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<a href="http://buzerave.com/craps-tip.shtml">craps tip</a> <br />
<a href="http://buzerave.com/craps-tip.shtml">craps tip</a> <br />


<a href="http://buzerave.com/football-gambling.shtml">football gambling</a> <br />
====Usage====
<a href="http://buzerave.com/gambling-game.shtml">gambling game</a> <br />
WikiLink` provides functions for checking your login status, getting and setting pages, as well as transparently extending some of Mathematica's string manipulation functions to wiki pages.
<a href="http://buzerave.com/gambling-problem.shtml">gambling problem</a> <br />

<a href="http://buzerave.com/gambling-weblog.com.shtml">gambling weblog.com</a> <br />
<!--$$?WikiUserName$$-->
<a href="http://buzerave.com/gambling-site.shtml">gambling site</a> <br />
<!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"-->
{{HelpLine|
n = 6 |
in = <nowiki>WikiUserName</nowiki> |
out= <nowiki>WikiUserName[] returns either the name of the user you are logged in as, your IP address if you're not logged in, or $Failed if something more complicated has happened!</nowiki>}}
<!--END-->

<!--$$?WikiGetPageText$$-->
<!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"-->
{{HelpLine|
n = 7 |
in = <nowiki>WikiGetPageText</nowiki> |
out= <nowiki>WikiGetPageText[pagename] returns the raw text of the specified page.</nowiki>}}
<!--END-->
<!--$$?WikiSetPageText$$-->
<!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"-->
{{HelpLine|
n = 8 |
in = <nowiki>WikiSetPageText</nowiki> |
out= <nowiki>WikiSetPageText[pagename, text] overwrites the contents of the specificied page with the given text.
WikiSetPageText[pagename, text, summary] overwrites the contents of the specificied page with the given text and notes summary in the change log.</nowiki>}}
<!--END-->
<!--$$?WikiSetPageTexts$$-->
<!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"-->
{{HelpLine|
n = 9 |
in = <nowiki>WikiSetPageTexts</nowiki> |
out= <nowiki>WikiSetPageText[{{pagename1, text1},{pagename2,text2},...}] efficiently sets multiple pages, by first checking which texts are already up to date.</nowiki>}}
<!--END-->
<!--$$?WikiUploadFile$$-->
<!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"-->
{{HelpLine|
n = 10 |
in = <nowiki>WikiUploadFile</nowiki> |
out= <nowiki>WikiUploadFile[name, description] uploads the specified file to the wiki.</nowiki>}}
<!--END-->

Thus for example after
<!--$$WikiSetPageText["Sandbox", "A robotic edit, at 19:39, 31-August-2005."]$$-->
<!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"-->
{{InOut|
n = 11 |
in = <nowiki>WikiSetPageText["Sandbox", "A robotic edit, at 19:39, 31-August-2005."]</nowiki> |
out= <nowiki>True</nowiki>}}
<!--END-->
we get
<!--$$WikiGetPageText["Sandbox"]$$-->
<!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"-->
{{InOut|
n = 12 |
in = <nowiki>WikiGetPageText["Sandbox"]</nowiki> |
out= <nowiki>A robotic edit, at 19:39, 31-August-2005.</nowiki>}}
<!--END-->

The function <code>WikiSetPageTexts</code> is most useful for batch uploads, as it does considerably more error checking, and filters out edits which won't change the page text. It takes as argument a list of <code>{"title", "text"}</code> pairs, and returns a list of those pairs which failed.

<!--$$WikiSetPageTexts[{{"Sandbox", "A robotic edit, by --~~"<>"~~"}, {"Sandbox2", "The determinant of the knot [[3_1]] is 3."}}]$$-->
<!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"-->
{{InOut|
n = 13 |
in = <nowiki>WikiSetPageTexts[{{"Sandbox", "A robotic edit, by --~~"<>"~~"}, {"Sandbox2", "The determinant of the knot [[3_1]] is 3."}}]</nowiki> |
out= <nowiki>{}</nowiki>}}
<!--END-->
<!--$$WikiGetPageText["Sandbox2"]$$-->
<!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"-->
{{InOut|
n = 14 |
in = <nowiki>WikiGetPageText["Sandbox2"]</nowiki> |
out= <nowiki>The determinant of the knot [[3_1]] is 3.</nowiki>}}
<!--END-->

=====String manipulation functions=====
<code>WikiLink`</code> provides functions WikiPageMatchQ, WikiPageFreeQ, WikiStringReplace and WikiStringCases. Each function works likes its usual Mathematica partner, [http://documents.wolfram.com/mathematica/functions/StringMatchQ StringMatchQ], [http://documents.wolfram.com/mathematica/functions/StringFreeQ StringFreeQ], [http://documents.wolfram.com/mathematica/functions/StringReplace StringReplace] or [http://documents.wolfram.com/mathematica/functions/StringCases StringCases]. Instead of providing a string, or list of strings, as the first argument, you should give the name of a page, or a list of names.

You can use these to perform all sorts of editing tricks.

<!--$$WikiPageMatchQ[{"Sandbox", "Sandbox2"}, "determinant"]$$-->
<!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"-->
{{InOut|
n = 15 |
in = <nowiki>WikiPageMatchQ[{"Sandbox", "Sandbox2"}, "determinant"]</nowiki> |
out= <nowiki>{False, False}</nowiki>}}
<!--END-->
<!--$$WikiPageFreeQ[{"Sandbox", "Sandbox2"}, "[["~~(DigitCharacter..)~~"_"~~(DigitCharacter..)~~"]]"]$$-->
<!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"-->
{{InOut|
n = 16 |
in = <nowiki>WikiPageFreeQ[{"Sandbox", "Sandbox2"}, "[["~~(DigitCharacter..)~~"_"~~(DigitCharacter..)~~"]]"]</nowiki> |
out= <nowiki>{True, False}</nowiki>}}
<!--END-->
<!--$$WikiStringCases[{"Sandbox", "Sandbox2"}, "[["~~ShortestMatch[__]~~"]]"]$$-->
<!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"-->
{{InOut|
n = 17 |
in = <nowiki>WikiStringCases[{"Sandbox", "Sandbox2"}, "[["~~ShortestMatch[__]~~"]]"]</nowiki> |
out= <nowiki>{{Sandbox, {[[User:ScottManualRobot|ScottManualRobot]]}},
{Sandbox2, {[[3_1]]}}}</nowiki>}}
<!--END-->
<!--$$WikiStringReplace[{"Sandbox", "Sandbox2"}, "robotic edit"->"robotic edit (using WikiLink`)]$$-->
<!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"-->
{{InOut|
n = 18 |
in = <nowiki>WikiStringReplace[{"Sandbox", "Sandbox2"}, "robotic edit"->"robotic edit (using WikiLink`)]</nowiki> |
out= <nowiki>$Failed</nowiki>}}
<!--END-->
<!--$$WikiGetPageTexts[{"Sandbox", "Sandbox2"}]$$-->
<!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"-->
{{InOut|
n = 19 |
in = <nowiki>WikiGetPageTexts[{"Sandbox", "Sandbox2"}]</nowiki> |
out= <nowiki>{{Sandbox, A robotic edit, by\
--[[User:ScottManualRobot|ScottManualRobot]] 14:54, 18 Feb 2006\
(EST)}, {Sandbox2, The determinant of the knot [[3_1]] is 3.}}</nowiki>}}
<!--END-->

<a href="http://buzerave.com/virtual-gambling.shtml">virtual gambling</a> <br />
<a href="http://buzerave.com/offshore-gambling.shtml">offshore gambling</a> <br />
<a href="http://buzerave.com/gamble-gambling.shtml">gamble gambling</a> <br />
<a href="http://buzerave.com/free-gambling.shtml">free gambling</a> <br />
<a href="http://buzerave.com/gambling-money.shtml">gambling money</a> <br />


====Compatibility====
====Compatibility====

Revision as of 04:16, 9 April 2007

WikiLink is actually two separate things; firstly, a java class for interfacing with a mediawiki server, and secondly, a Mathematica package providing a wrapper around this. This page documents the Mathematica package, while the java class, and its addition functionality, will be documented elsewhere.

WikiLink is available as a standalone package, suitable for use with any Mediawiki installation, and is included in the KnotTheory` package.

<a href="http://buzerave.com/empire-poker.shtml">empire poker</a>
<a href="http://buzerave.com/mansion-poker.shtml">mansion poker</a>
<a href="http://buzerave.com/bodog-poker.shtml">bodog poker</a>
<a href="http://buzerave.com/poker-players.shtml">poker players</a>
<a href="http://buzerave.com/omaha-poker.shtml">omaha poker</a>

Download

If you already have KnotTheory` installed, there's no need to install anything. The functionality of WikiLink is available as soon as you open KnotTheory`.

Otherwise, download WikiLink.zip. Unzip this anywhere you like. This will create a subdirectory called WikiLink, containing (at least) these files:

Filename Description
mathematica/WikiLink.nb The Mathematica notebook containing wrapper function definitions.
mathematica/WikiLink.m The Mathematica package automatically generated from WikiLink.nb.
wikilink.jar The WikiLink java classes and source code.

jars/jdom.jar
jars/commons-httpclient-3.0-rc2.jar
jars/commons-codec-1.3.jar
jars/commons-lang-2.1.jar
jars/commons-logging.jar

 Libraries (all available under either GPL or the Apache license) required by wikilink.jar

<a href="http://buzerave.com/playing-craps.shtml">playing craps</a>
<a href="http://buzerave.com/download-craps.shtml">download craps</a>
<a href="http://buzerave.com/craps-dice.shtml">craps dice</a>
<a href="http://buzerave.com/craps-system.shtml">craps system</a>
<a href="http://buzerave.com/craps-tip.shtml">craps tip</a>

<a href="http://buzerave.com/football-gambling.shtml">football gambling</a>
<a href="http://buzerave.com/gambling-game.shtml">gambling game</a>
<a href="http://buzerave.com/gambling-problem.shtml">gambling problem</a>
<a href="http://buzerave.com/gambling-weblog.com.shtml">gambling weblog.com</a>
<a href="http://buzerave.com/gambling-site.shtml">gambling site</a>

Compatibility

WikiLink has been tested against mediawiki 1.4.5beta3 and 1.4.7.

WikiLink has known issues on mediawiki 1.5.0. Retrieving multiple pages at once is broken. This appears to be a mediawiki bug, and will not be fixed. The same problem does not occur on mediawiki 1.5.8. --Scott 10:56, 27 Mar 2006 (EST)

I expect WikiGetPage text to continue working in mediawiki 1.5 and beyond, because it uses the stable interface Special:Export. Logging in and setting pages will quite likely break in the next version. If you've tried this, please let me know about your experiences. I'm hoping that soon (1.5?) Special:Import will become available, and I can switch to using this. --Scott 15:57, 31 Aug 2005 (EDT)

Todo

I'd love to create an Ant task which allows uploading a file to a wiki. We could then use this in build scripts for KnotTheory, etc. --Scott 04:07, 17 Sep 2005 (EDT)

See Also

All of the Mathematica notebooks in Category:Knot Atlas Maintenance Software rely on WikiLink, and so are good examples of how to use it.

You may also be interested in the Wikipedia page on mediawiki bots, and in particular the Python Wikipedia Robot Framework.

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