User:MordantMaenad/scripts/blockweaponry.py

Use at your own risk. Blue takes no responsibility for the outcomes of your use of this script.

import wikipedia
import userlib
import urllib2
import time
site = wikipedia.getSite('en', 'rationalwiki')
site.forceLogin()
url = 'http://rationalwiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=yaml&list=allusers&augroup=bureaucrat&aulimit=500'
opener = urllib2.build_opener()
infile = opener.open(url)
contents = infile.read()
users = []
for line in contents.splitlines(1):
    if line[6:12] == 'name: ':
        users.append(line[12:])
escapees = []
for user in users:
    me = userlib.User(site, 'Blue2')
    if me.isBlocked():
        me.unblock(u'Oh no.')
    user = user[:-1]
    print '\nBlocking ' + user
    toblock = userlib.User(site, user)
    try:
        toblock.block(u'30 seconds', u'NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!', anon=False) #duration, reason
        #time.sleep(30)
    except:
        print '\n       Problem blocking ' + user
        escapees.append(user)
        continue
if escapees != []:
    co = wikipedia.input('Continue? [Y/N] ')
    if co == u'y':
        for escapee in escapees:
            escapee = escapee[:-1]
            print '\nBlocking ' + escapee
            toblock = userlib.User(site, escapee)
            toblock.block(u'30 seconds', u'Don\'nt try to escape, it will only be more painful.', anon=False)