Manual:Wikibot


 * Not to be confused with Manual:IRC RC Bot

Wikibot is a PHP-based MediaWiki bot framework. It is based upon w:User:ClueBot/Source, but is designed to be more configurable and flexible. It will be committed to SVN after Cobi's commit access request is approved.

Configuration
The bot can be configured using the file wikibot.config.php. For instance, if you want to configure a bot username of, a bot password of  , and to have it edit testwiki.org, you might put the following configuration settings in wikibot.config.php:

If there is any conflict between a wildcarded setting and a more specific setting, the more specific setting will prevail. E.g., suppose you have the following: In this example, the TestBot setting would override the less specific AwesomeBot setting for purposes of commands such as this:
 * The first bracket contains the name of the configuration setting.
 * The second bracket contains the name of the bot or the wildcard "*" to apply the setting to all bots.
 * The third bracket contains the wiki name or the wildcard "*" to apply the setting to all wikis.

Sample bot
Here is a sample bot that uses this framework to edit the page "Sandbox" on testwiki.org: