[Moin-user] Python API to access a moinmoin wiki (from outside)

Sebastian Haase sebastian.haase at mdc-berlin.de
Mon Jul 30 10:06:00 EDT 2007


Please let me rephrase this - of course it' not hard to googl that
moinmoin in written in Python.

My point is - because of that ! - it's seems impossible for me to
determine how to access moinmoin  from python if your code is not
running on the wiki's server.

-Seb.



> > > > Hi,
> > > > this one was even hard to google ...
> > > > Obviously moinmoin in implemented in Python...
> > > >
> > > > My question however is:  What is the best way to create / read / edit
> > > > pages from a (random) python program that I am writing ?
> > > >
> > > > Obviously one could start with the standard python library, open a TCP
> > > > socket and just do web server access "by hand".
> > > >
> > > > a) which are the most appropriate standard lib modules to be used for
> this
> > > ?
> > > >
> > > > b) is there maybe even already some API - i.e. some pyMoinMoin or
> > > > alike module - which simplifies accessing moinmoin wikis from outside?
> > > >
> > > > (note: by outside, I referring to the possible confusion, since
> > > > moinmoin is also python "on the inside")
> > > >
> > > > I'm also thinking about edit-locks and attachments, oh, and: user
> log-ins.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Sebastian Haase
> > > >




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