Automate uploading files - Wikitech-l

29 Jun 2009

I am trying to automate uploading images (or files).  We are currently using mediaWiki
version 1.13.2.

I am using the following code:
            $data=array( 'wpIgnoreWarning'=>'1',
                'wpDestFile'=>="$bulkImageDirectory/$fname",
                'wpReUpload'=>'1',
                'wpUpload'=>'1',
                'wpUploadFile'=>$fname,
            );
            $webrequest=new FauxRequest( $data, true );
            $uploader=new UploadForm( $webrequest );
            $uploader->mUploadSize=$zipfile['size'];
            $uploader->mUploadTempName="$bulkImageDirectory/$fname";
            $uploader->mOname=$fname;
            $uploader->mSessionKey='1';
                        $uploader->processUpload();

 $fname is a relative file name, while ="$bulkImageDirectory/$fname" is the
absolute file name.  The file is located in wiki/images/tmp/bulkImages/.

I receive the error: "The file you uploaded seems to be empty. This might be due to a
typo in the file name. Please check whether you really want to upload this file." And
the upload form displays on the screen with wpDestFile filled in.

Three questions:
Do you know what the problem is?
Is there another way to automatically upload a file within an extension?
Is there documentation on this?

Thanks,

Mary Beebe