adding version info:
Pywikipedia [https] r/pywikibot/compat (r10308, a208b54, 2013/09/24, 09:51:19, ok)
Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:24:47) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)]
config-settings:
use_api = True
use_api_login = True
unicode test: ok

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[bugs:#1537] Wikia returns cached pages for get.py editarticle.py

Status: open
Labels: General
Created: Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:36 PM UTC by Throwy
Last Updated: Tue Sep 24, 2013 09:54 PM UTC
Owner: nobody

get.py and editarticle.py use a method of page fetching that results in cached pages from Wikia
replace.py uses the pagegenerator method, which fetches the latest version of pages from Wikia

The issue is probably a Wikia issue, but it would be nice to implement a workaround in pywikipediabot.

Steps to reproduce:
Create or edit a page on a Wikia wiki. Fetch the page with editarticle.py or get.py . The bot should fetch a cached version. Edit the page with replace.py and the bot should fetch the most recent version, which is the expected behavior.

Comments:
Someone had already solved this issue for me on #pywikipediabot on freenode. It requires very little alteration to get.py and editarticle.py. Unfortunately I did not back up or document the changes before updating pywikipediabot from SVN and the changes were lost.

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$ python version.py
Pywikipedia [http] trunk/pywikipedia (r10663, 2012/11/04, 19:53:31)
Python 2.7.3 (v2.7.3:70274d53c1dd, Apr 9 2012, 20:52:43)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)]
config-settings:
use_api = True
use_api_login = True
unicode test: ok

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