Talk:Import CSV data into a wiki
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Here lies the documentatation for csv2wiki.pl
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Description
csv2wiki is a way to import data from a CSV file into a wiki running mediawiki. There are two versions of this program. The first is a command-line driven version written in the Perl language. The second is a PHP version that can be run from a web browser.
How It Works
Source File
Template
Logging In
Running from windows
If you are needing to run Csv2wiki from a Windows machine, you will first need to install | Active Perl. Refer to their site for documentation.
syntax
- put all items in the same dir
- update the job.txt with the full pathname of your CSV file, the wiki URL (must be long form including the index.php), and the wiki user/password.
- The title parameter currently just specifies the column number (starting at 0) of the heading to use as the article title.
- The name of the template to use can be specified using "template=blabla" and defaults to "Record" if not included.
- when set up, run csv2wiki.pl job.txt
- csv:
- wiki:
- user:
- pass:
- title: 7