mtc-cli is a command line tool that helps simplify and automate file imports from Wikipedia to Commons.
This is the rewritten, spiritual successor to the original MTC! tool.
pip install mtc-cliusage: __main__.py [-h] [-u username] [-f] [-d] [-a api_endpoint] [titles ...]
mtc CLI
positional arguments:
titles Files, usernames, templates, or categories
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-u username the username to use
-f Force (ignore filter) file transfer(s)
-d Activate dry run/debug mode (does not transfer files)
-a api_endpoint The default desc generation API endpoint to use. Defaults to public toolforge instance.
👉 Password is set via env variable <USERNAME>_PW, such that <USERNAME> is the username of the bot in all caps.