Pywikipediabot

Welcome to the Wikiversity learning project for Pywikipediabot (PWB). The Python Wikipediabot Framework is a set of bot scripts to do things on Wikipedia or other wikis using MediaWiki. It has been written by several people using the language Python. On this page, we give the general information for people who want to learn and use this bot software.

Course

Needed skills

General basics

• Lecture 1: Installing pywikipediabot framework
• Lecture 2: Logging in
• Lecture 3: Invoking Python

Pywikipediabot basics

• Lecture 4: Importing basic modules
• Lecture 5: Getting one page
• Lecture 6: Writing simple "Hello, world!" in PWB
• Lecture 7: Practice

See also

Wikibooks has a book on the topic of Pywikibot.

• Botwiki - You may ask any question there.
• Pywikipediabot for Mac OSX - A "for dummies" introductory project aimed at Mac users unaccustomed to coding.