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+import sys
+import csv
+import urllib.response
+import urllib.request
+
+# check if the user supplied the correct number of command line arguments
+if len(sys.argv) != 6:
+    print("Usage: python titlegen.py inputfilename.csv  startlineno endlineno outputfilename.csv API_key")
+    sys.exit(1)
+    # set the api key from the command line argument
+
+startlineno = int(sys.argv[2])
+endlineno = int(sys.argv[3])
+lineno = 0
+api_key = sys.argv[5]
+with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as file:
+        outfile = open(sys.argv[4], "w")
+        writer = csv.writer(outfile)
+        reader = csv.reader(file)
+        for row in reader:
+            lineno += 1
+            if (lineno < startlineno or lineno > endlineno):
+                continue
+            if lineno == 1:
+                newrow = row
+                row.append("Materials")
+                row.append("Dimensions")
+                writer.writerow(newrow)
+                continue
+                
+            # get the 7th column of the row to a string variable
+            itemurl = row[5]
+            print(itemurl)
+            # Extract the string after the last slash in the itemurl
+            itemid = itemurl.rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
+            print(itemid)
+            
+            # Fetch the xml data from "https://api.dimu.org/api/artifact?unique_id=<itemid>&mapping=ESE&api.key=<api_key"
+            url = "https://api.dimu.org/api/artifact?unique_id=" + itemid + "&mapping=ESE&api.key=" + api_key
+            print(url)
+            response = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
+            data = response.read()
+            # Convert the xml data to a string
+            data = data.decode("utf-8")
+            # Extract the fields in the xml data that has are inside <dcterms:medium> tag as string variables
+            
+            # Use an xml parser and extract the fields in the xml data that has are inside <dcterms:medium> tag as string variables
+            from xml.dom.minidom import parse, parseString  
+            
+            dom = parseString(data)
+            # Extract the fields in the xml data that has are inside <dcterms:medium> tag as string variables
+            allmediums = ""
+            medium_list = dom.getElementsByTagName('dcterms:medium')
+            # iterate through the list of medium_list and print the value of the first child node of each element
+            
+            for medium in medium_list:
+                mediumname = medium.firstChild.nodeValue
+                allmediums += mediumname + " "
+            print(allmediums)
+            
+            allextents = ""
+            extent_list = dom.getElementsByTagName('dcterms:extent')
+            # iterate through the list of extent_list and print the value of the first child node of each element
+            for extent in extent_list:
+                extentitem = extent.firstChild.nodeValue
+                allextents += extentitem + " "
+            print(allextents)
+            
+            # Generate a new row with the previosu row appended with the new fields medium and extent
+            newrow = row
+            newrow.append(allmediums)
+            newrow.append(allextents)
+            writer.writerow(newrow)
+            
+        outfile.close()
+        file.close()