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MediaWiki API and WikiData client written in Node.js
https://github.com/macbre/nodemw
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MediaWiki API and WikiData client written in Node.js
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/macbre/nodemw
- Owner: macbre
- License: bsd-2-clause
- Created: 2012-07-05T19:45:38.000Z (over 12 years ago)
- Default Branch: devel
- Last Pushed: 2024-09-24T04:52:04.000Z (about 1 month ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-01T10:03:14.253Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: bot, fandom-wiki, javascript, mediawiki, mediawiki-api, nodejs, nodemw, wikia-api, wikidata
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodemw
- Size: 2.5 MB
- Stars: 237
- Watchers: 10
- Forks: 55
- Open Issues: 18
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Authors: AUTHORS
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README
# nodemw
[](https://coveralls.io/github/macbre/nodemw?branch=devel)
[MediaWiki API](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page) client written in node.js
## Requirements
- At minimum [Node.js at the maintenance version](https://github.com/nodejs/release#release-schedule)
## Installation
### Using npm
```bash
npm install nodemw
```
Or [Download the latest stable version](https://github.com/macbre/nodemw/releases) via GitHub.
### Development version
```bash
git clone https://github.com/macbre/nodemw.git
```
## Features
- HTTP requests are stored in the queue and performed in parallel with limited number of "threads" (i.e. there's no risk of flooding the server)
- articles creation / edit / move / delete
- file uploads (using given content or via provided URL)
- Special:Log processing
- listing articles in categories
- and much more
- getting claims from [WikiData](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction)
## Where it's used
- Over 10k edits on [Poznań Wiki](http://poznan.wikia.com) as [Pyrabot](http://poznan.wikia.com/wiki/Specjalna:Wkład/Pyrabot) - [scripts repository](https://github.com/macbre/pyrabot)
## First script
An example script can be found in `/examples` directory.
```bash
cd examples
node pagesInCategory.js
```
You can enter **debug mode** by setting `DEBUG` enviromental variable:
```bash
DEBUG=1 node examples/pagesInCategory.js
```
You can enter **dry-run mode** (all "write" operations like edits and uploads will be disabled) by setting `DRY_RUN` environmental variable (or `dryRun` entry in the config):
```bash
DRY_RUN=1 node examples/pagesInCategory.js
```
## Running unit tests
```bash
npm test
```
## How to use it?
### Creating a bot instance
```js
var bot = require("nodemw");
// pass configuration object
var client = new bot({
protocol: "https", // Wikipedia now enforces HTTPS
server: "en.wikipedia.org", // host name of MediaWiki-powered site
path: "/w", // path to api.php script
debug: false, // is more verbose when set to true
});
client.getArticle("foo", function (err, data) {
// error handling
if (err) {
console.error(err);
return;
}
// ...
});
```
#### Config file
nodemw can use config files as well as objects directly provided to `bot` object constructor.
```js
// read config from external file
var client = new bot("config.js");
```
Config file is a JSON-encoded object with the following fields (see `/examples/config-DIST.js` file):
```js
{
"protocol": "https", // default to 'http'
"server": "en.wikipedia.org", // host name of MediaWiki-powered site
"path": "/w", // path to api.php script
"debug": false, // is more verbose when set to true
"username": "foo", // account to be used when logIn is called (optional)
"password": "bar", // password to be used when logIn is called (optional)
"domain" : "auth.bar.net", // domain to be used when logIn is called (optional)
"userAgent": "Custom UA", // define custom bot's user agent
"concurrency": 5 // how many API requests can be run in parallel (defaults to 3)
}
```
## Making direct API calls
nodemw allows you make direct calls to MediaWiki API ([example querying Semantic MediaWiki API](https://github.com/macbre/nodemw/blob/master/examples/smw.js)):
```js
var bot = require("nodemw"),
client = new bot({
server: "semantic-mediawiki.org",
path: "/w",
}),
params = {
action: "ask",
query:
"[[Modification date::+]]|?Modification date|sort=Modification date|order=desc",
};
client.api.call(
params /* api.php parameters */,
function (
err /* Error instance or null */,
info /* processed query result */,
next /* more results? */,
data /* raw data */,
) {
console.log(data && data.query && data.query.results);
},
);
```
## Bot methods
The last parameter of each function in nodemw API is a callback which will be fired when the requested action is done.
**Callbacks use node.js style** - `err` is always passed as the first argument.
### bot.logIn(username, password, callback)
Log-in using given credentials - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Login)
### bot.getCategories(prefix, callback)
Gets the list of all categories on a wiki
### bot.getAllPages(callback)
Gets the list of all pages from the main namespace (excludes redirects) - [read more](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allpages)
### bot.getPagesInCategory(category, callback)
Gets the list of pages in a given category - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#revisions_.2F_rv)
### bot.getPagesInNamespace(namespace, callback)
Gets the list of pages in a given namespace - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allpages)
### bot.getPagesByPrefix(prefix, callback)
Gets the list of pages by a given prefix - [read more](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allpages)
### bot.getPagesTranscluding(page, callback)
Gets the list of pages that transclude the given pages - [read more](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Transcludedin)
### bot.getArticle(title, [redirect,] callback)
Gets article content and redirect info - [read more](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query#Resolving_redirects)
### bot.getArticleRevisions(title, callback)
Gets all revisions of a given article - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Revisions)
### bot.getArticleCategories(title, callback)
Gets all categories a given article is in - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Property/Categories)
### bot.getArticleInfo(title, callback)
Gets all info of a given article - [read more](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Info)
### bot.edit(title, content, summary, minor, callback)
Creates / edits an article (and mark the edit as minor if _minor_ is set to true) - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Edit)
### bot.append(title, content, summary, callback)
Adds given content to the end of the page - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Edit)
### bot.prepend(title, content, summary, callback)
Adds given content to the beginning of the page - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Edit)
### bot.addFlowTopic(title, topic, content, callback)
Add a Flow topic - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Flow)
### bot.delete(title, reason, callback)
Deletes an article - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Delete)
### bot.purge(titles, callback)
Purge a given list of articles (titles or page IDs can be provided) - [read more](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Purge)
> By providing `Category:Foo` as `titles` argument you can purge all pages in a given category (available since [MW 1.21](https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/commit/62216932c197f1c248ca2d95bc230f87a79ccd71))
### bot.protect(title, protections, options, callback)
Protect a page (A title or page ID can be provided) - [read more](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Protect)
The `protections` value is an Array of protection information in the format:
```
{
action: string,
level?: string = 'all',
expiry?: string | number = 'never'
}
```
Calls to the Protect endpoint are not additive. Each call must include a list of _all_ intended protections, including any already in place. Each call will _replace_ all existing protections.
### bot.sendEmail(username, subject, text, callback)
Send an email to an user - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Email)
### bot.getToken(title, action, callback)
Returns token required for a number of MediaWiki API operations - [read more]() / [for MW 1.24+](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Tokens)
### bot.whoami(callback)
Gets information about current bot's user (including rights and rate limits) - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Meta#userinfo_.2F_ui)
### bot.whois(username, callback)
Gets information about a specific user (including rights, current block, groups) - [read more](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Users)
### bot.whoare(usernames, callback)
Gets information about specific users (including rights, current block, groups) - [read more](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Users)
### bot.createAccount(username, password, callback)
Create account using given credentials - [read more](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Account_creation)
### bot.move(from, to, summary, callback)
Moves (aka renames) given article - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Move)
### bot.getImages(callback)
Gets list of all images on a wiki
### bot.getImageUsage(filename, callback)
Gets list of all articles using given image
### bot.getImagesFromArticle(title, callback)
Get list of all images that are used on a given page - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#images_.2F_im)
### bot.getImageInfo(filename, callback)
Gets metadata (including uploader, size, dimensions and EXIF data) of given image
### bot.getLog(type, start, callback)
Get entries form Special:Log - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Logevents)
### bot.expandTemplates(content, title, callback)
Returns XML with preprocessed wikitext - [read more](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Parsing_wikitext#expandtemplates)
### bot.parse(content, title, callback)
Returns parsed wikitext - [read more](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Parsing_wikitext#parse)
### bot.fetchUrl(url, callback)
Makes a GET request to provided resource and returns its content.
### bot.getRecentChanges(start, callback)
Returns entries from recent changes (starting from a given point)
### bot.getSiteInfo(props, callback)
Returns site information entries - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Siteinfo)
### bot.getSiteStats(props, callback)
Returns site statistics (number of articles, edits etc) - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Siteinfo)
### bot.getMediaWikiVersion(callback)
Returns the version of MediaWiki given site uses - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Siteinfo)
### client.getQueryPage(queryPage, callback)
Returns entries from [QueryPage-based special pages](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Querypage)
### bot.upload(filename, content, summary _/* or extraParams */_, callback)
Uploads a given raw content as a File:[filename] - [read more](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Upload)
### bot.uploadByUrl(filename, url, summary _/* or extraParams */_, callback)
Uploads a given external resource as a File:[filename]
### bot.uploadVideo(fileName, url, callback)
Uploads a given video as a File:[filename] (Wikia-specific API)
### bot.getTemplateParamFromXml(tmplXml, paramName)
Gets a value of a given template parameter from article's preparsed content (see expandTemplates)
### bot.getExternalLinks(title, callback)
Gets all external links used in article
### bot.getBacklinks(title, callback)
Gets all articles that links to given article
### bot.search(query, callback)
Performs a search
## Helpers
### bot.getConfig(key, def)
Gets config entry value (returns `def` value if not found)
### bot.setConfig(key, val)
Sets config entry value
### bot.diff(old, current)
Returns a diff colored using ANSI colors (powered by [diff](https://www.npmjs.com/package/diff))
## [Wikia-specific](https://community.fandom.com/api/v1) bot methods
> They're grouped in `bot.wikia` "namespace".
### bot.wikia.getWikiVariables(callback)
Get wiki-specific settings (like ThemeDesigner colors and hubs).
### bot.wikia.getUser(userId, callback)
Get information (avatar, number of edits) about a given user
### bot.wikia.getUsers(userIds, callback)
Get information (avatar, number of edits) about a given set of users (by their IDs)
## [WikiData](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction)
This API is Promise-based, use `await` keyword.
Examples:
```js
const wikidata = require("nodemw/lib/wikidata");
const client = new wikidata();
// Where is Saksun, Faroe Islands located?
const geo = await client.getEntityClaim(
"Q928875" /* Saksun */,
"P625" /* place location */,
);
// will give you the geolocation of the place
expect(geo[0].mainsnak.datavalue.value).toMatchObject({
latitude: 62.248888888889,
longitude: -7.1758333333333,
});
// When was Albert Einstein born?
const res = await client.getArticleClaims("Albert Einstein");
const dateOfBirth = res.P569[0].mainsnak.datavalue.value;
expect(dateOfBirth.time).toMatch(/1879-03-14/);
const dateOfDeath = res.P570[0].mainsnak.datavalue.value;
expect(dateOfDeath.time).toMatch(/1955-04-18/);
// interwiki links for a given artlice
const links = await client.getArticleSitelinks("Albert Einstein");
console.log(links.enwiki); // {site: "enwiki", title: "Albert Einstein", badges: ["Q17437798"]}
```
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