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Pywikibot
The Pywikibot framework is a Python library that interfaces with the
MediaWiki API <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page>_
version 1.31 or higher.
Also included are various general function scripts that can be adapted for different tasks.
For further information about the library excluding scripts see
the full code documentation <https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/stable/>_.
.. code:: text
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/pywikibot/core.git
cd core
git submodule update --init
pip install -r requirements.txt
python pwb.py <script_name>
Or to install using PyPI (excluding scripts)
.. code:: text
pip install pywikibot
pwb <scriptname>
Our installation guide <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/Installation>_
has more details for advanced usage.
If you wish to write your own script it's very easy to get started:
.. code:: python
import pywikibot
site = pywikibot.Site('en', 'wikipedia') # The site we want to run our bot on
page = pywikibot.Page(site, 'Wikipedia:Sandbox')
page.text = page.text.replace('foo', 'bar')
page.save('Replacing "foo" with "bar"') # Saves the page
Wikibase is a flexible knowledge base software that drives Wikidata. A sample pywikibot script for getting data from Wikibase:
.. code:: python
import pywikibot
site = pywikibot.Site('wikipedia:en')
repo = site.data_repository() # the Wikibase repository for given site
page = repo.page_from_repository('Q91') # create a local page for the given item
item = pywikibot.ItemPage(repo, 'Q91') # a repository item
data = item.get() # get all item data from repository for this item
Pywikibot provides bot classes to develop your own script easily:
.. code:: python
import pywikibot
from pywikibot import pagegenerators
from pywikibot.bot import ExistingPageBot
class MyBot(ExistingPageBot):
update_options = {
'text': 'This is a test text',
'summary': 'Bot: a bot test edit with Pywikibot.'
}
def treat_page(self):
"""Load the given page, do some changes, and save it."""
text = self.current_page.text
text += '\n' + self.opt.text
self.put_current(text, summary=self.opt.summary)
def main():
"""Parse command line arguments and invoke bot."""
options = {}
gen_factory = pagegenerators.GeneratorFactory()
# Option parsing
local_args = pywikibot.handle_args(args) # global options
local_args = gen_factory.handle_args(local_args) # generators options
for arg in local_args:
opt, sep, value = arg.partition(':')
if opt in ('-summary', '-text'):
options[opt[1:]] = value
MyBot(generator=gen_factory.getCombinedGenerator(), **options).run()
if __name == '__main__':
main()
For more documentation on Pywikibot see our docs <https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/>_.
replace_magicwords in
cosmetic_changes.CosmeticChangesToolkit.translateMagicWords. (T396715)(type, value, traceback) signature in
tools.collections.GeneratorWrapper.throw. (T340641)This section lists features, methods, parameters, or attributes that are deprecated and scheduled for removal in future Pywikibot releases.
Deprecated items may still work in the current release but are no longer recommended for use. Users should update their code according to the recommended alternatives.
Pywikibot follows a clear deprecation policy: features are typically deprecated in one release and removed in in the third subsequent major release, remaining available for the two releases in between.
preloaded_modules property will be removedexceptions.Server414Error exception is deprecated in favour of the
exceptions.Client414ErrorexceptionTimestamp.replace() methodaddOnly parameter in the textlib.replaceLanguageLinksand
textlib.replaceCategoryLinksfunctions is deprecated in favour of add_onlyptimeR, ptimeznR, pyearR, pmonthR, and pdayR of
the textlib.TimeStripperclass are deprecated in favour of the patterns attribute,
which is a textlib.TimeStripperPatternsobjectgroups attribute of the textlib.TimeStripperclass is deprecated in favour
of the textlib.TIMEGROUPSconstantlogin.ClientLoginManager.site.tokens['login']data.api.LoginManager() constructor is deprecated in favour of the
login.ClientLoginManagerclass9.6.0: BaseSite.languages()will be removed in favour of BaseSite.codes
9.5.0: DataSite.getPropertyType()will be removed in favour of DataSite.get_property_type()
9.3.0: page.BasePage.userNameand page.BasePage.isIpEditare deprecated in favour of
user or anon attributes of page.BasePage.latest_revisionproperty
9.3.0: botflag parameter of Page.save(), Page.put() and Page.set_redirect_target()was renamed to bot
9.2.0: All parameters of Page.templatesand Page.itertemplates()must be given as keyworded arguments
9.2.0: Imports of loggingfunctions from the botmodule are deprecated and will be desupported
9.2.0: total argument in -logevents pagegenerators option is deprecated;
use -limit instead (T128981)
9.0.0: The content parameter of proofreadpage.IndexPage.page_genis deprecated and will be ignored (T358635)
9.0.0: next parameter of userinterfaces.transliteration.Transliterator.transliteratewas
renamed to succ
9.0.0: userinterfaces.transliteration.transliterator object was renamed to Transliterator
9.0.0: The type parameter of site.APISite.protectedpages()
was renamed to protect_type
9.0.0: The all parameter of site.APISite.namespace()
was renamed to all_ns
9.0.0: filter parameter of date.dhwas renamed to filter_func
9.0.0: dict parameter of data.api.OptionSetwas renamed to data
9.0.0: pywikibot.version.get_toolforge_hostnameis deprecated with no replacement
9.0.0: allrevisions parameter of xmlreader.XmpDumpis deprecated, use revisions instead
(T340804)
9.0.0: iteritems method of data.api.Requestwill be removed in favour of items
9.0.0: SequenceOutputter.output() is deprecated in favour of the
tools.formatter.SequenceOutputter.outproperty
(type, value, traceback) signature in
tools.collections.GeneratorWrapper.throwwill be removed in Pywikibot 13, or earlier if it
is dropped from a future Python release. (T340641)NON_LATIN_DIGITS of userinterfaces.transliteration
will be removed in favour of NON_ASCII_DIGITS (T398146#10958283)RLock
from Python library threading instead. (T395182)See https://github.com/wikimedia/pywikibot/blob/stable/HISTORY.rst
Our code is maintained on Wikimedia's Gerrit installation <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/>,
learn <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_account> how to get
started.
The development of this software is covered by a
Code of Conduct <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Code_of_Conduct>_.
FAQs
Python MediaWiki Bot Framework
We found that pywikibot demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 5 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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