https://github.com/lucaswerkmeister/m3api-botpassword

m3api extension package to log in using a bot password
https://github.com/lucaswerkmeister/m3api-botpassword

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m3api extension package to log in using a bot password

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/lucaswerkmeister/m3api-botpassword
• Owner: lucaswerkmeister
• License: isc
• Created: 2022-10-08T20:17:28.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-09T19:30:08.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-05T10:41:26.758Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: javascript, m3api, mediawiki, mediawiki-api
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 534 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGES.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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# m3api-botpassword

[![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/m3api-botpassword.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/m3api-botpassword)

[![documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/documentation-informational)](https://lucaswerkmeister.github.io/m3api-botpassword/)

m3api-botpassword is an extension package for [m3api][],

making it easy to make requests authenticated by a [bot password][].

## Usage

```js

import Session from 'm3api/node.js';

import { login } from 'm3api-botpassword/index.js';

// create credentials on Special:BotPasswords,

// then load them e.g. from process.env

const username = '...@...';

const password = '...';

// create a session

const session = new Session( 'en.wikipedia.org', {

	formatversion: 2,

}, {

	userAgent: 'm3api-botpassword-README-example',

} );

// log in

await login( session, username, password );

// make other requests, now authenticated

await session.request( {

	action: 'edit',

	title: '...',

	text: '...',

	bot: true,

}, { method: 'POST', tokenType: 'csrf' } );

```

There is also a `logout()` function.

By default, m3api-botpassword adds `assert=user` after logging in,

but does not set the `assertuser` parameter.

Both of these can be changed using request options,

e.g. when creating the session:

```js

const session = new Session( 'en.wikipedia.org', {

	formatversion: 2,

}, {

	userAgent: 'm3api-botpassword-README-example',

	'm3api-botpassword/assert': true, // default

	'm3api-botpassword/assertUser': true, // also add assertuser=[username]

} );

```

Request options can also be specified after the other `login()`/`logout()` arguments,

i.e. `login( session, username, password, options )` and `logout( session, options )`.

This can be useful for the m3api options,

but is not recommended for m3api-botpassword options:

using different `assert`/`assertUser` options for login and logout

will most likely produce confusing errors.

## License

Published under the [ISC License][].

By contributing to this software,

you agree to publish your contribution under the same license.

[m3api]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/m3api

[bot password]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Bot_passwords

[ISC License]: https://spdx.org/licenses/ISC.html