Pywikipediabot

Pywikipediabot (PWB) is the "Python Wikipediabot Framework is a set of bot scripts to do things on Wikipedia or other wikis using MediaWiki. It has been written by several people using the language Python. On this page, we give the general information for people who want to use the bot software."

Course

Needed skills

General basics

• Lecture 1: Installing pywikipediabot framework
• Lecture 2: Logging in
• Lecture 3: Invoking Python

Pywikipediabot basics

• Lecture 4: Importing basic modules
• Lecture 5: Getting one page
• Lecture 6: Writing simple "Hello, world!" in PWB
• Lecture 7: Practice