Manual:Pywikibot/checkimages.py

Script to check recently uploaded files.

This script checks if a file description is present and if there are other problems in the image's description.

Everything that needs customisation is indicated by comments.

Arguments

This script understands the following command-line arguments:

-limit              The number of images to check (default: 80)

-commons            The Bot will check if an image on Commons has the same name
                    and if true it reports the image.

-duplicates[:#]     Checking if the image has duplicates (if arg, set how many
                    rollback wait before reporting the image in the report
                    instead of tag the image) default: 1 rollback.

-duplicatesreport   Report the duplicates in a log *AND* put the template in
                    the images.

-sendemail          Send an email after tagging.

-break              To break the bot after the first check (default: recursive)

-sleep[:#]          Time in seconds between repeat runs (default: 30)

-time[:#]           The -time option is deprecated. Use -sleep instead.

-wait[:#]           Wait x second before check the images (default: 0)

-skip[:#]           The bot skip the first [:#] images (default: 0)

-start[:#]          Use allpages() as generator
                    (it starts already form File:[:#])

-cat[:#]            Use a category as generator

-regex[:#]          Use regex, must be used with -url or -page

-page[:#]           Define the name of the wikipage where are the images

-url[:#]            Define the url where are the images

-nologerror         If given, this option will disable the error that is risen
                    when the log is full.

Instructions for the real-time settings

• For every new block you have to add:

<------- ------->

In this way the Bot can understand where the block starts in order to take the right parameter.

* Name=     Set the name of the block
* Find=     Use it to define what search in the text of the image's description,
            while
* Findonly= search only if the exactly text that you give is in the image's
            description.
* Summary=  That's the summary that the bot will use when it will notify the
            problem.
* Head=     That's the incipit that the bot will use for the message.
* Text=     This is the template that the bot will use when it will report the
            image's problem.

Global arguments available

These options will override the configuration in user-config.py settings.

Global options

Parameter	Description	Config variable
-dir:PATH	Read the bot's configuration data from directory given by PATH, instead of from the default directory.
-config:file	The user config filename. Default is user-config.py.	user-config.py
-lang:xx	Set the language of the wiki you want to work on, overriding the configuration in user-config.py. xx should be the language code.	mylang
-family:xyz	Set the family of the wiki you want to work on, e.g. wikipedia, wiktionary, wikitravel, ... This will override the configuration in user-config.py.	family
-user:xyz	Log in as user 'xyz' instead of the default username.	usernames
-daemonize:xyz	Immediately return control to the terminal and redirect stdout and stderr to file xyz. (only use for bots that require no input from stdin).
-help	Show the help text.
-log	Enable the log file, using the default filename 'script_name-bot.log' Logs will be stored in the logs subdirectory.	log
-log:xyz	Enable the log file, using 'xyz' as the filename.	logfilename
-nolog	Disable the log file (if it is enabled by default).
-maxlag	Sets a new maxlag parameter to a number of seconds. Defer bot edits during periods of database server lag. Default is set by config.py	maxlag
-putthrottle:n -pt:n -put_throttle:n	Set the minimum time (in seconds) the bot will wait between saving pages.	put_throttle
-debug:item -debug	Enable the log file and include extensive debugging data for component "item" (for all components if the second form is used).	debug_log
-verbose -v	Have the bot provide additional console output that may be useful in debugging.	verbose_output
-cosmeticchanges -cc	Toggles the cosmetic_changes setting made in config.py or user-config.py to its inverse and overrules it. All other settings and restrictions are untouched.	cosmetic_changes
-simulate	Disables writing to the server. Useful for testing and debugging of new code (if given, doesn't do any real changes, but only shows what would have been changed).	simulate
-<config var>:n	You may use all given numeric config variables as option and modify it with command line.