Manual:Pywikibot/checkimages.py

Wikimedia Git repository has this file: scripts/checkimages.py

Script to check recently uploaded files.

This script checks if a file description is present and if there are other problems in the image's description.

Everything that needs customisation is indicated by comments.

Arguments

This script understands the following command-line arguments:

-limit              The number of images to check (default: 80)

-commons            The Bot will check if an image on Commons has the same name
                    and if true it reports the image.

-duplicates[:#]     Checking if the image has duplicates (if arg, set how many
                    rollback wait before reporting the image in the report
                    instead of tag the image) default: 1 rollback.

-duplicatesreport   Report the duplicates in a log *AND* put the template in
                    the images.

-sendemail          Send an email after tagging.

-break              To break the bot after the first check (default: recursive)

-sleep[:#]          Time in seconds between repeat runs (default: 30)

-time[:#]           The -time option is deprecated. Use -sleep instead.

-wait[:#]           Wait x second before check the images (default: 0)

-skip[:#]           The bot skip the first [:#] images (default: 0)

-start[:#]          Use allpages() as generator
                    (it starts already form File:[:#])

-cat[:#]            Use a category as generator

-regex[:#]          Use regex, must be used with -url or -page

-page[:#]           Define the name of the wikipage where are the images

-url[:#]            Define the url where are the images

-nologerror         If given, this option will disable the error that is risen
                    when the log is full.

Instructions for the real-time settings

For every new block you have to add:

<------- ------->

In this way the Bot can understand where the block starts in order to take the right parameter.

* Name=     Set the name of the block
* Find=     Use it to define what search in the text of the image's description,
            while
* Findonly= search only if the exactly text that you give is in the image's
            description.
* Summary=  That's the summary that the bot will use when it will notify the
            problem.
* Head=     That's the incipit that the bot will use for the message.
* Text=     This is the template that the bot will use when it will report the
            image's problem.

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.