Difference between revisions of "Pywikibot"

From Freephile Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
VisualWikitext
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
Pywikibot is short for '''Python MediaWiki Robot Framework'''. Pywikibot is a collection of tools made to fit the maintenance need on Wikipedia, but it can also be used on other MediaWiki sites.  The Pywikibot interfaces with the '[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page MediaWiki API]'. There are a number of [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Pywikibot_scripts scripts already written] ([[wp:Manual:Pywikibot/Scripts]]) that you can use or modify to suit your needs.
+
Pywikibot is short for '''Python MediaWiki Robot Framework'''. Pywikibot is a collection of tools made to fit the maintenance need on Wikipedia, but it can also be used on other MediaWiki sites.  There are a number of [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Pywikibot_scripts scripts already written] that you can use or modify to suit your needs.
  
−
View the [https://git.wikimedia.org/tree/pywikibot%2Fcore.git git repository] (core) to look at the code.  (CF compat if needed).  Here is an example, the
+
View the git repository to look at the code.  https://git.wikimedia.org/tree/pywikibot%2Fcore.git and as an example, the  
 
[https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/pywikibot%2Fcore.git/75397bd7ec25bc14d38b727e8c9e90477eda0f22/scripts%2Fbasic.py Basic.py]
 
[https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/pywikibot%2Fcore.git/75397bd7ec25bc14d38b727e8c9e90477eda0f22/scripts%2Fbasic.py Basic.py]
−
 
−
The Pywikibot is similar in function to the "[https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/mediawiki%2Fcore.git/0bb3d2a499a37c348eab1df11a6229a2aa19ecf8/maintenance%2FREADME maintenance]" directory of core; except that it's written in Python rather than PHP, and the latter interacts directly with the software rather then through it's API.  So, if you just want a script-o-matic way of editing an article on your wiki, you can use [https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/mediawiki%2Fcore.git/0bb3d2a499a37c348eab1df11a6229a2aa19ecf8/maintenance%2Fedit.php edit.php].  However, if you want to do something that is not already present in the 'maintenance' directory, then it probably makes sense to search the Pywikibot code and/or write a new Pywikibot because the API is more stable than direct interaction/extension of core.
 
  
 
[[Category:Wiki]]
 
[[Category:Wiki]]
 
[[Category:Python]]
 
[[Category:Python]]

Revision as of 16:01, 17 June 2014

Pywikibot is short for Python MediaWiki Robot Framework. Pywikibot is a collection of tools made to fit the maintenance need on Wikipedia, but it can also be used on other MediaWiki sites. There are a number of scripts already written that you can use or modify to suit your needs.

View the git repository to look at the code. https://git.wikimedia.org/tree/pywikibot%2Fcore.git and as an example, the Basic.py

Retrieved from "https://wiki.freephile.org/wiki/index.php?title=Pywikibot&oldid=5098"