User:Theo's Little Bot/iftheyeverchangetheirtos

Theo's Little Bot 13
Operator:

Time filed: 02:46, Sunday May 12, 2013 (UTC)

Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Automatic

Programming language(s): Python + mwclient

Source code available: on github

Function overview: Updates  paramater for all pages that transclude Infobox film using data from Box Office Mogo

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): n/a

Edit period(s): Weekly run

Estimated number of pages affected:, minus however many aren't listed on Box Office Mojo

Exclusion compliant (Yes/No): No

Already has a bot flag (Yes/No): Yes

Function details: Gets a list of pages that transclude Infobox film. For each page, the bot gets the title of the film, then searches for it on Box Office Mojo. If there is an exact match for the film on BOM, the script gets its worldwide gross and then updates the infobox with this new value (also including a reference to Box Office Mojo).