jenkins-bot has submitted this change and it was merged. ( https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/366200 )

Change subject: Optionally create items in harvest_template.py ......................................................................

Optionally create items in harvest_template.py

Needs both WikidataBot and harvest_template.py rewrites.

Bug: T170991 Depends-On: Ib43948d70d6c4e957043a862bdbf3c9d27eee03a Depends-On: Ibc4a0f845fe88349d49b787b5f16b20eb650ef8e Change-Id: I021b4609c4cb182c9dd71b9d89c3f033430d75f6 --- M scripts/harvest_template.py 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Approvals: jenkins-bot: Verified Xqt: Looks good to me, approved

diff --git a/scripts/harvest_template.py b/scripts/harvest_template.py index 4bec597..81fd492 100755 --- a/scripts/harvest_template.py +++ b/scripts/harvest_template.py @@ -21,6 +21,10 @@

&params;

+You can also use additional parameters: + +-create Create missing items before importing. + The following command line parameters can be used to change the bot's behavior. If you specify them before all parameters, they are global and are applied to all param-property pairs. If you specify them after a param-property pair, @@ -115,9 +119,12 @@ @type fields: dict @keyword islink: Whether non-linked values should be treated as links @type islink: bool + @keyword create: Whether to create a new item if it's missing + @type create: bool """ self.availableOptions.update({ 'always': True, + 'create': False, 'islink': False, }) super(HarvestRobot, self).__init__(**kwargs) @@ -133,6 +140,7 @@ self.cacheSources() self.templateTitles = self.getTemplateSynonyms(self.templateTitle) self.linkR = textlib.compileLinkR() + self.create_missing_item = self.getOption('create')

def getTemplateSynonyms(self, title): """Fetch redirects of the title, so we can check against them.""" @@ -321,6 +329,8 @@ u'Please enter the template to work on:') else: template_title = arg[10:] + elif arg.startswith('-create'): + options['create'] = True elif gen.handleArg(arg): if arg.startswith(u'-transcludes:'): template_title = arg[13:]