Topic on Extension talk:ImportUsers

It seems that this extension is no longer maintained and has become defunct. As a long-time user of it I have been looking from alternatives and found the following substitute using the API.

1. Create a bot from an account that has administrative permissions.
2. Use the API to ...
   • get a login token and log in.
   • retrieve an account create token.
   • create accounts with the information from a CSV file.

Using the samples for the API, I wrote a simple Python program that performs the related actions. It can be run from the client side.

The one thing missing is adding users to local groups which seemingly cannot be performed via the API. I did this manually for 25 users but the maintenance script createAndPromote.php looks like a promising alternative. however, it must be run on the server.

Hope this helps!