Extension:ImportUsers
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The author of this extension is no longer maintaining it! Meaning any reports for additional features and/or bugfixes will more than likely be ignored. Volunteers are encouraged to take on the task of developing and maintaining it. As a courtesy, you may want to contact the author. You should also remove this template and list yourself as maintaining the extension in the page's {{extension}} infobox. |
 Release status: beta |
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| Implementation | Special page, User identity, Database | ||
| Description | Allows to import users in bulk from a CSV file | ||
| Author(s) | Rouslan Zenetl, Yuriy Ilkiv | ||
| Last version | 1.2 (2011-03-27) | ||
| MediaWiki | 1.16+ | ||
| Database changes | No | ||
| License | Public domain | ||
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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.
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Import File Format [edit]
The CSV file in UTF-8 consists of four columns:
- username
- password
- 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 [edit]
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 [edit]
- Download the source code directly from SVN
- Place the files in $IP/extensions/ImportUsers/
- Add
to your wiki's LocalSettings.php
require_once("$IP/extensions/ImportUsers/ImportUsers.php");
- Installation can now be verified through Special:Version on your wiki
Maintenance [edit]
After importing users you might want to run initSiteStats.php (MW ≥ 1.21.x) or initStats.php (MW ≤ 1.20.x) to update the statistics of your wiki on registered users.
License [edit]
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.
