nocat

nocat.sh

Add the {{nocat}} template to new pages which don't have any categories.

Requirements

Software:

• wget and curl (yes, both)
• jq
• openssl
• base64 (from coreutils)
• head and tail
• tee (for logging, recommended)

Info:

• valid username and password for wiki
• read and write rights in the script directory

How to use

Make sure you have configured WIKIAPI at the top of the file:

WIKIAPI="https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"

Also, EDIT needs to be set to true, otherwise the script won't edit pages

EDIT="true"

After the steps above, just execute the script:

./nocat.sh | tee -a nocat.log

By default, the script will ask for a username and a password when running for the first time. It will remember these settings because they are stored in the /config subdirectory.

The /data directory contains all temporary files when the script is executing. You can safely delete this subdirectory when the script has finished or terminated unexpectedly.

The list-editedpages.txt keeps the history of the edits nocat.sh has made. It is advised you do not delete this file. The file is created if it does not exist after the first edit has been made.

The script will execute itself every 15 minutes and log the changes to the log file nocat.log in plain text format.

Common problems

• "Unable to login, is logintoken <deleted> correct?"

  • Have you encoded your password in config/password.txt with base64 encoding?
  • Is your password correct?

• "data/edittoken.json: Permission denied"

  • Do you have write rights in the script directory?