setRank('normal')
                item.editEntity({
                        "claims": [ claim.toJSON() ]
                }, summary='Change P1082 rank to normal')
                break # no more preferred ranks expected

Thank you so much for this gist! Spared me hours of digging into documentation :)