Manual:Pywikibot/generate user files.py

generate_user_files.py is a Pywikibot script used to create one or two user files:

  1. user-config.py
  2. user-fixes.py

This script has to be invoked via the pwb wrapper script.

Output

Example of output using Windows:

You can abort at any time by pressing ctrl-c

Your default user directory is "C:\pywikibot"
 1: commons
 2: i18n
 3: incubator
 4: lyricwiki
 5: mediawiki
 6: meta
 7: omegawiki
 8: osm
 9: outreach
10: species
11: strategy
12: test
13: vikidia
14: wikia
15: wikiapiary
16: wikibooks
17: wikidata
18: wikimania
19: wikimediachapter
20: wikinews
21: wikipedia
22: wikiquote
23: wikisource
24: wikitech
25: wikiversity
26: wikivoyage
27: wiktionary
28: wowwiki
Select family of sites we are working on, just enter the number or name (default: wikipedia):


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.