Manual:Pywikibot
| Pywikibot is a Python library and collection of scripts that automate work on MediaWiki sites. Originally designed for Wikipedia, it is now used throughout the Wikimedia Foundation's projects and on many other wikis. | 
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Running a bot
- What is Pywikibot?
- Learn how to install and configure Pywikibot
- Discover existing scripts for Pywikibot
Writing a bot
- Learn how to write a basic script
- Discover the documentation at doc.wikimedia.org
- Learn how to interact with Wikidata
Developing Pywikibot
- Learn how to contribute to Pywikibot
- Discover the source code on Gerrit (GitHub mirror, Diffusion mirror, Codesearch tool)
- List bugs for Pywikibot
- Learn how to translate Pywikibot
Get help
- Use the #pywikibot IRC channel connect for quick questions
- Sign up to the main mailing list for asking complex questions or sharing information
- Get more help on other support channels
- Python 2 to Python 3 migration support
- Pywikibot compat to core migration support
See also
- Pywikibot compatibility with Python and MediaWiki
- Help:Creating a bot
- mwparserfromhell (wikicode parser written in Python)
- Other Python bots
News
A new stable release 7.2.1 has been deployed. This release only contains a backported bugfix for movepages.py script. It is marked with stabletag.- A new stable release 7.2 has been deployed.
- A new stable release 7.1.1 has been deployed. This release only contains a backported bugfix for replace.py script.
- A new stable release 7.1 has been deployed.
- Python 3.10.4 and 3.9.12 final releases are available.
- Python 3.10.3, 3.9.11 and 3.7.13 final releases are available.
- Pywikibot 7 has been deployed.
Note: With Pywikibot 7 most deprecations will be dropped. Pywikibot does not support Python 3.5.0 - 3.5.2 any longer (T286867)
