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clientlogin.py
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#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
clientlogin.py
MediaWiki Action API Code Samples
Demo of `clientlogin` module: Sending post request to login
This demo app uses Flask (a Python web development framework).
MIT license
"""
import requests
from flask import Flask, render_template, flash, request
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
# App config.
DEBUG = True
APP = Flask(__name__)
APP.config.from_object(__name__)
APP.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'enter_your_secret_key'
@APP.route("/", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def show_form():
""" Render form template and handle form submission request """
if request.method == 'POST':
username = request.form['username']
password = request.form['password']
start_client_login(username, password)
return render_template('clientlogin_form.html')
def start_client_login(username, password):
""" Send a post request along with login token, user information
and return URL to the API to log in on a wiki """
login_token = fetch_login_token()
response = S.post(url=URL, data={
'action': "clientlogin",
'username': username,
'password': password,
'loginreturnurl': 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/',
'logintoken': login_token,
'format': "json"
})
data = response.json()
if data['clientlogin']['status'] == 'PASS':
flash('Login success! Welcome, ' + data['clientlogin']['username'] + '!')
else:
flash('Oops! Something went wrong -- ' + data['clientlogin']['messagecode'])
def fetch_login_token():
""" Fetch login token via `tokens` module """
response = S.get(
url=URL,
params={
'action': "query",
'meta': "tokens",
'type': "login",
'format': "json"})
data = response.json()
return data['query']['tokens']['logintoken']
if __name__ == "__main__":
APP.run()