# arkbot-rs [](https://crates.io/crates/arkbot) [](/LICENSE) [](https://travis-ci.org/Arkanosis/arkbot-rs)
**arkbot-rs** is Rust rewrite (and complete redesign) of Arkanosis' Wikipedia bot.
The original Arkbot is made of a mix of Python, sed, awk and wget, glued together with some zsh, which has done the job for more than ten years now, but has never been really efficient.
arkbot-rs is designed from the start to address Arkbot's shortcomings, including:
- performance,
- need for manual intervention.
The goal is to have Arkbot running on a small server or VM (eg. on Toolforge) and performing its tasks on its own without any human intervention.
## Usage
```
Usage: arkbot
arkbot -h | --help
arkbot --version
Options:
-h, --help Show this screen.
--version Show version.
```
## Compiling
Run `cargo build --release` in your working copy.
## Installing
Run `sudo cp target/release/arkbot /usr/bin/arkbot` in your working copy.
## Configuring
Create `~/.config/arkbot/config.toml` with the following content:
```toml
login = '$BOT_NAME'
password = '$BOT_PASSWORD'
server_url = 'https://fr.wikipedia.org'
script_path = '/w'
output_directory = '/tmp/.arkbot-data'
```
And replace `$BOT_NAME` with your bot account name and `$BOT_PASSWORD` with your bot account password.
Please use a [bot password](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Bot_passwords) created for arkbot-rs, and not the actual account password.
The `output_directory` will be created, but it's not used anymore and may disapear in a future version.
## Enabling as a systemd service, run hourly
```console
systemctl --user link systemd/arkbot.service systemd/arkbot.timer
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now arkbot.timer
```
Arkbot will then check every hour if there is a new dump available.
If there is one, it will download it and update the pages on the target wiki.
Warning: as of now, the target wiki and target pages are hardcoded, which makes arkbot-rs only suitable for the French Wikpedia.
## Monitoring
You can check when arkbot-rs history using `systemctl --user --list-timer`.
You can read arkbot-rs logs using `journalctl --user -u arkbot -f`.
## Contributing and reporting bugs
Contributions are welcome through [GitHub pull requests](https://github.com/Arkanosis/arkbot-rs/pulls).
Please report bugs and feature requests on [GitHub issues](https://github.com/Arkanosis/arkbot-rs/issues).
## License
arkbot-rs is copyright (C) 2020-2023 Jérémie Roquet <jroquet@arkanosis.net> and
licensed under the ISC license.