[Mediawiki-l] automatically inserting content into the wiki

[Johannes Perl]

Adam Meyer wrote:

> I actually have a php scrpt that does just this.
> There is a list of variables that are needed to make a new page.
> These are the ones I have, and it works perfectly.
> 
> This only works for new pages. It will not work for edits as more  
> info is needed.
> 
> ['wpTextbox1'] = 'info for the page here';
> ['wpSummary'] = "";
> ['wpSection'] = "";
> ['wpEdittime'] = "";
> ['wpMinoredit'] = "1";
> ['wpSave'] = "Save page";
> ['wpEditToken'] = $token;
> 
> 
> wpEditToken is actually taken from the page in my script.
> 
> here is more info on it:
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Edit_token
> 
> 
> -Adam
> 
> 
> On Aug 29, 2007, at 11:28 AM, Johannes Perl wrote:
> 
> > hi,
> > 
> > I'm trying to write a programm with java to insert content  
> > automatically
> > into the wiki.
> > I set the POST variables and the submit button value and then send
> > the request to the server. Now comes the problem that MediaWiki
> > doesn't let me
> > post anything.
> > The page returned is only the preview page, but exactly with the  
> > content I
> > wanted to post.
> > 
> > So I've got the question whether there are any special variables to
> > be set.
> > Looking at the source code I saw that there are some hidden fields.
> > Do they all have to be set to get this posted?
> > Or are there any other problems or things I have to consider?
> > 
> > Thanks for any help or links.
> > Johannes
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Thanks to both of you. I made it work.

It was the problem with wpEdittoken, since I got logged in via ldap.
Deactiving ldap it worked. For others having same problems, it's a
really good tip enable debugging.

To be able to do edits I simply read all input tags from the site,
eliminated the preview and diff button and sent all the others as post
variables.

-Johannes

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