currently i am able to upload the images to test.commons.wikipedia using the code taken from the original mediaWiki
but the images are being uploaded to https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/test
i want it to be uploaded to this website https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
when i changed the upload url from URL = "https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php" to URL = "https://commons.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
i am facing this error, when R.json() is called, where R = S.post(URL, files=FILE, data=PARAMS_4), WHERE FILE = {'file':('file_1.jpg', open(FILE_PATH, 'rb'), 'multipart/form-data')} and PARAMS_4 is the params for uploading images
PARAMS_4 = {
"action": "upload",
"filename": "file_11a.jpg",
"format": "json",
"token": CSRF_TOKEN,
"ignorewarnings": 1
}
# CSRF_TOKEN WAS SUCCESFULLY RETRIVED but it returns only "+\" for commons, but for test it returns a alphanumeric csrf token ending with "+"
the following error has been caused
File "AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\requests\models.py", line 978, in json
raise RequestsJSONDecodeError(e.msg, e.doc, e.pos)
requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
what i can understand is that the response is 200 meaning the image has been uploaded, but the json() returned is null or empty so there is a error being caused.
what i think is the params should be tweaked little so that it matches for commons, and i get the json response which can the url or location of the image uploaded to the servee\r
now i want the url of the image that was uploaded, how do i find that, is there any other method ?
now what is difference between https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/test and https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons, apart from the different reasons they are used for, like are the images in test are present permanently, until explicit deleted/moved or are they available for a time limit, also does the link changes or stays the same as when it was uploaded,
basically i want to know if they arent major difference related to storage, access and performance, then i will stick back to the current folder on the server that is the TEST
i am okay doing it the either way, if there isnt much difference between test and commons, then the current should be fine, else, i want a way to do it for commons, ( upload the image file to commons and get its public url )
or is there any other way i can upload images to wikipedia using api and get the images public url
or how do i get the list of images uploaded by me or my account to wikipedia using mediawiki api
also tried https://<language>.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/<filename>, on uploaded images, but i am not able find the image that was uploaded using https://commons.wikipedia.org/w/api.php, but i am able to find the images uploaded from https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php, which means that images are not being uploaded using this api https://commons.wikipedia.org/w/api.php, but why does it return a response with code as 200
any help related in any form is appreciated, please answer related to the question, additional consideration such as licensing is already taken care of
okay i figured it out, there was an issue with the csrf token retrieval and also the user was not logged in,
though it worked for https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php, i dont know why but for https://commons.wikipedia.org/w/api.php , i had to change the order of login and csrf
get the login token
login
get csrf token
upload image
import requests
API_ENDPOINT = "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php"
USERNAME = "xxxxxxxxxx" # Replace with your username
PASSWORD = "xxxxxxxxxx" # Replace with your password
FILE_PATH = "xxxxxxxxx" # Replace with the actual path to your image
FILENAME = "XXXXXXXX" # Replace with the name you want on Commons
# make sure that the filename is unique and already doesnt exist on commons
def upload_image(file_path, filename):
session = requests.Session()
'''
get the login token
'''
params = {
'action': 'query',
'meta': 'tokens',
'type': 'login',
'format': 'json'
}
response = session.get(API_ENDPOINT, params=params)
data = response.json()
token = data['query']['tokens']["logintoken"]
'''
login to your account
'''
login_payload = {
'action': 'login',
'lgname': USERNAME,
'lgpassword': PASSWORD,
'lgtoken': token,
'format': 'json'
}
session.post(API_ENDPOINT, data=login_payload)
'''
get csrf token
'''
params = {
'action': 'query',
'meta': 'tokens',
'type': 'csrf',
'format': 'json'
}
response = session.get(API_ENDPOINT, params=params)
data = response.json()
csrftoken = data['query']['tokens']["csrftoken"]
with open(file_path, 'rb') as f:
file_data = f.read()
files = {'file': (filename, file_data, 'image/*')} # Adjust MIME type as needed
'''
upload the image
'''
payload = {
'action': 'upload',
'filename': filename,
'token': csrftoken,
'format': 'json',
"ignorewarnings": 1,
}
response = session.post(API_ENDPOINT, files=files, data=payload)
return response.json()
if __name__ == "__main__":
upload_result = upload_image(FILE_PATH, FILENAME)
if 'upload' in upload_result and upload_result['upload']['result'] == 'Success':
image_url = upload_result['upload']['imageinfo']['url']
print(f"Image uploaded successfully. Public URL: {image_url}")
elif 'error' in upload_result:
print(f"Upload failed. Error: {upload_result['error']['info']}")
else:
print("Upload failed. Unexpected response.")