wikipedia_api_length_check.py

import requests
import time

username = 'FILLIN'
password = 'FILLIN' # see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Bot_passwords
api_url = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php'

# initiate the session
session = requests.Session()

# get login token
r1 = session.get(api_url, params={
    'format': 'json',
    'action': 'query',
    'meta': 'tokens',
    'type': 'login',
})
r1.raise_for_status()

# log in
r2 = session.post(api_url, data={
    'format': 'json',
    'action': 'login',
    'lgname': username,
    'lgpassword': password,
    'lgtoken': r1.json()['query']['tokens']['logintoken'],
})
if r2.json()['login']['result'] != 'Success':
    raise RuntimeError(r2.json()['login']['reason'])
	
print(r2.json())

# get the csrf token
PARAMS_2 = {
    "action": "query",
    "meta": "tokens",
    "format": "json"
}

R = session.get(url=api_url, params=PARAMS_2)
DATA = R.json()

print(DATA)

CSRF_TOKEN = DATA['query']['tokens']['csrftoken']

length_check="A"*100000

PARAMS_3 = {
    "action": "options",
    "format": "json",
    "token": CSRF_TOKEN,
    "optionname": "userjs-arbitraryKeyName",
    # commands start with "command:"
    "optionvalue": length_check
}
# send the command
R = session.post(api_url, data=PARAMS_3)
DATA = R.json()

print(DATA)

PARAMS_4 = {
    "action": "query",
    "format": "json",
    "meta": "userinfo",
    "uiprop":"options"
}

R = session.post(api_url, data=PARAMS_4)
DATA = R.json()

result = DATA['query']['userinfo']['options']['userjs-arbitraryKeyName']

print(result)