NAME
    MediaWiki::Bot - a high-level bot framework for interacting with
    MediaWiki wikis

VERSION
    version 5.006001

SYNOPSIS
        use MediaWiki::Bot qw(:constants);

        my $bot = MediaWiki::Bot->new({
            assert      => 'bot',
            host        => 'de.wikimedia.org',
            login_data  => { username => "Mike's bot account", password => "password" },
        });

        my $revid = $bot->get_last("User:Mike.lifeguard/sandbox", "Mike.lifeguard");
        print "Reverting to $revid\n" if defined($revid);
        $bot->revert('User:Mike.lifeguard', $revid, 'rvv');

DESCRIPTION
    MediaWiki::Bot is a framework that can be used to write bots which
    interface with the MediaWiki API (<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php>).

METHODS
  new
        my $bot = MediaWiki::Bot({
            host     => 'en.wikipedia.org',
            operator => 'Mike.lifeguard',
        });

    Calling "MediaWiki::Bot->new()" will create a new MediaWiki::Bot object.
    The only parameter is a hashref with keys:

    *   *agent* sets a custom useragent. It is recommended to use "operator"
        instead, which is all we need to do the right thing for you. If you
        really want to do it yourself, see
        <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-agent_policy> for guidance on
        what information must be included.

    *   *assert* sets a parameter for the AssertEdit extension (commonly
        'bot')

        Refer to <http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AssertEdit>.

    *   *operator* allows the bot to send you a message when it fails an
        assert. This is also the recommended way to customize the user agent
        string, which is required by the Wikimedia Foundation. A warning
        will be emitted if you omit this.

    *   *maxlag* allows you to set the maxlag parameter (default is the
        recommended 5s).

        Please refer to the MediaWiki documentation prior to changing this
        from the default.

    *   *protocol* allows you to specify 'http' or 'https' (default is
        'http')

    *   *host* sets the domain name of the wiki to connect to

    *   *path* sets the path to api.php (with no leading or trailing slash)

    *   *login_data* is a hashref of credentials to pass to "login".

    *   *debug* - whether to provide debug output.

        1 provides only error messages; 2 provides further detail on
        internal operations.

    For example:

        my $bot = MediaWiki::Bot->new({
            assert      => 'bot',
            protocol    => 'https',
            host        => 'en.wikimedia.org',
            agent       => sprintf(
                'PerlWikiBot/%s (https://metacpan.org/MediaWiki::Bot; User:Mike.lifeguard)',
                MediaWiki::Bot->VERSION
            ),
            login_data  => { username => "Mike's bot account", password => "password" },
        });

    For backward compatibility, you can specify up to three parameters:

        my $bot = MediaWiki::Bot->new('My custom useragent string', $assert, $operator);

    This form is deprecated will never do auto-login or autoconfiguration,
    and emits deprecation warnings.

    For further reading:

    *   MediaWiki::Bot wiki
        <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki>

    *   <Installing "MediaWiki::Bot"
        <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Install>>

    *   Creating a new bot
        <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Creating-a-new-
        bot>

    *   Setting the wiki
        <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Setting-the-wik
        i>

    *   Where is api.php
        <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Where-is-api.ph
        p>

  set_wiki
    Set what wiki to use. The parameter is a hashref with keys:

    *   *host* - the domain name

    *   *path* - the part of the path before api.php (usually 'w')

    *   *protocol* is either 'http' or 'https'.

    If you don't set any parameter, it's previous value is used. If it has
    never been set, the default settings are 'http', 'en.wikipedia.org' and
    'w'.

    For example:

        $bot->set_wiki({
            protocol    => 'https',
            host        => 'secure.wikimedia.org',
            path        => 'wikipedia/meta/w',
        });

    For backward compatibility, you can specify up to two parameters:

        $bot->set_wiki($host, $path);

    This form is deprecated, and will emit deprecation warnings.

  login
    This method takes a hashref with keys *username* and *password* at a
    minimum. See "Single User Login" and "Basic authentication" for
    additional options.

    Logs the use $username in, optionally using $password. First, an attempt
    will be made to use cookies to log in. If this fails, an attempt will be
    made to use the password provided to log in, if any. If the login was
    successful, returns true; false otherwise.

        $bot->login({
            username => $username,
            password => $password,
        }) or die "Login failed";

    Once logged in, attempt to do some simple auto-configuration. At
    present, this consists of:

    *   Warning if the account doesn't have the bot flag, and isn't a sysop
        account.

    *   Setting an appropriate default assert.

    You can skip this autoconfiguration by passing "autoconfig => 0"

    For backward compatibility, you can call this as

        $bot->login($username, $password);

    This form is deprecated, and will emit deprecation warnings. It will
    never do autoconfiguration or SUL login.

   Single User Login
    On WMF wikis, "do_sul" specifies whether to log in on all projects. The
    default is false. But even when false, you still get a CentralAuth
    cookie for, and are thus logged in on, all languages of a given domain
    ("*.wikipedia.org", for example). When set, a login is done on each WMF
    domain so you are logged in on all ~800 content wikis. Since
    "*.wikimedia.org" is not possible, we explicitly include meta, commons,
    incubator, and wikispecies.

   Basic authentication
    If you need to supply basic auth credentials, pass a hashref of data as
    described by LWP::UserAgent:

        $bot->login({
            username    => $username,
            password    => $password,
            basic_auth  => {    netloc  => "private.wiki.com:80",
                                realm   => "Authentication Realm",
                                uname   => "Basic auth username",
                                pass    => "password",
                            }
        }) or die "Couldn't log in";

    References: API:Login <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Login>,
    Logging in
    <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Logging-in>

  logout
        $bot->logout();

    The logout method logs the bot out of the wiki. This invalidates all
    login cookies.

    References: API:Logging out <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Logout>

  edit
        my $text = $bot->get_text('My page');
        $text .= "\n\n* More text\n";
        $bot->edit({
            page    => 'My page',
            text    => $text,
            summary => 'Adding new content',
            section => 'new',
        });

    This method edits a wiki page, and takes a hashref of data with keys:

    *   *page* - the page title to edit

    *   *text* - the page text to write

    *   *summary* - an edit summary

    *   *minor* - whether to mark the edit as minor or not (boolean)

    *   *bot* - whether to mark the edit as a bot edit (boolean)

    *   *assertion* - usually 'bot', but see
        <http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AssertEdit>.

    *   *section* - edit a single section (identified by number) instead of
        the whole page

    An MD5 hash is sent to guard against data corruption while in transit.

    You can also call this as:

        $bot->edit($page, $text, $summary, $is_minor, $assert, $markasbot);

    This form is deprecated, and will emit deprecation warnings.

   CAPTCHAs
    If a CAPTCHA <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA> is encountered, the
    call to "edit" will return false, with the error code set to
    "ERR_CAPTCHA" and the details informing you that solving a CAPTCHA is
    required for this action. The information you need to actually solve the
    captcha (for example the URL for the image) is given in
    "$bot->{error}->{captcha}" as a hash reference. You will want to grab
    the keys 'url' (a relative URL to the image) and 'id' (the ID of the
    CAPTCHA). Once you have solved the CAPTCHA (presumably by interacting
    with a human), retry the edit, adding "captcha_id" and
    "captcha_solution" parameters:

        my $edit_status = $bot->edit({page => 'Main Page', text => 'got your nose'});
        if (not $edit_status) {
            if ($bot->{error}->{code} == ERR_CAPTCHA) {
                my @captcha_uri = split /\Q?/, $bot->{error}{captcha}{url}, 2;
                my $image = URI->new(sprintf '%s://%s%s?%s' =>
                    $bot->{protocol}, $bot->{host}, $captcha_uri[0], $captcha_uri[1],
                );

                require Term::ReadLine;
                my $term = Term::ReadLine->new('Solve the captcha');
                $term->ornaments(0);
                my $answer = $term->readline("Please solve $image and type the answer: ");

                # Add new CAPTCHA params to the edit we're attempting
                $edit->{captcha_id} = $bot->{error}->{captcha}->{id};
                $edit->{captcha_solution} = $answer;
                $status = $bot->edit($edit);
            }
        }

    References: Editing pages
    <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Editing-pages>,
    API:Edit <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Edit>, API:Tokens
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Tokens>

  move
        $bot->move($from_title, $to_title, $reason, $options_hashref);

    This moves a wiki page.

    If you wish to specify more options (like whether to suppress creation
    of a redirect), use $options_hashref, which has keys:

    *   *movetalk* specifies whether to attempt to the talk page.

    *   *noredirect* specifies whether to suppress creation of a redirect.

    *   *movesubpages* specifies whether to move subpages, if applicable.

    *   *watch* and *unwatch* add or remove the page and the redirect from
        your watchlist.

    *   *ignorewarnings* ignores warnings.

        my @pages = ("Humor", "Rumor");
        foreach my $page (@pages) {
            my $to = $page;
            $to =~ s/or$/our/;
            $bot->move($page, $to, "silly 'merricans");
        }

    References: API:Move <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Move>

  get_history
        my @hist = $bot->get_history($title, $limit, $revid, $direction);

    Returns an array containing the history of the specified $page_title,
    with $limit number of revisions (default is as many as possible).

    The array returned contains hashrefs with keys: revid, user, comment,
    minor, timestamp_date, and timestamp_time.

    References: Getting page history
    <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Getting-page-histor
    y>, API:Properties#revisions
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#revisions_.2F_rv>

  get_text
    Returns an the wikitext of the specified $page_title. The second
    parameter is $revid - if defined, returns the text of that revision; the
    third is $section_number - if defined, returns the text of that section.

    A blank page will return wikitext of "" (which evaluates to false in
    Perl, but is defined); a nonexistent page will return undef (which also
    evaluates to false in Perl, but is obviously undefined). You can
    distinguish between blank and nonexistent pages by using defined:

        my $wikitext = $bot->get_text('Page title');
        print "Wikitext: $wikitext\n" if defined $wikitext;

    References: Fetching page text
    <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Fetching-page-text>
    , API:Properties#revisions
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#revisions_.2F_rv>

  get_id
    Returns the id of the specified $page_title. Returns undef if page does
    not exist.

        my $pageid = $bot->get_id("Main Page");
        die "Page doesn't exist\n" if !defined($pageid);

    Revisions: API:Properties#info
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#info_.2F_in>

  get_pages
    Returns the text of the specified pages in a hashref. Content of undef
    means page does not exist. Also handles redirects or article names that
    use namespace aliases.

        my @pages = ('Page 1', 'Page 2', 'Page 3');
        my $thing = $bot->get_pages(\@pages);
        foreach my $page (keys %$thing) {
            my $text = $thing->{$page};
            print "$text\n" if defined($text);
        }

    References: Fetching page text
    <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Fetching-page-text>
    , API:Properties#revisions
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#revisions_.2F_rv>

  get_image
        $buffer = $bot->get_image('File:Foo.jpg', { width=>256, height=>256 });

    Download an image from a wiki. This is derived from a similar function
    in MediaWiki::API. This one allows the image to be scaled down by
    passing a hashref with height & width parameters.

    It returns raw data in the original format. You may simply spew it to a
    file, or process it directly with a library such as Imager.

        use File::Slurp qw(write_file);
        my $img_data = $bot->get_image('File:Foo.jpg');
        write_file( 'Foo.jpg', {binmode => ':raw'}, \$img_data );

    Images are scaled proportionally. (height/width) will remain constant,
    except for rounding errors.

    Height and width parameters describe the maximum dimensions. A 400x200
    image will never be scaled to greater dimensions. You can scale it
    yourself; having the wiki do it is just lazy & selfish.

    References: API:Properties#imageinfo
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#imageinfo_.2F_ii>

  revert
    Reverts the specified $page_title to $revid, with an edit summary of
    $summary. A default edit summary will be used if $summary is omitted.

        my $revid = $bot->get_last("User:Mike.lifeguard/sandbox", "Mike.lifeguard");
        print "Reverting to $revid\n" if defined($revid);
        $bot->revert('User:Mike.lifeguard', $revid, 'rvv');

    References: API:Edit <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Edit>

  undo
        $bot->undo($title, $revid, $summary, $after);

    Reverts the specified $revid, with an edit summary of $summary, using
    the undo function. To undo all revisions from $revid up to but not
    including this one, set $after to another revid. If not set, just undo
    the one revision ($revid).

    References: API:Edit <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Edit>

  get_last
    Returns the revid of the last revision to $page not made by $user. undef
    is returned if no result was found, as would be the case if the page is
    deleted.

        my $revid = $bot->get_last('User:Mike.lifeguard/sandbox', 'Mike.lifeguard');
        if defined($revid) {
            print "Reverting to $revid\n";
            $bot->revert('User:Mike.lifeguard', $revid, 'rvv');
        }

    References: API:Properties#revisions
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#revisions_.2F_rv>

  update_rc
    This method is deprecated, and will emit deprecation warnings. Replace
    calls to "update_rc()" with calls to the newer "recentchanges()", which
    returns all available data, including rcid.

    Returns an array containing the $limit most recent changes to the wiki's
    *main namespace*. The array contains hashrefs with keys title, revid,
    old_revid, and timestamp.

        my @rc = $bot->update_rc(5);
        foreach my $hashref (@rc) {
            my $title = $hash->{'title'};
            print "$title\n";
        }

    The "Options hashref" is also available:

        # Use a callback for incremental processing:
        my $options = { hook => \&mysub, };
        $bot->update_rc($options);
        sub mysub {
            my ($res) = @_;
            foreach my $hashref (@$res) {
                my $page = $hashref->{'title'};
                print "$page\n";
            }
        }

  recentchanges($wiki_hashref, $options_hashref)
    Returns an array of hashrefs containing recentchanges data.

    The first parameter is a hashref with the following keys:

    *ns* - the namespace number, or an arrayref of numbers to specify
    several; default is the main namespace
    *limit* - the number of rows to fetch; default is 50
    *user* - only list changes by this user
    *show* - itself a hashref where the key is a category and the value is a
    boolean. If true, the category will be included; if false, excluded. The
    categories are kinds of edits: minor, bot, anon, redirect, patrolled.
    See "rcshow" at
    <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Recentchanges#Parameters>.

    An "Options hashref" can be used as the second parameter:

        my @rc = $bot->recentchanges({ ns => 4, limit => 100 });
        foreach my $hashref (@rc) {
            print $hashref->{title} . "\n";
        }

        # Or, use a callback for incremental processing:
        $bot->recentchanges({ ns => [0,1], limit => 500 }, { hook => \&mysub });
        sub mysub {
            my ($res) = @_;
            foreach my $hashref (@$res) {
                my $page = $hashref->{title};
                print "$page\n";
            }
        }

    The hashref returned might contain the following keys:

    *ns* - the namespace number
    *revid*
    *old_revid*
    *timestamp*
    *rcid* - can be used with "patrol"
    *pageid*
    *type* - one of edit, new, log (there may be others)
    *title*

    For backwards compatibility, the previous method signature is still
    supported:

        $bot->recentchanges($ns, $limit, $options_hashref);

    References: API:Recentchanges
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Recentchanges>

  what_links_here
    Returns an array containing a list of all pages linking to $page.

    Additional optional parameters are:

    *   One of: all (default), redirects, or nonredirects.

    *   A namespace number to search (pass an arrayref to search in multiple
        namespaces)

    *   An "Options hashref".

    A typical query:

        my @links = $bot->what_links_here("Meta:Sandbox",
            undef, 1,
            { hook=>\&mysub }
        );
        sub mysub{
            my ($res) = @_;
            foreach my $hash (@$res) {
                my $title = $hash->{'title'};
                my $is_redir = $hash->{'redirect'};
                print "Redirect: $title\n" if $is_redir;
                print "Page: $title\n" unless $is_redir;
            }
        }

    Transclusions are no longer handled by what_links_here() - use
    "list_transclusions" instead.

    References: Listing incoming links
    <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Listing-incoming-li
    nks>, API:Backlinks <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Backlinks>

  list_transclusions
    Returns an array containing a list of all pages transcluding $page.

    Other parameters are:

    *   One of: all (default), redirects, or nonredirects

    *   A namespace number to search (pass an arrayref to search in multiple
        namespaces).

    *   $options_hashref as described by MediaWiki::API:

        Set max to limit the number of queries performed.

        Set hook to a subroutine reference to use a callback hook for
        incremental processing.

        Refer to the section on "linksearch" for examples.

    A typical query:

        $bot->list_transclusions("Template:Tlx", undef, 4, {hook => \&mysub});
        sub mysub{
            my ($res) = @_;
            foreach my $hash (@$res) {
                my $title = $hash->{'title'};
                my $is_redir = $hash->{'redirect'};
                print "Redirect: $title\n" if $is_redir;
                print "Page: $title\n" unless $is_redir;
            }
        }

    References: Listing transclusions
    <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Listing-transclusio
    ns> API:Embeddedin <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Embeddedin>

  get_pages_in_category
    Returns an array containing the names of all pages in the specified
    category (include the Category: prefix). Does not recurse into
    sub-categories.

        my @pages = $bot->get_pages_in_category('Category:People on stamps of Gabon');
        print "The pages in Category:People on stamps of Gabon are:\n@pages\n";

    The options hashref is as described in "Options hashref". Use "{ max =>
    0 }" to get all results.

    References: Listing category contents
    <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Listing-category-co
    ntents>, API:Categorymembers
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Categorymembers>

  get_all_pages_in_category
        my @pages = $bot->get_all_pages_in_category($category, $options_hashref);

    Returns an array containing the names of all pages in the specified
    category (include the Category: prefix), including sub-categories. The
    $options_hashref is described fully in "Options hashref".

    References: Listing category contents
    <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Listing-category-co
    ntents>, API:Categorymembers
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Categorymembers>

  get_all_categories
    Returns an array containing the names of all categories.

        my @categories = $bot->get_all_categories();
        print "The categories are:\n@categories\n";

    Use "{ max => 0 }" to get all results. The default number of categories
    returned is 10, the maximum allowed is 500.

    References: API:Allcategories
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allcategories>

  linksearch
    Runs a linksearch on the specified $link and returns an array containing
    anonymous hashes with keys 'url' for the outbound URL, and 'title' for
    the page the link is on.

    Additional parameters are:

    *   A namespace number to search (pass an arrayref to search in multiple
        namespaces).

    *   You can search by $protocol (http is default).

    *   $options_hashref is fully documented in "Options hashref":

        Set *max* in $options to get more than one query's worth of results:

            my $options = { max => 10, }; # I only want some results
            my @links = $bot->linksearch("slashdot.org", 1, undef, $options);
            foreach my $hash (@links) {
                my $url = $hash->{'url'};
                my $page = $hash->{'title'};
                print "$page: $url\n";
            }

        Set *hook* to a subroutine reference to use a callback hook for
        incremental processing:

            my $options = { hook => \&mysub, }; # I want to do incremental processing
            $bot->linksearch("slashdot.org", 1, undef, $options);
            sub mysub {
                my ($res) = @_;
                foreach my $hashref (@$res) {
                    my $url  = $hashref->{'url'};
                    my $page = $hashref->{'title'};
                    print "$page: $url\n";
                }
            }

    References: Finding external links
    <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Finding-external-li
    nks>, API:Exturlusage <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Exturlusage>

  purge_page
    Purges the server cache of the specified $page. Returns true on success;
    false on failure. Pass an array reference to purge multiple pages.

    If you really care, a true return value is the number of pages
    successfully purged. You could check that it is the same as the number
    you wanted to purge - maybe some pages don't exist, or you passed
    invalid titles, or you aren't allowed to purge the cache:

        my @to_purge = ('Main Page', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'Very unlikely to exist');
        my $size = scalar @to_purge;

        print "all-at-once:\n";
        my $success = $bot->purge_page(\@to_purge);

        if ($success == $size) {
            print "@to_purge: OK ($success/$size)\n";
        }
        else {
            my $missed = @to_purge - $success;
            print "We couldn't purge $missed pages (list was: "
                . join(', ', @to_purge)
                . ")\n";
        }

        # OR
        print "\n\none-at-a-time:\n";
        foreach my $page (@to_purge) {
            my $ok = $bot->purge_page($page);
            print "$page: $ok\n";
        }

    References: Purging the server cache
    <https://github.com/MediaWiki-Bot/MediaWiki-Bot/wiki/Purging-the-server-
    cache>, API:Purge <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Purge>

  get_namespace_names
        my %namespace_names = $bot->get_namespace_names();

    Returns a hash linking the namespace id, such as 1, to its named
    equivalent, such as "Talk".

    References: API:Meta#siteinfo
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Meta#siteinfo_.2F_si>

  image_usage
    Gets a list of pages which include a certain $image. Include the "File:"
    namespace prefix to avoid incurring an extra round-trip (which will also
    emit a deprecation warnings).

    Additional parameters are:

    *   A namespace number to fetch results from (or an arrayref of multiple
        namespace numbers)

    *   One of all, redirect, or nonredirects.

    *   $options is a hashref as described in the section for "linksearch".

        my @pages = $bot->image_usage("File:Albert Einstein Head.jpg");

    Or, make use of the "Options hashref" to do incremental processing:

        $bot->image_usage("File:Albert Einstein Head.jpg",
            undef, undef,
            { hook=>\&mysub, max=>5 }
        );
        sub mysub {
            my $res = shift;
            foreach my $page (@$res) {
                my $title = $page->{'title'};
                print "$title\n";
            }
        }

    References: API:Imageusage
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Imageusage>

  global_image_usage($image, $results, $filterlocal)
    Returns an array of hashrefs of data about pages which use the given
    image.

        my @data = $bot->global_image_usage('File:Albert Einstein Head.jpg');

    The keys in each hashref are title, url, and wiki. $results is the
    maximum number of results that will be returned (not the maximum number
    of requests that will be sent, like "max" in the "Options hashref"); the
    default is to attempt to fetch 500 (set to 0 to get all results).
    $filterlocal will filter out local uses of the image.

    References: Extension:GlobalUsage#API
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GlobalUsage#API>

  links_to_image
    A backward-compatible call to "image_usage". You can provide only the
    image title.

    This method is deprecated, and will emit deprecation warnings.

  is_blocked
        my $blocked = $bot->is_blocked('User:Mike.lifeguard');

    Checks if a user is currently blocked.

    References: API:Blocks <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Blocks>

  test_blocked
    Retained for backwards compatibility. Use "is_blocked" for clarity.

    This method is deprecated, and will emit deprecation warnings.

  test_image_exists
    Checks if an image exists at $page.

    *   FILE_NONEXISTENT (0) means "Nothing there"

    *   FILE_LOCAL (1) means "Yes, an image exists locally"

    *   FILE_SHARED (2) means "Yes, an image exists on Commons
        <http://commons.wikimedia.org>"

    *   FILE_PAGE_TEXT_ONLY (3) means "No image exists, but there is text on
        the page"

    If you pass in an arrayref of images, you'll get out an arrayref of
    results.

        use MediaWiki::Bot::Constants;
        my $exists = $bot->test_image_exists('File:Albert Einstein Head.jpg');
        if ($exists == FILE_NONEXISTENT) {
            print "Doesn't exist\n";
        }
        elsif ($exists == FILE_LOCAL) {
            print "Exists locally\n";
        }
        elsif ($exists == FILE_SHARED) {
            print "Exists on Commons\n";
        }
        elsif ($exists == FILE_PAGE_TEXT_ONLY) {
            print "Page exists, but no image\n";
        }

    References: API:Properties#imageinfo
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#imageinfo_.2F_ii>

  get_pages_in_namespace
        $bot->get_pages_in_namespace($namespace, $limit, $options_hashref);

    Returns an array containing the names of all pages in the specified
    namespace. The $namespace_id must be a number, not a namespace name.

    Setting $page_limit is optional, and specifies how many items to
    retrieve at once. Setting this to 'max' is recommended, and this is the
    default if omitted. If $page_limit is over 500, it will be rounded up to
    the next multiple of 500. If $page_limit is set higher than you are
    allowed to use, it will silently be reduced. Consider setting key 'max'
    in the "Options hashref" to retrieve multiple sets of results:

        # Gotta get 'em all!
        my @pages = $bot->get_pages_in_namespace(6, 'max', { max => 0 });

    References: API:Allpages <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allpages>

  count_contributions
        my $count = $bot->count_contributions($user);

    Uses the API to count $user's contributions.

    References: API:Users <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Users>

  timed_count_contributions
        ($timed_edits_count, $total_count) = $bot->timed_count_contributions($user, $days);

    Uses the API to count $user's contributions in last number of $days and
    total number of user's contributions (if needed).

    Example: If you want to get user contribs for last 30 and 365 days, and
    total number of edits you would write something like this:

        my ($last30days, $total) = $bot->timed_count_contributions($user, 30);
        my $last365days = $bot->timed_count_contributions($user, 365);

    You could get total number of edits also by separately calling
    count_contributions like this:

        my $total = $bot->count_contributions($user);

    and use timed_count_contributions only in scalar context, but that would
    mean one more call to server (meaning more server load) of which you are
    excused as timed_count_contributions returns array with two parameters.

    References: Extension:UserDailyContribs
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UserDailyContribs>

  last_active
        my $latest_timestamp = $bot->last_active($user);

    Returns the last active time of $user in "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ".

    References: API:Usercontribs
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Usercontribs>

  recent_edit_to_page
         my ($timestamp, $user) = $bot->recent_edit_to_page($title);

    Returns timestamp and username for most recent (top) edit to $page.

    References: API:Properties#revisions
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#revisions_.2F_rv>

  get_users
        my @recent_editors = $bot->get_users($title, $limit, $revid, $direction);

    Gets the most recent editors to $page, up to $limit, starting from
    $revision and going in $direction.

    References: API:Properties#revisions
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#revisions_.2F_rv>

  was_blocked
        for ("Mike.lifeguard", "Jimbo Wales") {
            print "$_ was blocked\n" if $bot->was_blocked($_);
        }

    Returns whether $user has ever been blocked.

    References: API:Logevents <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Logevents>

  test_block_hist
    Retained for backwards compatibility. Use "was_blocked" for clarity.

    This method is deprecated, and will emit deprecation warnings.

  expandtemplates
        my $expanded = $bot->expandtemplates($title, $wikitext);

    Expands templates on $page, using $text if provided, otherwise loading
    the page text automatically.

    References: API:Parsing wikitext
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Parsing_wikitext>

  get_allusers
        my @users = $bot->get_allusers($limit, $user_group, $options_hashref);

    Returns an array of all users. Default $limit is 500. Optionally specify
    a $group (like 'sysop') to list that group only. The last optional
    parameter is an "Options hashref".

    References: API:Allusers <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allusers>

  db_to_domain
    Converts a wiki/database name (enwiki) to the domain name
    (en.wikipedia.org).

        my @wikis = ("enwiki", "kowiki", "bat-smgwiki", "nonexistent");
        foreach my $wiki (@wikis) {
            my $domain = $bot->db_to_domain($wiki);
            next if !defined($domain);
            print "$wiki: $domain\n";
        }

    You can pass an arrayref to do bulk lookup:

        my @wikis = ("enwiki", "kowiki", "bat-smgwiki", "nonexistent");
        my $domains = $bot->db_to_domain(\@wikis);
        foreach my $domain (@$domains) {
            next if !defined($domain);
            print "$domain\n";
        }

    References: Extension:SiteMatrix
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SiteMatrix>

  domain_to_db
        my $db = $bot->domain_to_db($domain_name);

    As you might expect, does the opposite of "domain_to_db": Converts a
    domain name (meta.wikimedia.org) into a database/wiki name (metawiki).

    References: Extension:SiteMatrix
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SiteMatrix>

  diff
    This allows retrieval of a diff from the API. The return is a scalar
    containing the *HTML table* of the diff. Options are passed as a hashref
    with keys:

    *   *title* is the title to use. Provide *either* this or revid.

    *   *revid* is any revid to diff from. If you also specified title, only
        title will be honoured.

    *   *oldid* is an identifier to diff to. This can be a revid, or the
        special values 'cur', 'prev' or 'next'

    References: API:Properties#revisions
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#revisions_.2F_rv>

  prefixindex
    This returns an array of hashrefs containing page titles that start with
    the given $prefix. The hashref has keys 'title' and 'redirect' (present
    if the page is a redirect, not present otherwise).

    Additional parameters are:

    *   One of all, redirects, or nonredirects

    *   A single namespace number (unlike linksearch etc, which can accept
        an arrayref of numbers).

    *   $options_hashref as described in "Options hashref".

        my @prefix_pages = $bot->prefixindex("User:Mike.lifeguard");
        # Or, the more efficient equivalent
        my @prefix_pages = $bot->prefixindex("Mike.lifeguard", 2);
        foreach my $hashref (@pages) {
            my $title = $hashref->{'title'};
            if $hashref->{'redirect'} {
                print "$title is a redirect\n";
            }
            else {
                print "$title\n is not a redirect\n";
            }
        }

    References: API:Allpages <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allpages>

  search
    This is a simple search for your $search_term in page text. It returns
    an array of page titles matching.

    Additional optional parameters are:

    *   A namespace number to search in, or an arrayref of numbers (default
        is the main namespace)

    *   $options_hashref is a hashref as described in "Options hashref":

        my @pages = $bot->search("Mike.lifeguard", 2);
        print "@pages\n";

    Or, use a callback for incremental processing:

        my @pages = $bot->search("Mike.lifeguard", 2, { hook => \&mysub });
        sub mysub {
            my ($res) = @_;
            foreach my $hashref (@$res) {
                my $page = $hashref->{'title'};
                print "$page\n";
            }
        }

    References: API:Search <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Search>

  get_log
    This fetches log entries, and returns results as an array of hashes. The
    first parameter is a hashref with keys:

    *   *type* is the log type (block, delete...)

    *   *user* is the user who *performed* the action. Do not include the
        User: prefix

    *   *target* is the target of the action. Where an action was performed
        to a page, it is the page title. Where an action was performed to a
        user, it is User:$username.

    The second is the familiar "Options hashref".

        my $log = $bot->get_log({
                type => 'block',
                user => 'User:Mike.lifeguard',
            });
        foreach my $entry (@$log) {
            my $user = $entry->{'title'};
            print "$user\n";
        }

        $bot->get_log({
                type => 'block',
                user => 'User:Mike.lifeguard',
            },
            { hook => \&mysub, max => 10 }
        );
        sub mysub {
            my ($res) = @_;
            foreach my $hashref (@$res) {
                my $title = $hashref->{'title'};
                print "$title\n";
            }
        }

    References: API:Logevents <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Logevents>

  is_g_blocked
        my $is_globally_blocked = $bot->is_g_blocked('127.0.0.1');

    Returns what IP/range block *currently in place* affects the IP/range.
    The return is a scalar of an IP/range if found (evaluates to true in
    boolean context); undef otherwise (evaluates false in boolean context).
    Pass in a single IP or CIDR range.

    References: Extension:GlobalBlocking
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GlobalBlocking/API>

  was_g_blocked
        print "127.0.0.1 was globally blocked\n" if $bot->was_g_blocked('127.0.0.1');

    Returns whether an IP/range was ever globally blocked. You should
    probably call this method only when your bot is operating on Meta - this
    method will warn if not.

    References: API:Logevents <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Logevents>

  was_locked
        my $was_locked = $bot->was_locked('Mike.lifeguard');

    Returns whether a user was ever locked. You should probably call this
    method only when your bot is operating on Meta - this method will warn
    if not.

    References: API:Logevents <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Logevents>

  get_protection
    Returns data on page protection as a array of up to two hashrefs. Each
    hashref has a type, level, and expiry. Levels are 'sysop' and
    'autoconfirmed'; types are 'move' and 'edit'; expiry is a timestamp.
    Additionally, the key 'cascade' will exist if cascading protection is
    used.

        my $page = 'Main Page';
        $bot->edit({
            page    => $page,
            text    => rand(),
            summary => 'test',
        }) unless $bot->get_protection($page);

    You can also pass an arrayref of page titles to do bulk queries:

        my @pages = ('Main Page', 'User:Mike.lifeguard', 'Project:Sandbox');
        my $answer = $bot->get_protection(\@pages);
        foreach my $title (keys %$answer) {
            my $protected = $answer->{$title};
            print "$title is protected\n" if $protected;
            print "$title is unprotected\n" unless $protected;
        }

    References: API:Properties#info
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#info_.2F_in>

  is_protected
    This is a synonym for "get_protection", which should be used in
    preference.

    This method is deprecated, and will emit deprecation warnings.

  patrol
        $bot->patrol($rcid);

    Marks a page or revision identified by the $rcid as patrolled. To mark
    several RCIDs as patrolled, you may pass an arrayref of them. Returns
    false and sets "$bot->{error}" if the account cannot patrol.

    References: API:Patrol <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Patrol>

  email
        $bot->email($user, $subject, $body);

    This allows you to send emails through the wiki. All 3 of $user (without
    the User: prefix), $subject and $body are required. If $user is an
    arrayref, this will send the same email (subject and body) to all users.

    References: API:Email <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Email>

  top_edits
    Returns an array of the page titles where the $user is the latest
    editor. The second parameter is the familiar $options_hashref.

        my @pages = $bot->top_edits("Mike.lifeguard", {max => 5});
        foreach my $page (@pages) {
            $bot->rollback($page, "Mike.lifeguard");
        }

    Note that accessing the data with a callback happens before filtering
    the top edits is done. For that reason, you should use "contributions"
    if you need to use a callback. If you use a callback with top_edits(),
    you will not necessarily get top edits returned. It is only safe to use
    a callback if you *check* that it is a top edit:

        $bot->top_edits("Mike.lifeguard", { hook => \&rv });
        sub rv {
            my $data = shift;
            foreach my $page (@$data) {
                if (exists($page->{'top'})) {
                    $bot->rollback($page->{'title'}, "Mike.lifeguard");
                }
            }
        }

    References: API:Usercontribs
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Usercontribs>

  contributions
        my @contribs = $bot->contributions($user, $namespace, $options);

    Returns an array of hashrefs of data for the user's contributions. $ns
    can be an arrayref of namespace numbers. $options can be specified as in
    "linksearch".

    Specify an arrayref of users to get results for multiple users.

    References: API:Usercontribs
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Usercontribs>

  upload
        $bot->upload({ data => $file_contents, summary => 'uploading file' });
        $bot->upload({ file => $file_name,     title   => 'Target filename.png' });

    Upload a file to the wiki. Specify the file by either giving the
    filename, which will be read in, or by giving the data directly.

    References: API:Upload <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Upload>

  upload_from_url
    Upload file directly from URL to the wiki. Specify URL, the new filename
    and summary. Summary and new filename are optional.

        $bot->upload_from_url({
            url => 'http://some.domain.ext/pic.png',
            title => 'Target_filename.png',
            summary => 'uploading new pic',
        });

    If on your target wiki is enabled uploading from URL, meaning
    $wgAllowCopyUploads is set to true in LocalSettings.php and you have
    appropriate user rights, you can use this function to upload files to
    your wiki directly from remote server.

    References: API:Upload#Uploading_from_URL
    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Upload#Uploading_from_URL>

  usergroups
    Returns a list of the usergroups a user is in:

        my @usergroups = $bot->usergroups('Mike.lifeguard');

    References: API:Users <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Users>

  Options hashref
    This is passed through to the lower-level interface MediaWiki::API, and
    is fully documented there.

    The hashref can have 3 keys:

    max Specifies the maximum number of queries to retrieve data from the
        wiki. This is independent of the *size* of each query (how many
        items each query returns). Set to 0 to retrieve all the results.

    hook
        Specifies a coderef to a hook function that can be used to process
        large lists as they come in. When this is used, your subroutine will
        get the raw data. This is noted in cases where it is known to be
        significant. For example, when using a hook with "top_edits()", you
        need to check whether the edit is the top edit yourself - your
        subroutine gets results as they come in, and before they're
        filtered.

    skip_encoding
        MediaWiki's API uses UTF-8 and any 8 bit character string parameters
        are encoded automatically by the API call. If your parameters are
        already in UTF-8 this will be detected and the encoding will be
        skipped. If your parameters for some reason contain UTF-8 data but
        no UTF-8 flag is set (i.e. you did not use the "use utf8;" pragma)
        you should prevent re-encoding by passing an option "skip_encoding
        => 1". For example:

            $category ="Cat\x{e9}gorie:moyen_fran\x{e7}ais"; # latin1 string
            $bot->get_all_pages_in_category($category); # OK

            $category = "Cat". pack("U", 0xe9)."gorie:moyen_fran".pack("U",0xe7)."ais"; # unicode string
            $bot->get_all_pages_in_category($category); # OK

            $category ="Cat\x{c3}\x{a9}gorie:moyen_fran\x{c3}\x{a7}ais"; # unicode data without utf-8 flag
            # $bot->get_all_pages_in_category($category); # NOT OK
            $bot->get_all_pages_in_category($category, { skip_encoding => 1 }); # OK

        If you need this, it probably means you're doing something wrong.
        Feel free to ask for help.

ERROR HANDLING
    All functions will return undef in any handled error situation. Further
    error data is stored in "$bot->{error}->{code}" and
    "$bot->{error}->{details}".

    Error codes are provided as constants in MediaWiki::Bot::Constants, and
    can also be imported through this module:

        use MediaWiki::Bot qw(:constants);

AVAILABILITY
    The project homepage is <https://metacpan.org/module/MediaWiki::Bot>.

    The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive
    Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit <http://www.perl.com/CPAN/> to find a
    CPAN site near you, or see
    <https://metacpan.org/module/MediaWiki::Bot/>.

SOURCE
    The development version is on github at
    <http://github.com/doherty/MediaWiki-Bot> and may be cloned from
    <git://github.com/doherty/MediaWiki-Bot.git>

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
    You can make new bug reports, and view existing ones, through the web
    interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>.

AUTHORS
    *   Dan Collins <dcollins@cpan.org>

    *   Mike.lifeguard <lifeguard@cpan.org>

    *   Alex Rowe <alex.d.rowe@gmail.com>

    *   Oleg Alexandrov <oleg.alexandrov@gmail.com>

    *   jmax.code <jmax.code@gmail.com>

    *   Stefan Petrea <stefan.petrea@gmail.com>

    *   kc2aei <kc2aei@gmail.com>

    *   bosborne@alum.mit.edu

    *   Brian Obio <brianobio@gmail.com>

    *   patch and bug report contributors

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by the MediaWiki::Bot team
    <perlwikibot@googlegroups.com>.

    This is free software, licensed under:

      The GNU General Public License, Version 3, June 2007