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wikirc2text
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wikirc2text is a simple Python script to dump MediaWiki
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RecentChanges as single text line. The script is able to
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keep the state of the already seen lines avoiding to
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output the same changes again.
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The idea behind the script is to have a simple command-line
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interface to dump Wiki RecentChanges feed into other program
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like sendxmpp (http://sendxmpp.platon.sk/). As I didn't
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want to flood the XMPP conference room with the same output,
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I made wikirc2text to track the already seen lines.
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Usage
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Usage: wikirc2text.py url(s)
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Options:
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-h, --help show this help message and exit
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-s, --state keep state of existing rcline seen and don't output
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them
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-c STATESEC, --cleanstate=STATESEC
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expire states existing more than number of seconds
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specified
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-t, --tail tail-like operation by continuously appending new
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changes (--state option is enable)
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### Sample usage
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2011-01-09 17:46:01 +00:00
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% python wikirc2text.py "http://en.ekopedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom" --state | head -4
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Ekopedia - Recent changes [en]
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http://en.ekopedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ecological_rucksack&diff=8004&oldid=prev by Wibil @ Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:09:03 +0000
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http://en.ekopedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Wibil/to_do_list&diff=8003&oldid=prev by Wibil @ Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:31:28 +0000
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http://en.ekopedia.org/User:Social_Networking by Social Networking @ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:19:42 +0000
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If you do a second request, just after. As there is no changes, there is no output.
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If you don't use the --state option, you'll get all the latest changes without checking
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the state cache.
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2011-01-09 17:46:01 +00:00
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% python wikirc2text.py "http://en.ekopedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom" --state
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You can clear the state following an interval specified in seconds.
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% python wikirc2text.py -c 60
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29 states deleted
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You can also use the tail-like interface to have a continuous update of the new recent changes.
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% python wikirc2text.py "http://en.ekopedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom" --tail
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### Usage with sendxmpp
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% python wikirc2text.py --state "http://www.hackerspace.lu/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom" | head -5 |sendxmpp -u yourbotname -p yourbotpassword -r yourbotressource -j an.xmpp.server -t -c aconference@conference.somewhere
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### Software required
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* Python 2.4 and up
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* Universal Feed Parser - http://www.feedparser.org/
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