info about writing bots

Hello all...

Does anyone knows where can I find information about writing
(or copying)
some VERY SIMPLE bots? (Like switching common spelling
mistakes and so
on...)

Thanks!

Peleg.

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On 4/30/06, FreeAll Support <supportfreeall.org> wrote:
> Hello all...
>
> Does anyone knows where can I find information about
writing (or copying)
> some VERY SIMPLE bots? (Like switching common spelling
mistakes and so
> on...)

You should have a look at the pywikibot a.k.a. pywikipedia,
which is a
python framework for writing bots which run against
mediawiki sites.

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_bot/Getting
_started has
general information with a focus on using it with wikipedia,

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pywikiped
ia_bot_on_non-wikimedia_projects
has info on using it for non-wikimedia sites using
mediawiki.

I did some work with this a year or so ago, and haven't
kept up.  It
does require using the python language, but python has a
fairly easy
learning curve.
--
Rick DeNatale

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