Pywikibot/Setup
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Setup
Install
Start by installing pywikibot. Recommended method is:
- git checkout the pywikibot repo
- python setup.py build
- python setup.py install
See Pywikibot.
Configure Site
To configure which site you want pywikibot to use, run the provided login script through the pwb.py script. From the pywikibot directory, run:
python3 pwb.py login
This will prompt you for a site URL, username, and password.
(Where do the credentials get stored???)
Once you log in, there will be a user-config.py file created. Copy this to whichever directory you wish to run pywikibot from.
This user-config.py file does not contain any sensitive information.
Write/Run Scripts
Once you have your user config file in your working directory, you can start your script like this:
import pywikibot s = pywikibot.Site()
This will create a Site object corresponding to whichever site you have specified in your user-config.py file.