=Ruby-MediaWiki Documentation=

==MediaWiki==

Logger is required by article.rb

===MediaWiki::dotfile(myrealm=nil,mywiki=nil)===

dotfile function reads the user's MediaWiki config and creates a Wiki instance.

The filename is determined by the environment variable MEDIAWIKI_RC or defaults to ~/.mediawikirc .

A configured wiki can be chosen with the MEDIAWIKI_WIKI environment variable, by the option mywiki or defaults to the wiki pointed by default.

A robot may set [myrealm] to retrieve a second result output: a section with this name in the current wiki's configuration file for configuration of specific robot tasks.


===MediaWiki::logger()===


==MediaWiki::Article==

Inherited from '''Object'''

The Article class represents MediaWiki articles.

===MediaWiki::Article#name (RW)===

Article name, will be refreshed upon Article#reload


===MediaWiki::Article#read_only (RW)===

this Article is read_only


===MediaWiki::Article#text (RW)===

Article text, will be set by Article#reload


===MediaWiki::Article::new(wiki, name, section = nil, load_text=true)===

Create a new Article instance

; wiki:
: [Wiki] instance to be used to theive the MiniBrowser
; name:
: [String] Article name
; section:
: [Fixnum] Optional article section number
; load_text:
: [Boolean] Invoke Article#reload to retrieve Article#text


===MediaWiki::Article#delete(reason)===

Delete this article

; reason:
: [String] Delete reason


===MediaWiki::Article#full_name()===

Return the full article name

This will only return @name, but may be overriden by descendants to include namespaces.

; result:
: [String] Full name


===MediaWiki::Article#parse(html)===


===MediaWiki::Article#protect(reason, moves_only=false)===

Protect this article

; reason:
: [String] Protect reason


===MediaWiki::Article#reload()===

Reload Article#text, should be done by Article#initialize.


===MediaWiki::Article#submit(summary, minor_edit=false, watch_this=false, retries=10)===

Push the '''Submit''' button

Send the modified Article#text to the MediaWiki.

; summary:
: [String] Change summary
; minor_edit:
: [Boolean] This is a Minor Edit
; watch_this:
: [Boolean] Watch this article


===MediaWiki::Article#to_rexml( html )===


===MediaWiki::Article#unprotect(reason)===

Unprotect this article

; reason:
: [String] Unprotect reason


===MediaWiki::Article#what_links_here()===

What articles link to this article?

; result:
: [Array] of [String] Article names


===MediaWiki::Article#xhtml()===

Get the XHTML, will invoke Article#xhtml_reload if not already cached

; result:
: [REXML::Element] html root element


===MediaWiki::Article#xhtml_reload()===

Reload the xhtml, will be automatically done by Article#xhtml if not already cached.


==MediaWiki::Category==

Inherited from '''Article'''

The Category class represents MediaWiki categories.

===MediaWiki::Category#articles()===

Which articles belong to this category?

; result:
: [Array] of [String] Article names


===MediaWiki::Category#full_name()===

This returns the full article name prefixed with "Category:" instead of the name, which should not carry a prefix.


===MediaWiki::Category#reload()===

Calls the reload function of the super-class (Article#reload) but removes the prefix (namespace) then.

Use to full_name to obtain the name with namespace.


==MediaWiki::MiniBrowser==

Inherited from '''Object'''

The MiniBrowser is used to perform GET and POST requests over HTTP and HTTPS, supporting:

* HTTP-Auth encoding in URLs (proto://user:password@host/...)
* Cookie support
* HTTP Redirection (max. 10 in a row)

All interaction with MiniBrowser is normally done by MediaWiki::Wiki.

===MediaWiki::MiniBrowser::new(url)===

Initialize a MiniBrowser instance

; url:
: [URI::HTTP] or [URI::HTTPS]


===MediaWiki::MiniBrowser#add_cookie(cookies)===

Add cookies to the volatile cookie cache

; cookies:
: [Array]


===MediaWiki::MiniBrowser#cookies()===

Get the cookie cache in a serialized form ready for HTTP.

; result:
: [String]


===MediaWiki::MiniBrowser#get_content(url)===

Perform a GET request

This method accepts 10 HTTP redirects at max.

; url:
: [String]
; result:
: [String] Document


===MediaWiki::MiniBrowser#post_content(url, data)===

Perform a POST request

Will switch to MiniBrowser#get_content upon HTTP redirect.

; url:
: [String]
; data:
: [Hash] POST data
; result:
: [String] Document


==MediaWiki::SpecialPage==

Inherited from '''Article'''

The SpecialPage class represents MediaWiki special pages.

===MediaWiki::SpecialPage#xhtml_reload()===

Reload the xhtml, will be automatically done by SpecialPage#xhtml if not already cached.


==MediaWiki::Table==

Inherited from '''Object'''

The MediaWiki::Table class is used to parse existing tables from mediawiki articles and to create tables from arrays. Currently only the mediawiki pipe syntax is supported.

===MediaWiki::Table#data (RW)===


===MediaWiki::Table#header (RW)===


===MediaWiki::Table#header_style (RW)===


===MediaWiki::Table#row_style (RW)===


===MediaWiki::Table#style (RW)===


===MediaWiki::Table::new( data = [], header = [] )===

Initialize a Table instance

; data:
: [Array] 2-dimensional Array with the tables and cells
; header:
: [Array] 1-dimensional Array used as header


===MediaWiki::Table::parse( text )===

Parses the wiki markup of a table and returns a 2-dimensional array representing rows and columns of the table. Currently only the mediawiki pipe syntax is supported.

; text:
: [String] String to parse


===MediaWiki::Table#text()===

Creates the mediawiki markup to be put in an article


==MediaWiki::Wiki==

Inherited from '''Object'''

===MediaWiki::Wiki#browser (R)===

The MiniBrowser instance used by this Wiki. This must be readable as it's used by Article and Category to fetch themselves.


===MediaWiki::Wiki::new(url, user = nil, password = nil, loglevel = Logger::WARN)===

Initialize a new Wiki instance.

; url:
: [String] URL-Path to index.php (without index.php), may containt <em>user:password</em> combination.
; user:
: [String] If not nil, log in with that MediaWiki username (see Wiki#login)
; password:
: [String] If not nil, log in with that MediaWiki password (see Wiki#login)
; loglevel:
: [Integer] Loglevel, default is to log all messages &gt;= Logger::WARN = 2


===MediaWiki::Wiki#allpages(namespace_id=nil)===

Returns the pages listed on "Special:Allpages"

TODO: Handle big wikis with chunked Special:Allpages

; namespace_id:
: Optional namespace for article index (see Wiki#namespace_ids to retrieve id)
; result:
: [Array] of [String] Articlenames


===MediaWiki::Wiki#article(name, section = nil)===

Return a new Article instance with given name, will be constructed with [self] (for MiniBrowser usage)

; name:
: [String] Article name
; section:
: [Fixnum] Optional section number


===MediaWiki::Wiki#article_url(name, section = nil)===

Construct the URL to a specific article

Uses the [url] the Wiki instance was constructed with, appends "index.php", the name parameter and, optionally, the section.

Often called by Article, Category, ...

; name:
: [String] Article name
; section:
: [Fixnum] Optional section number


===MediaWiki::Wiki#category(name)===

Return a new Category instance with given name, will be constructed with [self] (for MiniBrowser usage)

; name:
: [String] Category name (to be prepended with "Category:")


===MediaWiki::Wiki#full_article_url(name, section=nil)===


===MediaWiki::Wiki#login( username, password )===

Log in into MediaWiki

This is '''not''' HTTP authentication (put HTTP-Auth into [url] of Wiki#initialize!)

; user:
: [String] MediaWiki username
; password:
: [String] MediaWiki password

May raise an exception if cannot authenticate


===MediaWiki::Wiki#namespace_ids()===

Retrieve all namespaces and their IDs, which could be used for Wiki#allpages

; result:
: [Hash] String =&gt; Fixnum
