User:Sebelino7/Login with Python

Login example in Python, regarding the API:Login article.

#!/usr/bin/python2.7

# Tested with MediaWiki 1.22.7

import requests

user    = 'MyUser'
passw   = 'MyPass'
authu   = 'apacheuser'    # For Apache Basic Auth
authp   = 'apachepass'    # For Apache Basic Auth
baseurl = 'https://example.com/mediawiki/'
params  = '?action=login&lgname=%s&lgpassword=%s&format=json'% (user,passw)

# Login request
r1 = requests.post(baseurl+'api.php'+params,auth=(authu,authp))
token = r1.json()['login']['token']
params2 = params+'&lgtoken=%s'% token

# Confirm token; should give "Success"
r2 = requests.post(baseurl+'api.php'+params2,auth=(authu,authp),cookies=r1.cookies)

# Try accessing a private MediaWiki page
r3 = requests.get(baseurl+'index.php/PrivateTest',
        auth=(authu,authp),cookies=r2.cookies)

# Display the HTML
print r3.text