yes i know, but i cannot speak python (yet) ;) and i what to write the bot in php, i know php well... does anyone know here how does pywikipediabot accesses to the source code?
There is no API, it's just as a browser would, through HTTP.
ok, thanks dori, then i will also access to via normal http. but the problem is, that there is a transfer of a lot of data, which are not necessary, i think of the when you open a site with the source-code, (e.g. http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Berkshire_Hathaway&action=edit ) you need only the source-text for the bot. it's only the part in the textarea
i think it would be nice of you add to the index.php also the action "source". like: "index.php?title=Wikipedia&action=edit", and you only get the sourcecode of the article "Wikipedia"
what do you think about?
mfg johannes