Module:Wikibase

This module is copied from the example from the module documentation at mw:Extension:Wikibase Client/Lua. It should be kept consistent with that documentation, rather than being adapted further for use on Wikipedia.

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---------- Module:Wikibase ----------------
local p = {}

-- Return the item ID of the item linked to the current page.
function p.id(frame)
	if not mw.wikibase then
		return "no mw.wikibase"
	end

	entity = mw.wikibase.getEntityObject()

	if entity == nil then
		return "no entity"
	end

	return entity.id
end

-- Return the label of a given data item, or of connected page
-- if no argument is provided to this method.
function p.label(frame)
	return mw.wikibase.label( frame.args[1] )
end

-- Return the description of a given data item, or of connected page
-- if no argument is provided to this method.
function p.description(frame)
	return mw.wikibase.description( frame.args[1] )
end

-- Return the local page about a given data item, or of connected page
-- if id is not specified.
function p.page(frame)
	if frame.args[1] == nil then
		entity = mw.wikibase.getEntityObject()
		if not entity then return nil end

		id = entity.id
	else
		id = frame.args[1]
	end

	return mw.wikibase.sitelink( id )
end

return p