Re: [Mediawiki-api] Logging in to use action=edit from within Bash

2017-01-30 Thread Martin Urbanec
It should be. At least using telnet as simple connection to the server. But I really cant find a reason for it. Martin Dne po 30. led 2017 20:32 uživatel Martin Domdey napsal: > But is it possible to do this using clean bash? > > Martin > -- > Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android Mobiltelef

Re: [Mediawiki-api] Logging in to use action=edit from within Bash

2017-01-30 Thread Gergo Tisza
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 12:25 PM, geoffreydebelie wrote: > I had problems because of the +\\ in Bash. I was replacing those with > their HTML encodings but that was preventing the code from functioning. It's actually +\ (escaped as a JSON string). You might want to use something JSON-aware like

Re: [Mediawiki-api] Logging in to use action=edit from within Bash

2017-01-30 Thread geoffreydebelie
Hi, I had problems because of the +\\ in Bash. I was replacing those with their HTML encodings but that was preventing the code from functioning. > Are you trying to add an edit request to that paste? Yes. Can I just pass the CSRF token ("edit token") to action=edit and expect the MediaWiki API

Re: [Mediawiki-api] Logging in to use action=edit from within Bash

2017-01-30 Thread Gergo Tisza
It's not really clear what you are asking. Are you trying to add an edit request to that paste? What part of it is problematic? (In any case, you probably want to use bot passwords , not clientlogin. It does work but is not ideal.) On Mon, Jan

Re: [Mediawiki-api] Logging in to use action=edit from within Bash

2017-01-30 Thread geoffreydebelie
I think so. But I don't know how exactly. The script I've found includes cookie handling, which I think is needed in order to make use of clientlogin. Geoffrey On ma, 30 jan 2017 20:32:11 +0100 Martin Domdey wrote But is it possible to do this using clean ba

Re: [Mediawiki-api] Logging in to use action=edit from within Bash

2017-01-30 Thread Martin Domdey
But is it possible to do this using clean bash? Martin -- Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android Mobiltelefon mit GMX Mail gesendet.Am 30.01.2017, 20:26, Martin Urbanec schrieb: Hi,  Maybe pywikibot will be more better than doing this using clean

Re: [Mediawiki-api] Logging in to use action=edit from within Bash

2017-01-30 Thread geoffreydebelie
Hi, I need to integrate it with other Bash code, so pywikibot is really overkill for just a single edit on a few pages :) Kind regards, Geoffrey De Belie On ma, 30 jan 2017 20:26:10 +0100 Martin Urbanec wrote Hi, Maybe pywikibot will be more

Re: [Mediawiki-api] Logging in to use action=edit from within Bash

2017-01-30 Thread Martin Urbanec
Hi, Maybe pywikibot will be more better than doing this using clean Bash. Have a look at Manual:Pywikibot at MediaWiki.org. Best, Martin Urbanec Dne po 30. led 2017 20:20 uživatel geoffreydebelie napsal: > Hi, > > I'm trying to append text to a page as logged in MediaWiki user from > within Bas

[Mediawiki-api] Logging in to use action=edit from within Bash

2017-01-30 Thread geoffreydebelie
Hi, I'm trying to append text to a page as logged in MediaWiki user from within Bash. I tried this, but it's very outdated: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Client_code/Bash I had updated it to this: http://pastebin.com/e9LF3UDa I want to use this: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/AP