Extension:ImportUsers

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ImportUsers Extension Release status: beta
Implementation	Special page, User identity, Database
Description	Import users in bulk from a CSV file.
Author(s)	Rouslan Zenetl, Yuriy Ilkiv
Last version	1.2 (2011-03-22)
MediaWiki	1.12 (see download link for versions below, back to 1.6.8)
License	No license specified
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Check usage (experimental)

The ImportUser extension adds special page, Special:ImportUsers, which can be used by bureaucrat (or others who have 'import_users' right) to import users from a CSV file to MediaWiki's user database.

Import File Format

The CSV file consists of four columns:

1. username
2. password
3. email
4. real name

Delimited with commas. For example:

user1,pass1,user1@gmail.com,User One
user2,pass2,user2@gmail.com,User Two
user3,pass3,user3@gmail.com,User Three
user4,pass4,user4@gmail.com,User Four
user5,pass5,user5@gmail.com,User Five
user6,pass6,user6@gmail.com,User Six
.
.
.
userN,passN,userN@gmail.com,User Nnn

Duplicate/Collision handling

ImportUsers extension will never create duplicate user accounts.

What is account collision?

Two accounts are in collision (or are duplicates of each other) if their login names (user names) are equal.

Collision handling behavior is determined by the "Replace existing users" check box.

When "Replace existing users" check box is clear (unchecked), ImportUsers extension will ignore records in the input file which are duplicates of existing accounts.

When "Replace existing users" check box is checked, ImportUsers extension will update corresponding accounts with data from input file.

Note, that MediaWiki tolerates duplicate email addresses. In other words, there may be multiple accounts connected to the same email address. ImportUsers extension will not validate for duplicate email addresses.

Installation

1. Download the source code, either via Special:ExtensionDistributor or directly from SVN
2. Place the files in $IP/extensions/ImportUsers/
3. Add

   require_once("$IP/extensions/ImportUsers/ImportUsers.php");
   

   to your wiki's LocalSettings.php
4. Installation can now be verified through Special:Version on your wiki

License

You are free to use this extension for any reason and mutilate it to your heart's liking. If you feel your work might benefit others, post your changes here.