Mediawiki CSV Import
mwcsvimport is a web-based tool to import CSV data into any Mediawiki powered website.
The software can be used to prepopulate a wiki with thousands of pages based on data contained in spreadsheet style documents. mwcsvimport transforms imported data into wiki markup using a template defined during the import process. The syntax for these templates is similar to Smarty syntax and allows access to each column of data by variable name.
mwcsvimport talks to Mediawiki using the Mediawiki API, so you to install this tool in a location separate from your wiki and import into multiple wikis, all from one instance of the tool.
Features
- Simple wizard style import process
- Wiki markup page templates
- Ability to update multiple wiki sites
- Full PHP source code included
- Import from Excel, Google Docs, Address book or any other application that supports CSV exports
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Requirements
PHP5, curl, and the ability to perform http POST requests from the installed machine to the destination wiki’s server.
Compatible Applications
Data from the following applications can be imported into Mediawiki using the mwcsvimport tool.
Microsoft Office Excel, Mac iWork Numbers, Google Docs Spreadsheets, Openoffice Calc, Mariner Calc, and many more
Help Wanted
We’re looking for someone to test the tool in a win32 LAMP environment. If you want to help out we will give you a free license for your efforts. Contact us
Wo would also like to extend an invitation to bloggers and software reviewers who are interested in writing a review, or creating a tutorial or screencast using the tool. Contact us for more details.