Help:Log in to Lingua Libre with Pywikibot

Here are the steps, to log in to Lingua Libre using Pywikibot.

Manual:Pywikibot/BotPasswords may give more details.

Install and configure Pywikibot

See Manual:Pywikibot/Installation.

Create bot account with Special:BotPasswords

1. With your user account (example: Pamputt), go to Special:BotPasswords
2. Enter the name of your bot (for example: PamputtBot) and click on "Create".
   
3. Select the right you want to give to your bot. Usually "High-volume editing", "Edit existing pages" and "Create, edit, and move pages" are enough.
   
4. At the bottom of the page, click on "Create".
5. You should arrive on a page like this one.
   
   The red part is the bot password
6. At different step, you may be redirected to OAuth Wikimedia Commons to log in with your user account.
   

Fill user-config.py and user-password.py

using generate_user_files.py script

• Run python pwb.py generate_user_files
• Select "5" (lingualibre) for the family.
• Validate the "language code" that is "lingualibre".
• Enter your bot name on LinguaLibre (for example: PamputtBot)
• Enter "No" not to add any other project.
• Enter "y" at the question "Do you want to add a BotPassword for USERNAME?"
• Enter your "bot name" (example: PamputtBot) at the question "BotPassword's "bot name" for USERNAME:"
• Enter the password created on Special:BotPassword at the question "BotPassword's "password" for "PamputtBot" (no characters will be shown)"

by hand

• In the main Pywikibot directory, create user-config.py
• Add the following lines:

family = 'lingualibre'
mylang = 'lingualibre'
usernames['lingualibre']['lingualibre'] = 'PamputtBot'
password_file = "user-password.py"

• In the main Pywikibot directory, create user-password.py
• Add the following lines:

('USERNAME', BotPassword('BOTNAME', 'superpassword'))

For example:

('Pamputt', BotPassword('PamputtBot', 'rj7daxj8pa7lxp2abel8e82aees1kg5n'))

Login check

• Run python pwb.py login

Something like "Logged in on lingualibre:lingualibre as PamputtBot." should be displayed.