SID-00138: Using an API to programmatically change content

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.2.4	Perl version:	Unknown
Category:	CategoryAPI	Server OS:	CentOS 5	Last update:	16 years ago

Hi all

I am interested in programmatically altering the content of pages in TWiki. I have not installed TWiki before, but satisfying this requirement is critical if TWiki is going to be adopted at my organisation.

Specifically, some wiki content will be generated as part of a build process and I want to be able to use an API call to update associated TWiki pages. It would be great if the main sections of these particular pages could be made read-only and if users could still comment about the generated content in a separate section at the end.

I have never used Perl so would prefer a solution which uses web services so I can crank out HTTP requests using Java (the generation will be the result of an Ant build).

An answer to another support request mentioned the option of storing TWiki's pages as plain text. Is this possible and a good idea in this particular case? Other sections of the wiki installation will contain user-written content which we would like to have a revision history of.

Thanks very much for your help

Frank

-- FrankCopperfield - 26 Feb 2009

Discussion and Answer

There are many ways to push content into TWiki.

• Via URL parameters: TWikiScripts
• Updating TWiki Forms fields: TWikiForms, TWikiTemplates, example SID-00250
• Via http: CPAN:LWP, WwwMechanize, CurlTool (these are Perl specific, there are equivalent tools in Java)
• Via REST: See TWikiScripts, RESTfulPluginInterface
• Upload attachments via script: UploadToTWikiAddOn

-- PeterThoeny - 2009-04-17

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