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.

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 docs at wikimedia.org
• Learn how to interact with Wikidata

Developing Pywikibot

• Learn how to contribute to Pywikibot
• Discover the source code on Diffusion (GitHub 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

• Help:Creating a bot
• mwparserfromhell (wikicode parser written in Python)
• Other Python bots

News

2020-09-24

Python 3.8.6 final was released.

2020-09-13

 Note: Python 3.5 has reached its end of life.

2020-09-05

 Note: Python 3.5.10 is the last final Python 3.5 release.

2020-09-02

A new stable release 4.3.0 has been deployed. It is marked with stable tag. This is the last release supporting MediaWiki 1.14–1.18.

2020-08-28

A new stable release 4.2.0 has been deployed.

2020-08-18

A new stable release 4.1.1 has been deployed.

2020-08-16

A new stable release 4.1.0 has been deployed.

2020-08-04

A new stable release 4.0.0 has been deployed which supports Python 3.5+ only.

2020-07-13

Pywikibot release 3.0.20200703 is available. It is marked with python2 tag. This is the last version which supports Python 2.7–3.4

 Note: See also: Pywikibot compatibility with Python and MediaWiki