Talk:Pywikibot

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No login reaction
I have followed all this tutorial, however when I do :" python pwb.py login ", there is no reaction. No login successfully or failed, just nothing, and the cmd goes on to the next command. I don't know why, if somebody can help it would be great. I want to edit the Aether wiki and it is not part of of the wikimedia projects, so it may be the reason. My aether_family.py file looks like this :

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Does the password need changing?
I've used my bot many times in the past (last time in December 2020), but now (May 2021) I get pywikibot.data.api.APIError: Failed: The supplied credentials could not be authenticated. pywikibot.exceptions.NoUsername: Username "WiseWomanBot" does not have read permissions on vroniplag:de. The supplied credentials could not be authenticated. CRITICAL: Exiting due to uncaught exception  although I am using the correct password for WiseWomanBot on the VroniPlag Wiki (at Wikia, not Fandom).

Do I need to change the password somehow with Spezial:BotPasswords? The Wiki only exists in German ('de').

Any ideas where I need to look are much appreciated! --WiseWoman (talk) 15:57, 15 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Okay, solved it. Updated pywikibot to version 6.1.0 (I was using a version 3). The major problems were 1) old pywikibot and 2) confusion between bot (=MY bot) and bot (=pywikibot) and 3) you absolutely have to use the crappy password Wikia generates. --WiseWoman (talk) 20:36, 16 May 2021 (UTC)