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, whie the java class, and its addition functionality, will be documented elsewhere.
License
WikiLink.nb, WikiLink.m and wikilink.jar are copyright Scott Morrison, available under your choice of the MIT or GPL licenses. The other components are copyright by other parties, all available under the Apache license.
Download
Download WikiLink.zip (file description). Unzip this, probably in the same place you've unzipped the KnotTheory` package. This will create a subdirectory called WikiLink, containing (at least) these files:
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Description
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| WikiLink.nb
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The Mathematica notebook containing wrapper function definitions.
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| WikiLink.m
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The Mathematica package automatically generated from WikiLink.nb.
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| wikilink.jar
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The WikiLink java class and source code (MediawikiConnection.java).
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jdom.jar
commons-httpclient-3.0-rc2.jar
commons-codec-1.3.jar
commons-lang-2.1.jar
commons-logging.jar
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Libraries (all available under either GPL or the Apache license) required by wikilink.jar
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Importing the package in Mathematica
First, you'll need to set some paths, so WikiLink` can find the java files it needs.
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KnotAtlasPath = "c:\\scott\\math.berkeley.edu\\Work\\Mathematica\\KnotAtlas\\";
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AppendTo[$Path, KnotAtlasPath];
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SetDirectory[KnotAtlasPath];
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<< "WikiLink\\WikiLink.m"
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SetJarPath[KnotAtlasPath <> "WikiLink\\"];
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We then try to connect to the wiki. Executing this line will prompt you for a username and password.
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CreateWikiConnection[
"http://katlas.math.toronto.edu/w/index.php",
InputString["Enter Your Username:"],
InputString["Enter Your Password"]
]
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The function WikiUserName[] checks that we're logged in
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?WikiUserName
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| 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!
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WikiUserName[]
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Out[7]=
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ScottManualRobot
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Usage
WikiLink` provides only a few functions.
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?WikiGetPageText
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| WikiGetPageText[pagename] returns the raw text of the specified page.
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?WikiSetPageText
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| 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.
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?WikiSetPageTexts
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| WikiSetPageText[{{pagename1, text1},{pagename2,text2},...}] efficiently sets multiple pages, by first checking which texts are already up to date.
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?WikiUploadFile
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| WikiUploadFile[name, description] uploads the specified file to the wiki.
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Thus for example after
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WikiSetPageText["Sandbox", "A robotic edit, at 19:39, 31-August-2005."]
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True
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we get
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WikiGetPageText["Sandbox"]
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A robotic edit, at 19:39, 31-August-2005.
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The function WikiSetPageTexts 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 {"title", "text"} pairs, and returns a list of those pairs which failed.
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WikiSetPageTexts[{{"Sandbox", "A robotic edit, by --~~"<>"~~"}, {"Sandbox2", "The determinant of the knot [[3_1]] is 3."}}]
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{}
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WikiGetPageText["Sandbox2"]
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The determinant of the knot [[3_1]] is 3.
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Troubleshooting
The instruction ShowJavaConsole[] will bring up a window in which some debugging information is displayed.
Compatibility
WikiLink has been tested against mediawiki 1.4.5beta3 and 1.4.7.
