Introduction

These scripts require LuaSocket and its HTTP module.

Posting

Posting requires a known handle that has accepted the Terms of Serice on TVTropes.

Files

The Lua files in this repository are of two types: modules and scripts.

Modules

urlencode

A general module for url-encoding strings, and tables (as forms). Required for constructing TVTropes post requests.

tvtropes

The module for reading from and posting to TV Tropes. It contains two functions for operating on TV Tropes pages: if the page name is passed with no namespace, the function will prepend "Main/".

get(page)

Gets the source for page.

post(page, body, handle, passphrase, reason)

Posts body to page using the given handle and passphrase, with an optional edit reason.

tvtropes_post_known

Contains a function that posts to TV Tropes using a predefined handle and passphrase (rather than taking them as parameters). When run, the module will read from files named handle and passphrase: if either file is missing, the script will prompt for it to be entered.

It can be integrated into the main tvtropes module with something like this:

local tvtropes = require "tvtropes"
tvtropes.post_known = require "tvtropes_post_known"

Scripts

The scripts are designed to be run stand-alone as the root of execution.

setup.lua

Sets up files for handle and passphrase as used by tvtropes_post_known. Without these files, scripts that post to TVTropes using tvtropes_post_known will prompt for a handle and passphrase every time.

test.lua

This script tests the TVTropes posting functionality by editing the WikiSandbox page with the provided handle.

arrdev_recap.lua

A script for generating Recap pages for Arrested Development episodes.