Discord (mw-discord)

MediaWiki extension for sending notifications to a Discord webhook from MediaWiki. When a certain event occurs on your MediaWiki wiki, including new edits, they can be sent as a message to a channel on a Discord server using a webhook.

Multiple webhook URLs are supported and messages will be sent to all of them.

Live demo: https://runescape.wiki (https://discord.gg/runescapewiki)

Requirements

• Discord webhook URL: This can be obtained by editing a channel on a server with the correct permissions.
• MediaWiki 1.36+. This extension aims to support the latest LTS release. Ensure you are using the correct branch of this extension for your MediaWiki version. The master branch includes changes only applicable for the latest MediaWiki version.

Recommended

• cURL: By default, this extension sends requests using cURL. If you don't have cURL, you could try setting $wgDiscordUseFileGetContents to true instead, but this is not recommended.

Installation

1. Clone this repository to your MediaWiki installation's extensions folder using git clone https://github.com/jaydenkieran/mw-discord.git -b REL1_35 Discord
2. Modify your LocalSettings.php file and add:

// Load the extension
wfLoadExtension( 'Discord' );
// Set the webhook URL(s) (string or array)
$wgDiscordWebhookURL = [ '' ];

For further configuration variables, see below.

Getting a webhook URL

To get a webhook URL for use with this extension, open the Discord client and go to a server where you have the Manage Webhooks permission. Click the cog icon when hovering over a text channel, switch to the Webhooks tab on the left of the interface, and click 'Create webhook'. The webhook URL can then be copied from that interface.

Configuration

This extension can be configured using the LocalSettings.php file in your MediaWiki installation.

Variable	Type	Description
$wgDiscordWebhookURL	string/array	Discord webhook URLs

Optional

Variable	Type	Description	Default
$wgDiscordNoBots	bool	Do not send notifications that are triggered by a bot account	true
$wgDiscordNoMinor	bool	Do not send notifications that are for minor edits	false
$wgDiscordNoNull	bool	Do not send notifications for null edits	true
$wgDiscordSuppressPreviews	bool	Force previews for links in Discord messages to be suppressed	true
$wgDiscordMaxChars	int	Maximum amount of characters for user-generated text (e.g summaries, reasons). Set to null to disable truncation	null
$wgDiscordMaxCharsUsernames	int	Maximum amount of characters for usernames. Set to null to disable truncation	25
$wgDiscordDisabledHooks	array	List of hooks to disable sending webhooks for (see below)	[]
$wgDiscordDisabledNS	array	List of namespaces to disable sending webhooks for	[]
$wgDiscordDisabledUsers	array	List of users whose performed actions shouldn't send webhooks	[]
$wgDiscordPrependTimestamp	bool	Prepend a timestamp (in UTC) to all sent messages. The format can be changed by editing the MediaWiki message discord-timestampformat	false
$wgDiscordUseFileGetContents	bool	Use file_get_contents instead of cURL. Requires allow_url_fopen to be set to true in php.ini. Not recommended as cURL makes simultaneous calls instead.	false
$wgDiscordUseEmojis	bool	Prepend emojis to different types of messages to help distinguish them	false
$wgDiscordEmojis	array	Map of hook names and their associated emojis to prepend to messages if $wgDiscordUseEmojis is enabled	See extension.json

Hooks used

• PageSaveComplete - New edits to pages and page creations
• ArticleDeleteComplete - Page deletions
• ArticleUndelete - Page restorations
• ArticleRevisionVisibilitySet - Revision visibility changes
• ArticleProtectComplete - Page protections
• PageMoveComplete - Page moves
• LocalUserCreated - User registrations
• BlockIpComplete - User blocked
• UnblockUserComplete - User unblocked
• UserGroupsChanged - User rights changed
• UploadComplete - File was uploaded
• FileDeleteComplete - File revision was deleted
• FileUndeleteComplete - File revision was restored
• AfterImportPage - Page was imported
• ArticleMergeComplete - Article histories was merged

Approved Revs

• ApprovedRevsRevisionApproved - Revision was approved
• ApprovedRevsRevisionUnapproved - Revision was unapproved
• ApprovedRevsFileRevisionApproved - File revision was approved
• ApprovedRevsFileRevisionUnapproved - File revision was unapproved

Translation

This extension can be translated through the messages in the ì18n folder if you're a developer. As a wiki administrator, you may find it a better option to edit the messages on-site in the MediaWiki namespace.

Any excess whitespace in text that is translated will be stripped (e.g double spaces, etc).

License

This extension is licensed under the MIT License, see here for more information. This project is originally inspired by Szmyk's mediawiki-discord project, but has been rewritten completely to be more suitable for my needs.