https://github.com/fastily/mtc-cli

💫² The spiritual successor to the original MTC! tool
https://github.com/fastily/mtc-cli

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💫² The spiritual successor to the original MTC! tool

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/fastily/mtc-cli
• Owner: fastily
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2021-04-27T06:04:40.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-09-20T21:44:23.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-06T23:42:59.481Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: wikimedia-commons, wikimedia-tools, wikipedia
• Language: Python
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• Size: 31.3 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# mtc-cli

[![Python 3.12+](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Blue_Python_3.12%2B_Shield_Badge.svg)](https://www.python.org)

[![MediaWiki 1.35+](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Blue_MediaWiki_1.35%2B_Shield_Badge.svg)](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki)

[![License: GPL v3](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/GPL_v3_Blue_Badge.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html)

mtc-cli is a command line tool that helps simplify and automate file imports from Wikipedia to Commons.

This is the rewritten, spiritual successor to the original [MTC!](https://github.com/fastily/mtc) tool.

### Install

```bash

pip install mtc-cli

```

### Usage

```

usage: __main__.py [-h] [-u username] [-f] [-d] [-a api_endpoint] [titles ...]

mtc CLI

positional arguments:

  titles           Files, usernames, templates, or categories

options:

  -h, --help       show this help message and exit

  -u username      the username to use

  -f               Force (ignore filter) file transfer(s)

  -d               Activate dry run/debug mode (does not transfer files)

  -a api_endpoint  The default desc generation API endpoint to use. Defaults to public toolforge instance.

```

👉 Password is set via env variable `_PW`, such that `` is the username of the bot in all caps.