Wikimedia automation scripts.

git clone --recursive https://github.com/wikimedia/pywikibot

Perform all future operations inside the pywikibot repository directory.

cd pywikibot

python3 -m venv ~/.venvs/pywikibot
~/.venvs/pywikibot/bin/python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

First create a family file.

~/.venvs/pywikibot/bin/python pwb.py generate_family_file.py

Enter the URL and name to create a family file for the private site. Select no when asked about interwiki links.

Eg.

from pywikibot import family

class Family(family.Family):  # noqa: D101
    name = 'MySite'
    langs = {
        'en': 'www.example.com',
    }

    def version(self, code):
        return "1.4.3"  # The MediaWiki version used.

    def scriptpath(self, code):
        return {
            'en': '/w',
        }[code]

    def protocol(self, code):
        return {
            'en': 'https',
        }[code]

Next a user configuration is needed.

cp user-config.py.sample user-config.py
vi user-config.py

Eg.

mylang = 'en'
family = 'MySite'
usernames['MySite']['en'] = 'Mybot'

Lastly run the login script to enter the password.

~/.venvs/pywikibot/bin/python pwb.py login -v -v

~/.venvs/pywikibot/bin/python pwb.py <script_name>

source ~/.venvs/pywikibot/bin/activate.csh
./pwb.py welcome.py
deactivate

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