mediawiki.js

mediawiki.js is a modern wrapper for the MediaWiki API, heavily inspired by nodemw. This library's focus is modernness, so it includes TypeScript support.

Installation

$ pnpm add @lavgup/mediawiki.js
# or
$ npm install @lavgup/mediawiki.js
# or
$ yarn add @lavgup/mediawiki.js

Usage

mediawiki.js uses promises with async/await syntax instead of callbacks.

Initiating the client

mediawiki.js requires a configuration object, containing the following things;

• url: The URL of the wiki's api.php file.

The following constructor parameters can be set if the bot's credentials are known when instantiating the bot class.

If not, the login function takes a username and password parameter, to support switching accounts easily.

• botUsername: username for when login() is called (optional)
• botPassword: password for when login() is called (optional, see Special:BotPasswords for this)

Example

const { MediaWikiJS } = require('@lavgup/mediawiki.js');

// Because bot username and password are provided here,
// you won't need to specify parameters to login().
const bot = new MediaWikiJS({
	url: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php',
	botUsername: 'Username@Bot Username',
	botPassword: ''
});

Using methods

All methods are internally documented using JSDoc, so you should just be able to browse through MediaWikiJS.ts to know what you need to know.

Examples

Getting site statistics

const stats = await bot.getSiteStats();

console.log(stats);
// => { ... }

Getting titles of all pages in a category

    const pages = await bot.getPagesInCategory('Stubs', true);

console.log(pages);
// => [ ... ]

Editing a page

    // login
await bot.login('username', 'password');

// prepend content (add to start of page)
await bot.prepend({
	title: 'Project:Sandbox',
	content: "Don't vandalise the sandbox!",
	summary: 'Add notice',
	minor: true
});

// append content (add to end of page)
await bot.append({
	title: 'Project:Sandbox',
	content: '[[Category:Meta]]',
	summary: '+meta cat'
});

// replace/create page with content
await bot.edit({
	title: 'Project:Sandbox',
	content: 'test',
	summary: 'testing!'
});

Deleting a page

await bot.login('username', 'password');

await bot.delete({
	title: 'Project:Sandbox',
	reason: 'Testing mediawiki.js!'
});

Blocking a user

await bot.login('username', 'password');

await bot.block({
	user: 'Jimmy Wales',
	expiry: '1 hour',
	reason: 'Vandalism :(',
	allowUserTalk: false,
	autoblock: false,
	reblock: true
});

Protecting a page

await bot.login('username', 'password');

await bot.protect({
	title: 'Project:Rules',
	protections: {
		edit: 'sysop',
		move: 'sysop'
	},
	expiry: 'never',
	reason: 'Special page!',
	cascade: true
});

Running tests

Jest is the testing library used for this project, so you can run all tests by running pnpm test in the root directory. Note that you will have to provide configuration for tests, including the URL to a test wiki's api.php file and a pair of BotPassword credentials. There is a sample configuration file provided.

Example application

• Wiki Utilities - Discord bot for taking administrative actions on a wiki through message commands.

Support and questions

Open an issue! Join my Discord server for a quicker response.

Contributing

Open a PR! Might be worth opening an issue if it's a major change, to get the heads up from me.