A simple way to access MediaWiki API via JavaScript with simple wikitext parser.
A simple way to access MediaWiki API via JavaScript with wikitext parser. This is basically a modern syntax version of CeJS MediaWiki module. For example, using async functions.
This is a nodejs module. Please install node.js first.
npm install wikiapi
Here lists some examples of this module.
// Load Wikiapi module
const Wikiapi = require('wikiapi');
// OPEN ASYNC DOMAIN:
(async () => {
// LOGIN IN: In any wiki, any language
const wiki = new Wikiapi('zh'); // or new Wikiapi('https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/api.php')
await wiki.login('user', 'password'); // get your own account and password on your target wiki.
/* ***************************************************** */
/* READ ONLY ******************************************* */
// load page
let page_data = await wiki.page('Universe', {});
console.log('page_data: ', page_data);
console.log('page_data.text: ', page_data.wikitext);
// Get multi revisions (ex: 2)
let page_data = await wiki.page('Universe', { revisions: 2 });
console.log('page_data: ', page_data);
console.log('page_data.text: ', page_data.wikitext);
/* ***************************************************** */
/* EDITING ********************************************* */
/* Note: .page() then .edit() ************************** */
// Edit page: append content, as bot.
let page_data = await wiki.page('Universe'),
newContent = page_data.wikitext + '\nTest edit using wikiapi.';
await enwiki.edit(
function (page_data) { return newContent; }, // new content
{ bot: 1, summary: 'Test edit.' } // options
);
// Edit page: replace content, with more options.
let page_data = await wiki.page('Universe'),
newContent = page_data.wikitext.replace(/Test edit using wikiapi/g, 'Test: replace content was successful!');
await enwiki.edit(
function (page_data) { return newContent; }, // new content
{ bot: 1, minor: 1, nocreate: 1, summary: 'Test: replace content.' } // more options
);
// Edit page: wipe clean, replace by string
let page_data = await wiki.page('Universe');
await wiki.edit(
'{{Speedy|reason=Vandalism}}',
{ bot: 1, minor: 0, nocreate: 1, summary: 'Test: wipe clean, please delete.' }
);
/* edit_page(): a more direct method ******************* */
// Edit page:
await wiki.edit_page('Wikipedia:Sandbox', function (page_data) {
return page_data.wikitext + '\nTest edit using {{GitHub|kanasimi/wikiapi}}.';
}, { bot: 1, nocreate: 1, minor: 1, summary: 'Test: edit page via .edit_page().' });
/* ***************************************************** */
/* PROVIDE MANY **************************************** */
// List of hand-picked target pages
let list = ['Wikipedia:Sandbox', 'Wikipedia:Sandbox2', 'Wikipedia:Sandbox/wikiapi'];
// List pages in [[Category:Chemical_elements]]
let listMembers = await wiki.categorymembers('Chemical elements'); // array of titles
// List intra-wiki links in [[ABC]]
let listLinks = await wiki.redirects_here('ABC'); // array of titles
// List of transcluded pages {{w:en:Periodic table}}
let listTranscluded = await wiki.embeddedin('Template:Periodic table');
// List of searched pages with expression in its title name
let listSearch = await wiki.search(' dragon'); // array of titles
/* ***************************************************** */
/* MULTI-read/edit ************************************* */
// Multi edit, members of category
await wiki.for_each_page(
listMembers,
page_data => { return `{{stub}}\n` + page_data.wikitext; },
{ summary: 'Test: multi-edits', minor: 1 }
);
// Multi read, following intra-wiki links
await wiki.for_each_page(
listLinks, // array of targets
page_data => {
console.log(page_data.title); // print page title
return Wikiapi.skip_edit; // skip edit, just read, return nothing to edit with.
}, // no edit therefore no options
);
/* ***************************************************** */
/* MOVE PAGE (RENAME) ********************************** */
// Move page once.
result = await wiki.move_page('Wikipedia:Sanbox/Wikiapi', 'Wikipedia:Sanbox/NewWikiapi',
{ reason: 'Test: move page (1).', noredirect: true, movetalk: true }
);
// Reverse move
result = await wiki.move_page('Wikipedia:Sanbox/NewWikiapi', 'Wikipedia:Sanbox/Wikiapi',
{ reason: 'Test: move page (2).', noredirect: true, movetalk: true }
);
/* ***************************************************** */
/* PARSE *********************************************** */
// Read Infobox templates, convert to JSON.
const page_data = await wiki.page('JavaScript');
// `page_data.parse(options)` will startup the parser process, create page_data.parsed. After .parse(), we can use parsed.each().
const parsed = page_data.parse();
let infobox;
parsed.each('template', template_token => {
if (template_token.name.startsWith('Infobox')) {
infobox = template_token.parameters;
return parsed.each.exit;
}
});
for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(infobox))
infobox[key] = value.toString();
// print json of the infobox
console.log(infobox);
// Edit page and parse
const parsed = await wiki.page('Wikipedia:Sandbox').parse();
parsed.each('template', template_token => {/* modify token */ });
await wiki.edit(parsed.toString(), { bot: 1, minor: 1, nocreate: 1 });
let page_data = await wiki.page('Universe');
// See all type in wiki_toString @ https://github.com/kanasimi/CeJS/tree/master/application/net/wiki/parser.js
// List all template name.
page_data.parse().each('template',
token => console.log(token.name));
/* ***************************************************** */
/* MONITORING ****************************************** */
// Listen to new edits, check every 2 minutes
wiki.listen(function for_each_row() {
// ...
}, {
// 檢查的延遲時間。
delay: '2m',
filter: function filter_row(row) {
// row is the same format as page_data
},
// also get diff
with_diff: { LCS: true, line: true },
// only for articles (0:main namespace) and talk pages
namespace: '0|talk',
});
/* ***************************************************** */
/* FILES *********************************************** */
// Set upload parameters, maily for licensing reasons.
// Note: parameter `text`, filled with the right wikicode `{{description|}}`, can replace most parameters.
let options = {
description: 'Photo of Osaka',
date: new Date() || '2021-01-01',
source_url: 'https://github.com/kanasimi/wikiapi',
author: '[[User:user]]',
permission: '{{cc-by-sa-2.5}}',
other_versions: '',
other_fields: '',
license: ['{{cc-by-sa-2.5}}'],
categories: ['[[Category:test images]]'],
bot: 1,
tags: "tag1|tag2",
};
// Upload file from URL
let result = await wiki.upload({
file_path: '/local/file/path',
filename: 'New_Osaka_Photograph.jpg', // default : keep filename
comment: '',
ignorewarnings: 1, // overwrite
...options
});
// Upload file from URL
result = await wiki.upload({
media_url: 'https://media.url/Thunder-Dragon.ogg',
text: "Her eis wikicode to replave the page's content instead of various other parameters.",
comment: 'Thunder Dragon audio from vacation in Philipines. Page uses custom template.',
ignorewarnings: 1, // overwrite
...options
});
/* ***************************************************** */
/* WIKIDATA, WIKIBASES ********************************* */
// Read Qid Q1 (Universe), print Chinese label
const wiki = new Wikiapi('https://wikidata.org/w/api.php')
let page_data = await wiki.data('Q1');
console.log(page_data.labels.zh) // '宇宙'
// Read, access by title (English), access property P1419
// Get P1419 of wikidata entity: 'Universe'
let data = await wiki.data('Universe', 'P1419');
// assert: {Array}data = [ 'shape of the universe', '...', ... ]
console.assert(data.includes('shape of the universe'));
// update wikidata
// Get https://test.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7
let entity = await wiki.data('Q7');
// search [ language, label ]
//entity = await wiki.data(['en', 'Earth']);
// Update claim
await entity.modify({ claims: [{ P17: 'Q213280' }] });
// Update claim: set country (P17) to 'Test Country 1' (Q213280) ([language, label] as entity)
await entity.modify({ claims: [{ language: 'en', country: [, 'Test Country 1'] }] });
// Remove country (P17) : 'Test Country 1' (Q213280)
await entity.modify({ claims: [{ language: 'en', country: [, 'Test Country 1'], remove: true }] });
// Update label
await entity.modify({ labels: [{ language: 'zh-tw', value: '地球' }] });
// CLOSE ASYNC DOMAIN:
})();
More examples: Please see test.js.
| Platform | support |
|---|---|
| Windows | ✔️ |
| macOS | ✔️ |
| UNIX, Linux | ✔️ |
For old style JavaScript, or general environment usage, please see wikibot.
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A simple way to access MediaWiki API via JavaScript with simple wikitext parser.
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