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pbwiki Auto Update Program
I wrote a little program that automatically updates a wiki by synchronizing it with files on your computer. You tell the program which directories you want to upload and then the program uploads all the files in that directory, and creates (or updates) a wiki page with the same name as the directory with links to all the files.
This is useful to me because I want to keep some Word and Excel files updated on the wiki, but I don't like having to go through the extra step of uploading them each time I make a small change.
Limitations: v1.0 developer API enabled pbwikis only.
It is really hacked together, so there are probably lots of bugs, but it seems to work for me okay. If you are a perl programmer, I would be happy for any help or improvements.
You can download the program at: http://fredwiki2.pbwiki.com/pbwiki+Au...
- Andrew
This is useful to me because I want to keep some Word and Excel files updated on the wiki, but I don't like having to go through the extra step of uploading them each time I make a small change.
Limitations: v1.0 developer API enabled pbwikis only.
It is really hacked together, so there are probably lots of bugs, but it seems to work for me okay. If you are a perl programmer, I would be happy for any help or improvements.
You can download the program at: http://fredwiki2.pbwiki.com/pbwiki+Au...
- Andrew
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Inappropriate?This is really cool! Thanks for sharing! -
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Inappropriate?That is totally awesome. Say, you wouldn't be interested in working at PBwiki, would you? :) -
Inappropriate?I just added the ability to automatically check an e-mail account and create or update pages. The subject line is used as the page name and the body of the e-mail is the content. The script looks for a user-definable wiki tag in the subject line, strips off the the wiki tag and looks to see if the page exists on the wiki. For example, if "[wiki]" is the special tag, a subject line of "[wiki] Project X Status" would correspond to the "Project X Status" page. If the page doesn't already exist, it creates a new page and uploads the text of the e-mail to the page. If the page exists, the body of the e-mail is appended to the bottom of the page. After a page is updated, the e-mail is deleted.
You could set up the script to run every hour to scan directories and e-mail accounts for updates to the wiki.
The code works for me, but is not extensively tested yet, so I would use it with caution.
You can get it the script or a Windows executable at: http://fredwiki2.pbwiki.com/pbwiki-Au...
I'd be interested in feedback if it works for you.
- Andrew
P.S. David - I'd love to work at PBWiki!
