# python replace_regex.py

import pywikibot as pw
import re
import sys

site = pw.Site()

# Variables
keyword = 'insource:/dead-*url *= *(\||})/ prefix:' + sys.argv[1]
oldtext = 'dead-*url *= *(\||})'
newtext = 'url-status=\\1'
sumtext = 'Replace dead-url= with url-status=.'

# Actions
searchResults = site.search(keyword, namespaces = 0, total = None)

for result in searchResults:
    page = pw.Page(site, result.title())
    text = page.get()
    page.text = re.sub(oldtext, newtext, text)
    try:
        page.save(summary = sumtext, minor = True, botflag = True)
    except pw.Error:
        print('Page [[' + page.title() + ']] is an exception.')
        
# keyword = 'insource:/dead-*url *= *yes/ prefix:' + sys.argv[1]
# oldtext = 'dead-*url *= *yes'
# newtext = 'url-status=dead'
# sumtext = 'Replace dead-url=yes with url-status=dead.'