Manual:Pywikipediabot/basic.py

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basic.py

Pywikipediabot scripts
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basic.py is a script of the Pywikipedia bot framework. It is not a complete bot; rather, it is a template from which simple bots can be made. You can rename it to mybot.py, then edit it in whatever way you want.

Parameters

The following parameters are supported:

-dry

If given, doesn't do any real changes, but only shows what would have been changed.

All other parameters will be regarded as part of the title of a single page, and the bot will only work on that single page.

Example

python basic.py -dry User:MyUserName

This tries to add 'Text ' in front of the page User:MyUserName. Since the -debug option is given, the page wouldn't be changed.