Extension:Sync

MediaWiki extensions manual

Sync Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	Parser function
Description	Allows to sync's your wiki with multiple other wikis
Author(s)	Nischay Nahata, wikiworks.com (Nischayn22talk)
Latest version	1.0 (March 2018)
MediaWiki	1.25+
PHP	5.3+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net .
Parameters $wgSyncWikis
Hooks used PageContentSaveComplete PageContentInsertComplete TitleMoveComplete ArticleDeleteComplete SkinTemplateNavigation TranslationsApproved

The Sync extension allows the selective sync (or copying over of content pages) of your wiki with multiple other wikis. It is based on the wikiImporter script. You can also use this extension with Extension:TranslateWiki to create multilingual wikis.

Installation and Configuration

• Add the following to your wiki's composer.local.json's "require" section:

"nischayn22/mediawiki-api": "dev-master"

• Now run:

composer update

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called Sync in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'Sync' );
  // Add any such lines for multiple wikis
  $wgSyncWikis[] = array(
  'api_path' => "http://yourwiki/wiki2",
  'username' => "Nischayn22",
  'password' => "Password",
  'copy_ns' => array( 0 ),
  'live_edit' => true,
  'live_create' => true,
  'live_move' => true,
  'live_delete' => true,
  'translate' => false,
  'translate_to' => 'hi' 
  );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Features

• Maintenance Script to import entire pages in specified namespaces to other wikis.
• Create and maintain multilingual wikis using Extension:TranslateWiki.
• Live syncing of wikis on page edits/creation/move/delete.
• Sync tab to live sync a page
• Syncing of CommentStreams

Development and Help

Please contact the author for consulting on further developments, feature requests or bug fixes on this extension.

See also

• Page import - overview of all page import tools