[Mediawiki-api] ReadingLists setup command and editmyprivateinfo

I'm trying to use the readinglists setup command and running in to a permission denied message. I think the problem is that my bot does not have editmyprivateinfo enabled.

Below are the details. This is a bit of a newbie question as I'm just starting out with the api. Please forgive me if this is not the right place to start this discussion. I considered adding something to Phabricator, but this issue is more of a user problem then a problem with the software. Anyway... I have a test program where I get a login token, login, get a csrf token and then call setup. #!/opt/local/bin/python3 """     setup.py     Invoke the readinglists setup command     MIT License """ import requests URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php" #URL = "https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php" S = requests.Session() # Retrieve login token first PARAMS_LOGIN_TOKEN = {     'action':"query",     'meta':"tokens",     'type':"login",     'format':"json" } R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS_LOGIN_TOKEN) DATA = R.json() LOGIN_TOKEN = DATA['query']['tokens']['logintoken'] print("Got logintoken") # Send a post request to login. Using the main account for login is not # supported. Obtain credentials via Special:BotPasswords # (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:BotPasswords) for lgname & lgpassword PARAMS_LOGIN = {     'action':"login",     'lgname': BOT_NAME_HERE,     'lgpassword': BOT_PASSWORD_HERE,     'lgtoken':LOGIN_TOKEN,     'format':"json" } R = S.post(URL, data=PARAMS_LOGIN) DATA = R.json() print("After login") print(DATA) # GET the CSRF Token PARAMS_CSRF = {     "action": "query",     "meta": "tokens",     "format": "json" } R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS_CSRF) DATA = R.json() CSRF_TOKEN = DATA['query']['tokens']['csrftoken'] # Call setup PARAMS_SETUP = {     "action": "readinglists",     "command": "setup",     "format": "json",     "token": CSRF_TOKEN } print("About to setup") R = S.post(URL, data=PARAMS_SETUP) print("After attempting to call setup") print(R) print(R.text) The message I get is: |bash-3.2$ ./setup.py Got logintoken After login {'login': {'result': 'Success', 'lguserid': 208882, 'lgusername': 'Cxbrx'}} About to setup After attempting to call setup <Response [200]> {"error":{"code":"permissiondenied","info":"You don't have permission to edit your private information.","*":"See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php for API usage. Subscribe to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list at &lt;https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api-announce&gt; for notice of API deprecations and breaking changes."},"servedby":"mw1316"} bash-3.2$ | In a separate script, I'm able to retrieve my readinglists, so I know that logging in is working. I think the problem is that my bot does not have editmyprivateinfo enabled. Looking at the code, I can see ApiReadingLists.php at https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-ReadingLists/blob/869ffc5… checks for editmyprivateinfo Does anyone know if editmyprivateinfo is the problem? If so, is it possible to enable it for a bot?