text method would be like this:
def text(self):
"""Return the current (edited) wikitext, loading it if necessary.
@return: unicode
"""
kwargs = {}
if not hasattr(self, '_text'):
kwargs['force'] = True
if not hasattr(self, '_text') or self._text is None:
try:
self._text = self.get(get_redirect=True, **kwargs)
except pywikibot.NoPage:
# TODO: what other exceptions might be returned?
self._text = u""
return self._text
On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:38 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not a good idea, how do you save a blank page?
>
>
> On Tuesday, September 2, 2014, Sorawee Porncharoenwase <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I propose this change:
>>
>> - set `page.text` to `None` to discard changes
>> - delete `page.text` to reload content -- equivalent to get(force=True)
>> - in Page.save(), if `page.text` is equal to unchanged text, no API call
>> - to touch a page, use page.touch(), which will call action="edit" &
>> appendtext="", instead. The advantage is that there is no need to preload
>> text.
>>
>> Sorawee Porncharoenwase
>>
>
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