[Mediawiki-l] writing robots

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Hiram Clawson wrote:
> Good Afternoon MediaWiki Fans:
> 
> Before I pull all of my hair out here, can anyone tell me what I am missing in this procedure.
> Am I following out of date documents here or what ?
> 
> I'm trying to write a robot to automatically add pages to a MediaWiki.  Something along the lines of:
> 	http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Bulk_Page_Creator
> 
> I've been following the proper use of the save edit parameters at:
>            http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Parameters_to_index.php
> 
> And sending the appropriate POST request to the wiki with a valid wpEditToken
> obtained from the wiki with an action=edit call first.  I'm watching my POST
> operation go out OK from my end, but the only answer I get back from
> the wiki is "this page does not exist, would you like to edit it"
> 
> Is it clear to the wiki when it sees an incoming POST request with the URL action=submit:
> 	index.php?title=myNewPage&action=submit
> That this is the result of the submit button "Save page" from the editform on the edit page ?
> Is it just the actual POST variables in the message that direct the save activity at
> the wiki ?
> 
> Anyone have any good pointers to recent documents about robot writing ?
> 
> My hair will appreciate your assistance,
> 
> --Hiram

Try setting an wpSave parameter too (value doesn't matter). Mediawiki 
needs to know if it's a Save, a Preview...
Plus, if you provide no content to the page (blank wpTextbox1) it won't 
get created, arriving to that page.

I recommend when you have this knid of problems, to sniff your broswser 
connection to copy its behaviour.