Extension:ExtensionDistributor

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ExtensionDistributor Release status: stable
Implementation	Special page
Description	Enables the distribution of extensions from www.mediawiki.org
Author(s)	Tim Starling, Sam Reed, Chad Horohoe
Latest version	continuous updates
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	1.26+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Parameters $wgExtDistDefaultSnapshot $wgExtDistCandidateSnapshot $wgExtDistPopularSkinList $wgExtDistListFile $wgExtDistAPIConfig $wgExtDistSnapshotRefs $wgExtDistGraphiteRenderApi $wgExtDistPopularExtList
Hooks used APIQuerySiteInfoGeneralInfo
Quarterly downloads	30 (Ranked 95th)
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The ExtensionDistributor extension generates .tar.gz snapshots of extensions in the git repository and distributes them. It is intended for use on www.mediawiki.org. See Special:ExtensionDistributor to see how it works.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted ExtensionDistributor folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/ExtensionDistributor
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'ExtensionDistributor' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration settings:

/**
 * Configuration for the API client to use
 *
 * Must have a 'class' key, can either be
 * "GithubExtDistProvider" or "GerritExtDistProvider"
 *
 * Common parameters:
 *  'apiUrl' - API url to use with $EXT and $REF variables
 *  'tarballUrl' - API url where tarballs are located
 *  'tarballName' - Expected filename of tarballs
 *  'proxy' - Proxy to use (optional)
 *
 * Github specific parameters:
 *  'token' - An OAuth token for authenticating requests
 *
 * Gerrit specific parameters:
 *  'repoListUrl' - API url to fetch a list of repositories
 *
 * @var array
 */
$wgExtDistAPIConfig = false;

/**
 * File to fetch list of extensions from, with one extension per line
 * Only needed for the Github provider
 * Example url: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/mediawiki-extensions.txt
 */
$wgExtDistListFile = false;

/**
 * Supported branches/tags, master is the default (and shouldn't be removed)
 */
$wgExtDistSnapshotRefs = array(
	'master',
);

/**
 * Snapshot branch/tag to default to
 */
$wgExtDistDefaultSnapshot = 'master';

You'll need to set up some configuration for the extension to work. For Wikimedia's Gerrit instance, it would look like:

$wgExtDistAPIConfig = array(
	'class' => \MediaWiki\Extension\ExtensionDistributor\Providers\GerritExtDistProvider::class,
	'apiUrl' => 'https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/projects/mediawiki%2F$TYPE%2F$EXT/branches',
	'tarballUrl' => 'https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/$TYPE/$EXT-$REF-$SHA.tar.gz',
	'tarballName' => '$EXT-$REF-$SHA.tar.gz',
	'repoListUrl' => 'https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/projects/?p=mediawiki/$TYPE/',
);

$wgExtDistSnapshotRefs = array(
	'master',
	'REL1_25',
);

The Gerrit provider requires an independent tarball generator, the source code for the one running at extdist.wmflabs.org can be found: https://github.com/wikimedia/labs-tools-extdist