Thanks for the responses. I was hoping there would be some php function in
MW core or some API feature that I could use like from [0]. I'm having a
hard time understanding how I would use either of these suggestions.

[0] https://doc.wikimedia.org/mediawiki-core/master/php/

On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 3:02 PM, Gergo Tisza <[email protected]> wrote:

> mwparserfromhell ( https://github.com/earwig/mwparserfromhell ) is also
> pretty good at this kind of thing.
>
> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 6:30 PM, Subramanya Sastry <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Take a look at Parsoid's output spec and the Parsoid API (as exposed
> > through the REST API).
> >
> > See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Specs/HTML/1.4.0#Template_markup and
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/#!/Transforms/post_tran
> > sform_html_to_wikitext_title_revision
> >
> > So, you fetch the HTML, edit data-mw blob, and save it back.
> >
> > Subbu.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 08/09/2017 10:22 AM, Daren Welsh wrote:
> >
> >> I'm working on a server-side script that will periodically revise wiki
> >> pages that all use the same template. Is there a function I can use that
> >> will parse a page and then find and replace template arguments with
> values
> >> I determine within my script?
> >>
> >> For example, let's say I have Template:Beer like the following:
> >>
> >> {{Beer
> >> |Name=
> >> |Brewery=
> >> |Style=
> >> |ABV=
> >> |IBU=
> >> }}
> >>
> >> So if I had a page Rocket Fuel:
> >>
> >> {{Beer
> >> |Name=Rocket Fuel
> >> |Brewery=8th Wonder
> >> |Style=Vietnamese Coffee Porter
> >> |ABV=4.6
> >> |IBU=18
> >> }}
> >>
> >> Let's say my script "discovered" an error in one of the arguments and
> >> needed to update the page. For example, let's say the IBU was actually
> 28.
> >> Is there a function that will find and replace the value for IBU in the
> >> page?
> >>
> >> I'm currently using regex, but I'm wondering if there's a more
> trustworthy
> >> method.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Daren
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