User:R. Hillgentleman/scripta


testReadWriteBeta.py

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#to load the text from wikiversity:sandbox and dump it on wikiversity talk:sandbox with interest

import wikipedia

# Define the main function
def main():
    site = wikipedia.getSite()
    pagename = 'Wikiversity:sandbox'
    page = wikipedia.Page(site, pagename)
    wikipedia.output(u"Loading %s..." % pagename) # Please, see the "u" before the text
    try:
        text = page.get(force = False, get_redirect=True, throttle = True, sysop = False, 
                                             nofollow_redirects=False, change_edit_time = True) # text = page.get() <-- is the same
    except wikipedia.NoPage: # First except, prevent empty pages
        text = ''
    except wikipedia.IsRedirectPage: # second except, prevent redirect
        wikipedia.output(u'%s is a redirect!' % pagename)
        exit()# wikipedia.stopme() is in the finally, we don't need to use it twice, exit() will only close the script
    except wikipedia.Error: # third exception, take the problem and print
        wikipedia.output(u"Some Error, skipping..")
        exit()
    newtext = text + '\nHello, World!'

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    pagename1 = 'wikiversity talk:sandbox'
    page1 = wikipedia.Page(site, pagename1)
    try:
        text1 = page1.get(force = False, get_redirect=True, throttle = True, sysop = False, 
                                             nofollow_redirects=False, change_edit_time = True) # text = page1.get() <-- is the same
    except wikipedia.NoPage: # First except, prevent empty pages
        text1 = ''
    except wikipedia.IsRedirectPage: # second except, prevent redirect
        wikipedia.output(u'%s is a redirect!' % pagename1)
        exit()# wikipedia.stopme() is in the finally, we don't need to use it twice, exit() will only close the script
    except wikipedia.Error: # third exception, take the problem and print
        wikipedia.output(u"Some Error, skipping..")
        exit()


    wikipedia.output(u"Loading %s..." % pagename1) # Please, see the "u" before the text
    text1 = text1 + '\nWorld, hello!\n\n\n\n'
    newtext = text1 + newtext
    page1.put(newtext, comment='Mechanical Test: [[wikiversity:sandbox]] -> [[wikiversity talk:sandbox]]', watchArticle = None, minorEdit = True)  # page.put(newtext, 'Bot: Test') <-- is the same
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        main()
    finally:


        wikipedia.stopme()

testGetReferencesBeta.py

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import wikipedia
page = wikipedia.Page(wikipedia.getSite(), 'Wikiversity:Research guidelines')
for pagetoparse in page.getReferences(follow_redirects=True, withTemplateInclusion=True, onlyTemplateInclusion=False, redirectsOnly=False):
    wikipedia.output(pagetoparse.title())

wikipedia.stopme()


testGetReferencesWriteBeta.py

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Run time: about half a minute to a minute

import wikipedia

# Define the function entry
def write_entry(k):
    site = wikipedia.getSite()
    pagename = 'wikiversity:sandbox'
    page = wikipedia.Page(site, pagename)
    wikipedia.output(u"Loading %s..." % pagename) # Please, see the "u" before the text
    try:
        text = page.get(force = False, get_redirect=False, throttle = True, sysop = False, 
                                             nofollow_redirects=False, change_edit_time = True) # text = page.get() <-- is the same
    except wikipedia.NoPage: # First except, prevent empty pages
        text = ''
    except wikipedia.IsRedirectPage: # second except, prevent redirect
        wikipedia.output(u'%s is a redirect!' % pagename)
        exit()# wikipedia.stopme() is in the finally, we don't need to use it twice, exit() will only close the script
    except wikipedia.Error: # third exception, take the problem and print
        wikipedia.output(u"Some Error, skipping..")
        exit()
    newtext = text + '\n' + k
    page.put(newtext, comment='Mechanical test: get references to [[wikiversity:Research guidelines]] and dump them on [[wikiversity:sandbox]]', watchArticle = None, minorEdit = True)  # page.put(newtext, 'Bot: Test') <-- is the same


page = wikipedia.Page(wikipedia.getSite(), 'Wikiversity:Research guidelines')
for pagetoparse in page.getReferences(follow_redirects=True, withTemplateInclusion=True, onlyTemplateInclusion=False, redirectsOnly=False):
    wikipedia.output(pagetoparse.title())

j=''
for i in page.getReferences():
    j = j+ '\n\n' + i.title()

write_entry(j)
wikipedia.stopme()

pywikiBoilerplate.py

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import wikipedia
#set up
site = wikipedia.getSite()
page = wikipedia.Page(site, u"pageName")

#to get a page:
text = page.get(get_redirect = True)

#to update a page:
page.put(u"newText", u"Edit comment")

#CategoryPageGenerator
site = wikipedia.getSite()
cat = catlib.Category(site,'Category:Living people')
gen = pagegenerators.CategorizedPageGenerator(cat)
for page in gen:
  #Do something with the page object, for example:
  text = page.get()

getCategoryWriteBeta.py

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to get the pages in category:ZH and dump the pagenames in wikiversity:sandbox.

import wikipedia
import pagegenerators
import catlib

site = wikipedia.getSite()
cat = catlib.Category(site,'Category:ZH')
gen = pagegenerators.CategorizedPageGenerator(cat)
list=''
for page in gen:
  list =list+ '\n' + page.title()

#print the list
try:
  wikipedia.output(list)
except wikipedia.Error: 
  wikipedia.output(u"Some error, skipping..")


#write the list at the end of [[wikiversity:sandbox]]
sandbox = wikipedia.Page(site, u"wikiversity:sandbox")
sandboxtext = sandbox.get(get_redirect = True)

sandboxtext = sandboxtext + '\n' + list

sandbox.put(sandboxtext, comment='Mechanical test: get pages in [[Category:ZH]] and dump them on [[wikiversity:sandbox]]', watchArticle = None, minorEdit = True)