Module:Template parameter value
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Implements {{Template parameter value}} and {{HasTemplate}}, and can be used from other modules.
Module functions
getParameter
getParameter takes 4 arguments: The page name (string), the template/s (string or table of strings), the parameter (string), and an optional options table. It will return either true and the contents of the requested parameter or false and a reason for failure.
The following options are available:
- template_index: Which occurrence of the template to look for the parameter in. Set to -1 for last occurrence. (default: 1)
- parameter_index: Which occurrence of the parameter to look for (default: 1; only applies when
ignore_subtemplatesis false) - ignore_subtemplates: If parameters should only be searched for in the top-level template, ignoring the parameters in subtemplates (default: false)
- only_subtemplates: If parameters should only be searched for in subtemplates of the top-level template (default: false)
- ignore_blank: Whether or not blank values should count towards
parameter_index(default: false) - treat_as_regex: Whether or not the template string(s) should be treated as a lua regex (default: false)
getTemplate
getTemplate takes 3 arguments: The page name (string), the template/s (string or table of strings), and an optional options table. It will return either true and the text of the requested template or false and a reason for failure.
getTemplate supports the options template_index and treat_as_regex from getParameter.
Helper functions
The module exposes some of the helper functions used (matchAllTemplates, getParameters, and getAllParameters) for convenience. Each function has some comments above it in the code explaining its rough purpose.
Template functions
main implements {{Template parameter value}} and acts as a template wrapper for getParameter.
hasTemplate implements {{HasTemplate}} and somewhat acts as a wrapper for getTemplate (it only provides if the template was found, not the template text itself).
Testcases
Testcases are available at Module talk:Template parameter value/testcases
local p = {}
local _getParameters = require("Module:Transcluder").getParameters
local escapeString = require("Module:String")._escapePattern
local yesno = require("Module:Yesno")
local function getTitle(title)
local success, titleObj = pcall(mw.title.new, title)
if success then return titleObj
else return nil end
end
--string.gmatch will check the largest block it can without re-scanning whats inside, but we need whats inside
local function matchAllTemplates(str)
local matches = {}
for template in string.gmatch(str, "{%b{}}") do
table.insert(matches, template)
local innerContent = string.sub(template, 3, -3)
for _,subtemplate in next,matchAllTemplates(innerContent) do
table.insert(matches, subtemplate)
end
end
return matches
end
local function escapeComments(content)
for comment in string.gmatch(content, "%b<>") do
if string.sub(comment,1,4) == "<!--" and string.sub(comment,-3,-1) == "-->" then
local safeComment = string.gsub("<!--" .. mw.text.nowiki(string.sub(comment,4,-3)) .. "-->", "%%", "%%%%")
content = string.gsub(content, escapeString(comment), safeComment, 1)
end
end
return content
end
--Transcluder's getParameters, but force all keys to be a string (helps with template inputs)
local function getParameters(template)
local parameters, text, paramOrder = _getParameters(template)
local newParams = {}
for key,value in next,parameters do
newParams[tostring(key)] = value
end
local newParamOrder = {}
for index,key in next,paramOrder do
newParamOrder[index] = tostring(key)
end
return newParams, text, newParamOrder
end
-- Returns a table containing parameters and a table with the order in which each of their values were found.
-- Since this considers all subtemplates, a single parameter is expected to have multiple values.
-- E.g. {{ABC|X={{DEF|X=Value|Y=Other value}}{{ABC|X=Yes}}|Y=P}}
-- Would return {X={"{{DEF|X=Value|Y=Other value}}", "Value", "Yes"}, Y={"Other value", "P"}}
local function getAllParameters(template)
local parameterTree = setmetatable({}, {
__index = function(self,key)
rawset(self,key,{})
return rawget(self,key)
end
})
local params, _, paramOrder = getParameters(template)
for _,key in ipairs(paramOrder) do
local value = params[key]
table.insert(parameterTree[key], value) --Insert the initial value into the tree
for subtemplate in string.gmatch(value, "{%b{}}") do --And now check for subvalues
local subparams = getAllParameters(subtemplate)
for subkey,subset in next,subparams do
for _,subvalue in ipairs(subset) do
table.insert(parameterTree[subkey], subvalue) --And add any we find to our tree
end
end
end
end
return parameterTree
end
--Primary module entry point. Returns a success boolean and either the result or why it failed.
function p.getValue(page, templates, parameter, options)
if not (templates and parameter) then --Required parameters
return false, "Missing required parameters 'templates' and 'parameter'"
end
parameter = tostring(parameter) --Force consistency
options = options or {}
local templateIndex = tonumber(options.templateIndex) or 1
local parameterIndex = tonumber(options.parameterIndex) or 1
local ignoreSubtemplates = options.ignoreSubtemplates or false
if type(templates) == "string" then
templates = mw.text.split(templates, ", ?")
end
local title = getTitle(page)
if title == nil then
return false, "Requested title doesn't exist"
end
local content = escapeComments(title:getContent() or "")
local foundTemplates = 0
local foundParameters = 0
for _,template in next,matchAllTemplates(content) do
for _,wantedTemplate in pairs(templates) do
if string.match(template, "^{{%s*"..wantedTemplate.."%s*[|}]") then
foundTemplates = foundTemplates + 1
if foundTemplates == templateIndex then --Found our wanted template
local value
if ignoreSubtemplates then
value = getParameters(template)[parameter] or ""
else
value = getAllParameters(template)[parameter][parameterIndex] or ""
end
value = string.gsub(value, "</?%a*include%a*>", "")
value = mw.text.trim(value)
return true, value
end
end
end
end
return false, "No valid template found"
end
--Template entry point. Returns an empty string upon failure
function p.main(frame)
local args = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs(frame, {
wrappers = 'Template:Template parameter value'
})
local options = {
templateIndex = args[3],
parameterIndex = args[5],
ignoreSubtemplates = yesno(args.ignore_subtemplates or args.ist) or false
}
local success,result = p.getValue(args[1], args[2], args[4], options)
if not success then
return ""
else
return frame:preprocess(result)
end
end
--Potentially useful module entry points
p.matchAllTemplates = matchAllTemplates
p.getParameters = getParameters
p.getAllParameters = getAllParameters
return p