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