Manual:Pywikibot

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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.

Running a bot

What is Pywikibot?
Learn how to install and configure Pywikibot
Access existing scripts for Pywikibot

Writing a bot

Learn how to write a basic script
Read the documentation at doc.wikimedia.org
Learn how to interact with Wikidata
Take ideas from Pywikibot Cookbook

Developing Pywikibot

Learn how to contribute to Pywikibot
Review 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

News

13 December 2024: A new stable release 9.6.1 has been deployed. It is marked with stable tag. This is the last release supporting Python 3.7.; A new pywikibot-scripts release 9.6.1 was published.
4 December 2024: Python 3.13.1, 3.12.8, 3.11.11, 3.10.16 and 3.9.21 final releases are available.
3 December 2024: A new stable release 9.6.0 has been deployed.; A new pywikibot-scripts release 9.6.0 was published.
30 October 2024: A new stable release 9.5.0 has been deployed.; A new pywikibot-scripts release 9.5.0 was published.
15 October 2024: A new stable release 9.4.1 has been deployed.
12 October 2024: A new pywikibot-scripts release 9.4.1 was published.
7 October 2024: Python 3.13.0 final release is available.
5 October 2024: A new stable release 9.4.0 has been deployed.; The first pywikibot-scripts release 9.4.0 was published.
1 October 2024: Python 3.12.7 final release is available.