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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.

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[https://git.wikimedia.org/treeblob/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.