mw wiki file upload

mw wiki file upload FILE [flags]

Upload a local file using a saved profile or explicit wiki credentials. Use –text-file for the initial file description and license wikitext. New versions preserve the existing description. Replacing a file requires –replace; other upload warnings require –ignore-warnings.

Guide: mw help guides wiki files

Options

--comment <string>

Upload summary Default: a Wikimedia CLI upload.

--dry-run

Show the upload target without contacting the wiki

--filename <string>

Wiki filename without File: (defaults to the local basename)

--ignore-warnings

Accept other upload warnings (overwriting still requires --replace)

--replace

Allow uploading a new version of an existing file

--text <string>

Initial description and license wikitext for a new file

--text-file <string>

Read the initial description and license wikitext from a file

Global options

--anon

Use anonymous access instead of saved credentials

--help

Help for this command

--no-interaction

Do not ask any interactive questions

--password <string>

Wiki login password (or bot password)

--password-file <string>

Read the login password from a file

--profile <string>

Saved profile name or REALM/NAME

--realm <string>

Shared-login realm (wikimedia and wikibase-world are built in)

--username <string>

Wiki login username (use Name@bot for a bot password)

-v, --verbose <count>

Increase output verbosity. Example: --verbose=2 or -vv

--wiki <string>

Wiki URL or API endpoint

Examples

# Upload a video with a description and license
mw wiki file upload demo.webm --wiki commons.wikimedia.org --profile wikimedia/addshore --text-file description.wiki
# Upload a new version under the same wiki filename
mw wiki file upload demo.webm --wiki commons.wikimedia.org --profile wikimedia/addshore --filename 'Demo.webm' --replace --comment 'Refresh walkthrough'

See also

• mw wiki file