pywikibot August 2020

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Getting started with pywikibot
by Larry Martell 25 Oct '20

25 Oct '20

We have an internal wiki and I want to use pywikibot to get some data from it. Installed it from pip but when I import it I get: >>> import pywikibot Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pywikibot/__init__.py", line 25, in <module> from pywikibot.bot import ( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pywikibot/bot.py", line 105, in <module> from pywikibot import config2 as config File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pywikibot/config2.py", line 373, in <module> base_dir = get_base_dir() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pywikibot/config2.py", line 367, in get_base_dir raise RuntimeError(exc_text) RuntimeError: No user-config.py found in directory '/vagrant'. Looking here https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/Installation#Configure_Pywi… I see a reference to pwb.py, but that does not exist in /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pywikibot. What am I missing here? Thanks!

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Using listpages with redirects
by John Bray 15 Oct '20

15 Oct '20

I'd like to get all the redirect pages out of a wiki, but pwb.py listpages -start:UK -grep:'#REDIRECT' -format:"{page.title}" -get produces nothing, but pwb.py listpages -start:UK -grep:'United Kingdom' -format:"{page.title}" -get produces, as expected UK #REDIRECT [[United Kingdom]] pwb.py listpages -start:UK -grep:'#' -format:"{page.title}" -get picks up pages with a # in them, but not any of the #REDIRECTs why isn't -grep just parsing the page fully? John

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Contributing to pywikibot
by Vivek 28 Aug '20

28 Aug '20

Hello, I am Vivek malhan from India, I have intermediate experience with python. I wish to be part of this team and contribute to this pywikibot project. Please guide me how I can do the same. Thanks and Regards. -- Vivek Malhan Active javaScript developer https://github.com/VivekMalhan666 https://bethenewwyou.wordpress.com/ https://gdy.club/m3 --

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Getting started with pywikibot
by Arshdeep Singh 26 Aug '20

26 Aug '20

Hello, I am Arshdeep Singh, I am new to open source and I want to contribute to pywikibot. I've good experience with python. I've done automation with selenium as well. Kindly help me to get started with pywikibot. -- Arshdeep Singh https://github.com/arsh9806 https://www.hackerrank.com/arshdeep55singh https://www.hackerearth.com/@arshdeep69

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replaceCategoryLinks fails with “Invalid argument type '<type 'str'>' in Page initializer: B”
by Jean-Frédéric 23 Aug '20

23 Aug '20

Hi, In the heritage repo [1], I have pywikibot pinned to 3.0.20180823. Upgrading to latest version leads to two of my unit tests to fail [2] (I’m not 100% sure, but I do believe the same errors popped up last time I tried upgrading in August 2019.) The unit tests are at [3], the method tested at [4], and the stack trace at [5]. I have been digging a bit in the git history to understand what happened between August 2018 and August 2019 / August 2020 in textlib but nothing jumped. Would anyone know what the change is caused by, and how I should update my code? Thanks! [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/THER/ [2] https://integration.wikimedia.org/ci/job/labs-tools-heritage-tox-docker/509… [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/THER/browse/master/tests/test_c… [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/THER/browse/master/erfgoedbot/c… [5] Stack trace: ``` File "/src/erfgoedbot/categorize_images.py", line 263, in replace_default_cat_with_new_categories_in_image_text page_text_without_base_category, new_categories, addOnly=True) File "/src/.tox/py27/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pywikibot/textlib.py", line 1459, in replaceCategoryLinks new_cats = categoryFormat(new, insite=site) File "/src/.tox/py27/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pywikibot/textlib.py", line 1552, in categoryFormat category = pywikibot.Category(category) File "/src/.tox/py27/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pywikibot/tools/__init__.py", line 1819, in wrapper return obj(*__args, **__kw) File "/src/.tox/py27/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pywikibot/page/__init__.py", line 2879, in __init__ Page.__init__(self, source, title, ns=14) File "/src/.tox/py27/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pywikibot/tools/__init__.py", line 1819, in wrapper return obj(*__args, **__kw) File "/src/.tox/py27/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pywikibot/page/__init__.py", line 2392, in __init__ super(Page, self).__init__(source, title, ns) File "/src/.tox/py27/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pywikibot/page/__init__.py", line 221, in __init__ .format(type(source), source))Error: Invalid argument type '<type 'str'>' in Page initializer: B ``` -- Jean-Frédéric

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Pywikibot and PAWS
by Sarah R 20 Aug '20

20 Aug '20

Hi Folks, I'm working on improving PAWS user documentation <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/PAWS>and plan to create a notebook/tutorial to help users who are interested in using Pywikibot in PAWS <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/PAWS>. I'm looking for examples of notebooks that use Pywikibot and am reaching out here to see if anyone on this list has a public notebook they would be willing to share? (Note: we have a public index of notebooks <https://public.paws.wmcloud.org/?C=M&O=D> -- but it's a lot of random searching). If there is something missing from the current documentation or something you think should be included, please share. I'll be reaching out here for more feedback as I'm working on these docs. :-) Many kindnesses, Sarah R. Rodlund Senior Technical Writer, Developer Advocacy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Developer_Advocacy> srodlund(a)wikimedia.org

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[Significant change] New datatype fields in Lexeme JSON output
by Lucas Werkmeister 17 Aug '20

17 Aug '20

Hi all! This is an announcement for a significant (but not breaking) change to the JSON output of WikibaseLexeme entities, specifically of Senses and Forms, when obtained via Special:EntityData <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData> or the Wikibase API endpoints like Special:ApiHelp/wbgetentities <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ApiHelp/wbgetentities>. The Snak output in the Wikibase JSON serialization <https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/master/php/md_docs_topics_json.html#json…> usually contains a datatype field for each Snak. Previously, these fields were missing for statements within Senses and Forms of a Lexeme – see the message on Project Chat <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/1258923595#[Significant…> for an example (I didn’t want to bloat this email too much by including it here 🙂). Starting on 26 August 2020 (barring unexpected deployment issues; 25 August 2020 on Test Wikidata), these datatype fields will be present there as well. If you have any issue or question, feel free to leave a comment at T249206 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T249206>. Cheers, Lucas -- Lucas Werkmeister (he/er) Full Stack Developer Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 https://wikimedia.de Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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