mwiki.art

MediaWiki API wrapper for Arturo

• What does this package do?
• How do I use it?
• Type Reference
  • MW
  • mwPage
  • mwUser
  • mwCategory
• License

What does this package do?

This package provides a complete MediaWiki API wrapper for Arturo, enabling seamless interaction with any MediaWiki-powered wiki (Wikipedia, Wikia, etc.). It handles authentication, page retrieval and editing, search, category browsing, and more - with automatic cookie management under the hood.

How do I use it?

Simply import it and start interacting with your favorite wiki:

import 'mwiki!

; Connect to a MediaWiki instance
wiki: to :MW ["https://rosettacode.org/w/api.php"]!

; Retrieve a page
page: wiki\page "Fibonacci sequence"
print page\content

; Search for pages
results: wiki\search.limit:5 "palindrome"
print.lines results

; Get category members
cat: wiki\category "Programming Tasks"
print [cat\name "has" size cat\members "members"]

; Login and edit (requires credentials)
using wiki [
    if \login "username" "password" ->
        \editPage "Test Page" "Hello, wiki!" "Created test page"
]

Type reference

🔹 MW

The main MediaWiki API client

Constructor

to :MW [apiUrl :string]

Fields

• \apiUrl - the MediaWiki API endpoint
• \cookies - session cookies (managed automatically)
• \loggedIn - authentication status

Methods

login

Authenticate with MediaWiki API.

login username :string password :string

Returns

• :logical - true if authentication successful, false otherwise

page

Retrieve page content by title.

page title :string

Returns

• :mwPage - page object containing title and content
• :null - page not found or request failure

editPage

Edit or create a wiki page.

editPage title :string content :string summary :string

Returns

• :logical - true if edit successful, false otherwise

category

Get all members of given category.

category name :string

Returns

• :mwCategory - category object containing name and member list
• :null - request failure

search

Search wiki pages using given query.

search query :string

Attributes

Returns

• :block - array of page titles matching the search query

user

Get current user information.

user

Returns

• :mwUser - user object with information, groups, rights, and edit count
• :null - request failure

recent

Get recent wiki changes.

recent limit :integer :null

Returns

• :block - array of recent changes (default limit: 10)

🔹 mwPage

Represents a wiki page with its content

Constructor

to :mwPage [title :string, content :string]

Fields

• \title - page title
• \content - page wikitext content

🔹 mwUser

Represents a MediaWiki user

Constructor

to :mwUser [details :dictionary]

Fields

• \details - user information dictionary

🔹 mwCategory

Represents a wiki category with its members

Constructor

to :mwCategory [name :string, members :integer]

Fields

• \name - category name
• \members - list of members

Tip
The wrapper automatically handles session cookies and CSRF tokens, so you don't need to worry about authentication state management! 😉

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Yanis Zafirópulos

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