Module:Random portal component
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This module implements {{random portal component}}. Please see the template page for documentation.
See also
-- This module implements [[Template:Random portal component]]
local p = {}
local mRandom = require('Module:Random')
local currentTitle = mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
local function getRandomNumber(max)
-- gets a random integer between 1 and max; max defaults to 1
return mRandom.number{max or 1}
end
local function expandArg(args, key)
-- Emulate how unspecified template parameters appear in wikitext. If the
-- specified argument exists, its value is returned, and if not the argument
-- name is returned inside triple curly braces.
local val = args[key]
if val then
return val
else
return string.format('{{{%s}}}', key)
end
end
local function getPages(args)
local pages = {}
pages.root = args.rootpage or currentTitle.prefixedText
pages.subpage = pages.root .. '/' .. expandArg(args, 'subpage')
pages.random = pages.subpage .. '/' .. getRandomNumber(args.max)
return pages
end
local function getHeader(frame, pages, header)
return frame:expandTemplate{
title = pages.root .. '/box-header',
args = {header, pages.random}
}
end
local function getRandomSubpageContent(frame, pages)
return frame:expandTemplate{title = pages.random}
end
local function getFooter(frame, pages, link)
return frame:expandTemplate{
title = pages.root .. '/box-footer',
args = {link}
}
end
function p._main(args, frame)
frame = frame or mw.getCurrentFrame()
local pages = getPages(args)
local ret = {}
ret[#ret + 1] = getHeader(frame, pages, args.header or 'subpage')
ret[#ret + 1] = getRandomSubpageContent(frame, pages)
if not args.footer or not args.footer:find('%S') then
ret[#ret + 1] = '<div style="clear:both;"></div></div>'
else
ret[#ret + 1] = getFooter(frame, pages, string.format(
'[[%s|%s]]',
pages.root,
expandArg(args, 'footer')
))
end
return table.concat(ret, '\n')
end
function p._nominate(args, frame)
frame = frame or mw.getCurrentFrame()
local pages = getPages(args)
local ret = {}
ret[#ret + 1] = getHeader(frame, pages, expandArg(args, 'header'))
ret[#ret + 1] = getRandomSubpageContent(frame, pages)
ret[#ret + 1] = getFooter(frame, pages, string.format(
'[[/Nominate/%s|Suggest]] • [[%s|%s]] ',
expandArg(args, 'subpage'),
pages.root,
args.footer or 'Archive'
))
return table.concat(ret, '\n')
end
local function makeInvokeFunction(func)
return function (frame)
local args = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs(frame, {
trim = false,
removeBlanks = false,
wrappers = 'Template:Random portal component'
})
return func(args, frame)
end
end
p.main = makeInvokeFunction(p._main)
p.nominate = makeInvokeFunction(p._nominate)
return p