Check for new messages on wiki during bot run
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	valhallasw
	Feb 19 2014, 8:08 PM

Description

At the moment (at least for core, and probably also for compat), new messages are only seen if the bot is restarted. For long-running bots, it's sensible to break/pause/stop editing on a certain wiki when a talk page is edited.

Getting the info from the wiki is easy -- just add meta=userinfo&uiprop=hasmsg to the api query. Afterwards, meta=notifications can be used for details.

Added bonus: every api query returns a check whether the user is still logged in correctly.

Version: core-(2.0)
Severity: normal
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55032

Details

Reference: bz61555

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	PROOF-OF-CONCEPT: check own talk, a custom page, and notifications	pywikibot/core	master	+20 -0

Customize query in gerrit

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Mentioned In: T57032: create "checkpage" option and global "-enable" argument

Event Timeline

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 3:06 AM

• bzimport added a project: Pywikibot-General.

• bzimport set Reference to bz61555.

• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (????).

valhallasw created this task.Feb 19 2014, 8:08 PM

(In reply to Merlijn van Deen from comment #0)

Every n seconds? Or every x edits?

Change 137980 had a related patch set uploaded by Ricordisamoa:
PROOF-OF-CONCEPT: check own talk, a custom page, and notifications

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/137980

Just a quick note -- when tracing the http calls made by pywikibot, I noticed it already does a lot of 'check user status' calls, including a check for talk page messages. I haven't traced where these calls come from, though, and AFAIK the bot also doesn't respond to the information.

no code to review yet

(In reply to Merlijn van Deen from comment #3)

Just a quick note -- when tracing the http calls made by pywikibot, I
noticed it already does a lot of 'check user status' calls, including a
check for talk page messages. I haven't traced where these calls come from,
though, and AFAIK the bot also doesn't respond to the information.

Ive only seen that in the log init code, which we have a bug & patch about.

Aklapper added a project: Pywikibot.Nov 27 2014, 4:18 PM

Change 137980 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ricordisamoa):
PROOF-OF-CONCEPT: check own talk, a custom page, and notifications

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/137980

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Apr 18 2015, 12:25 PM

Change 137980 abandoned by Ricordisamoa:
PROOF-OF-CONCEPT: check own talk, a custom page, and notifications

Reason:
John Vandenberg

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/137980