Extension:FileImporter

MediaWiki extensions manual
FileImporter
Release status: stable
Implementation User interface
Description Enables users to easily import files (including histories) to a wiki
Author(s) Wikimedia Germany (WMDE)
Latest version continuous updates
Compatibility policy Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki >= 1.43.0
License GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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  • $wgFileImporterCommonsHelperServer
  • $wgFileImporterMaxAggregatedBytes
  • $wgFileImporterCommonsHelperBasePageName
  • $wgFileImporterCommonsHelperHelpPage
  • $wgFileImporterTextForPostImportRevision
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  • $wgFileImporterSourceSiteServices
  • $wgFileImporterWikidataEntityEndpoint
  • $wgFileImporterInterWikiMap
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  • $wgFileImporterMaxRevisions
  • $wgFileImporterSourceWikiTemplating
  • $wgFileImporterShowInputScreen
  • $wgFileImporterSourceWikiDeletion
  • $wgFileImporterCommentForPostImportRevision
  • $wgFileImporterWikidataNowCommonsEntity
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The FileImporter extension provides a simple interface accepting a single URL which can be used to import files to a wiki.

Installation

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  • Download and move the extracted FileImporter folder to your extensions/ directory.
    Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
    git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/FileImporter
  • Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
    wfLoadExtension( 'FileImporter' );
    
  •   Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Documentation

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A detailed documentation of the workflow and the configuration of the extension can be found in the README.md file inside the source repository. Additionally to that there is a list of metrics data recorded to further inspect occurring problems and the usage of the extension in metrics.md.

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