https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58980
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Bug ID: 58980
Summary: Write Python script to create new wiki user(s)
Product: Wikimedia
Version: wmf-deployment
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Quality Assurance
Assignee: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Reporter: jh...@wikimedia.org
CC: cmcma...@wikimedia.org, zfili...@wikimedia.org
Classification: Unclassified
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The Mediawiki API provides the ability to create new user accounts[1]
For example, the following two Curl commands issued in sequence will create a
new user at a Mediawiki instance running on "localhost":
curl -c cookies.txt -X POST
"http://localhost/mediawiki/api.php?action=createaccount&name=Tester&password=test1234&language=en&format=json&token=";
curl -b cookies.txt -X POST
"http://localhost/mediawiki/api.php?action=createaccount&name=Tester&password=test1234&language=en&format=json&token=<token
provided in response to previous request>"
As a proof-of-concept, create a Python script that will do the same thing, with
two special functions:
1) The URL of the Mediawiki instance should be created from the value of an
environment variable called "API_URL" (for example, using Python's "os.getenv"
method).
2) The account name and password should be randomly generated alphanumeric
strings, each with a length of 8 characters.
[1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Account_creation
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