- Add :func:`config.base_dir<config.get_base_dir>` to scripts search path with :mod:`pwb` wrapper (:phab:`T324287`)
- :meth:`pywikibot.WbTime.equal_instant` was added (:phab:`T325248`)
revisionsparameter of :class:`xmlreader.XmlDump` was introduced to specify parsing method (:phab:`T340804`)- Pass global -nolog argument into bot script from wrapper (:phab:`T328900`)
- Add :meth:`site.APISite.ratelimit()<pywikibot.site._apisite.APISite.ratelimit>` method and :class:`tools.collections.RateLimit` NamedTuple (:phab:`T304808`)
- L10N Updates
- Add :class:`pagegenerators.PagePilePageGenerator` (:phab:`T353086`)
- Add
hyto special languages in :class:`textlib.TimeStripper` (:phab:`T356175`) - Pass login token when using
action=login(:phab:`T309898`) - Detect range blocks with :meth:`pywikibot.User.is_blocked` (:phab:`T301282`)
- Use only
endtags in ElementTree.iterparse in :mod:`xmlreader` module (:phab:`T354095`) - Suppress error in :meth:`cosmetic_changes.CosmeticChangesToolkit.cleanUpLinks` (:phab:`T337045`)
- :func:`pywikibot.input_choice` validates default parameter (:phab:`T353097`)
- Remove typing imports from user-config.py file (:phab:`T352965`)
userinterfaces.transliteration.transliteratorwas renamed to :class:`Transliterator <userinterfaces.transliteration.Transliterator>`pywikibot.BaseSiteandpywikibotAPISitewere dropped. :func:`pywikibot.Site` has to be used to create a :mod:`site` object.nextparameter of :meth:`userinterfaces.transliteration.Transliterator.transliterate` was renamed tosucctypeparameter of :meth:`site.APISite.protectedpages()<pywikibot.site._generators.GeneratorsMixin.protectedpages>` was renamed toprotect_typeallparameter of :meth:`site.APISite.namespace()<pywikibot.site._apisite.APISite.namespace>` was renamed toall_nsfilterparameter of :func:`date.dh` was renamed tofilter_funcdictparameter of :class:`data.api.OptionSet` was renamed todatasetuptoolspackage is no longer mandatory but required for tests (:phab:`T340640`, :phab:`T347052`, :phab:`T354515`)rootattribute of :class:`xmlreader.XmlDump` was removedtools.Versionclass was removed; use classes frompackaging.versioninstead (:phab:`T340640`)packagingpackage is mandatory;importlib_metadatapackage is required for Python 3.7 (:phab:`T340640`)SelfCallMixin,SelfCallDictandSelfCallStringof :mod:`tools` module were removed- Calling :attr:`site.BaseSite.sitename<pywikibot.site._basesite.BaseSite.sitename>` as a function is no longer supported
config.register_family_file()function was removed- require
PyMySQL >= 1.0.0if necessary keys()anditems()methods of :class:`data.api.Request` gives a view instead a list (:phab:`T310953`)SequenceOutputter.format_list()was removed in favour of :attr:`tools.formatter.SequenceOutputter.out` property- output parameter of :class:`bot_choice.OutputProxyOption` (i.e.
OutputOptioninstance) without out property is no longer supported OutputOption.output()method was removedContextOption.output_range()andHighlightContextOption.output_range()methods were removedpage.url2unicode()function was removed in favour of :func:`tools.chars.url2string`- iterables of :func:`tools.itertools.intersect_generators` must not be given as a single list or tuple; either consecutive iterables must be used or '*' to unpack
- allow_duplicates parameter of :func:`tools.itertools.intersect_generators` must be given as keyword argument
- Infinite rotating file handler with
config.logfilesizeof -1 is no longer supported Throttle.multiplydelayattribute was removed- Python 3.6 support was dropped (:phab:`T347026`)
- 9.0.0:
userinterfaces.transliteration.transliteratorwas renamed to :class:`Transliterator <userinterfaces.transliteration.Transliterator>` - 9.0.0:
nextparameter of :meth:`userinterfaces.transliteration.transliterator.transliterate` was renamed tosucc - 9.0.0:
typeparameter of :meth:`site.APISite.protectedpages() <pywikibot.site._generators.GeneratorsMixin.protectedpages>` was renamed toprotect_type - 9.0.0:
allparameter of :meth:`site.APISite.namespace()<pywikibot.site._apisite.APISite.namespace>` was renamed toall_ns - 9.0.0:
filterparameter of :func:`date.dh` was renamed tofilter_func - 9.0.0:
dictparameter of :class:`data.api.OptionSet` was renamed todata - 9.0.0:
pywikibot.version.get_toolforge_hostname()is deprecated without replacement - 9.0.0:
allrevisionsparameter of :class:`xmlreader.XmpDump` is deprecated, userevisionsinstead (:phab:`T340804`) - 9.0.0:
iteritemsmethod of :class:`data.api.Request` will be removed in favour ofitems - 9.0.0:
SequenceOutputter.output()is deprecated in favour of :attr:`tools.formatter.SequenceOutputter.out` property - 9.0.0: nullcontext context manager and SimpleQueue queue of :mod:`backports` are derecated
- 8.4.0: modules_only_mode parameter of :class:`data.api.ParamInfo`, its paraminfo_keys class attribute and its preloaded_modules property will be removed
- 8.4.0: dropdelay and releasepid attributes of :class:`throttle.Throttle` will be removed in favour of expiry class attribute
- 8.2.0: :func:`tools.itertools.itergroup` will be removed in favour of :func:`backports.batched`
- 8.2.0: normalize parameter of :meth:`WbTime.toTimestr` and :meth:`WbTime.toWikibase` will be removed
- 8.1.0: Dependency of :exc:`exceptions.NoSiteLinkError` from :exc:`exceptions.NoPageError` will be removed
- 8.1.0:
exceptions.Server414Erroris deprecated in favour of :exc:`exceptions.Client414Error` - 8.0.0: :meth:`Timestamp.clone()<pywikibot.time.Timestamp.clone>` method is deprecated
in favour of
Timestamp.replace()method. - 8.0.0: :meth:`family.Family.maximum_GET_length` method is deprecated in favour of :ref:`config.maximum_GET_length<Account Settings>` (:phab:`T325957`)
- 8.0.0:
addOnlyparameter of :func:`textlib.replaceLanguageLinks` and :func:`textlib.replaceCategoryLinks` are deprecated in favour ofadd_only - 8.0.0: :class:`textlib.TimeStripper` regex attributes
ptimeR,ptimeznR,pyearR,pmonthR,pdayRare deprecated in favour ofpatternsattribute which is a :class:`textlib.TimeStripperPatterns`. - 8.0.0: :class:`textlib.TimeStripper`
groupsattribute is deprecated in favour oftextlib.TIMEGROUPS - 8.0.0: :meth:`LoginManager.get_login_token<login.ClientLoginManager.get_login_token>` was
replaced by
login.ClientLoginManager.site.tokens['login'] - 8.0.0:
data.api.LoginManager()is deprecated in favour of :class:`login.ClientLoginManager` - 8.0.0: :meth:`APISite.messages()<pywikibot.site._apisite.APISite.messages>` method is deprecated in favour of :attr:`userinfo['messages']<pywikibot.site._apisite.APISite.userinfo>`
- 8.0.0: :meth:`Page.editTime()<page.BasePage.editTime>` method is deprecated and should be replaced by :attr:`Page.latest_revision.timestamp<page.BasePage.latest_revision>`
- 7.7.0: :mod:`tools.threading` classes should no longer imported from :mod:`tools`
- 7.6.0: :mod:`tools.itertools` datatypes should no longer imported from :mod:`tools`
- 7.6.0: :mod:`tools.collections` datatypes should no longer imported from :mod:`tools`
- 7.5.0: :mod:`textlib`.tzoneFixedOffset class will be removed in favour of :class:`time.TZoneFixedOffset`
- 7.4.0:
FilePage.usingPages()was renamed to :meth:`using_pages()<pywikibot.FilePage.using_pages>` - 7.3.0: Old color escape sequences like
\03{color}is deprecated in favour of new color format like <<color>> - 7.3.0:
linkitrailmethod of :class:`family.Family` is deprecated; use :meth:`APISite.linktrail() <pywikibot.site._apisite.APISite.linktrail>` instead - 7.2.0:
tbparameter of :func:`exception()<pywikibot.exception>` function was renamed toexc_info - 7.2.0: XMLDumpOldPageGenerator is deprecated in favour of a
contentparameter of :func:`XMLDumpPageGenerator<pagegenerators.XMLDumpPageGenerator>` (:phab:`T306134`) - 7.2.0: RedirectPageBot and NoRedirectPageBot bot classes are deprecated in favour of :attr:`use_redirects<bot.BaseBot.use_redirects>` attribute
- 7.2.0: :func:`tools.formatter.color_format<tools.formatter.color_format>` is deprecated and will be removed
- 7.1.0: Unused
get_redirectparameter of :meth:`Page.getOldVersion()<page.BasePage.getOldVersion>` will be removed - 7.0.0: User.isBlocked() method is renamed to is_blocked for consistency
- 7.0.0: A boolean watch parameter in Page.save() is deprecated and will be desupported
- 7.0.0: baserevid parameter of editSource(), editQualifier(), removeClaims(), removeSources(), remove_qualifiers() DataSite methods will be removed
- 7.0.0: Values of APISite.allpages() parameter filterredir other than True, False and None are deprecated
- 7.0.0: The i18n identifier 'cosmetic_changes-append' will be removed in favour of 'pywikibot-cosmetic-changes'