Module:UserLinks/shared

This module stores functions that are shared between Module:UserLinks and Module:UserLinks/extra.

---

-- This module stores functions that are shared between [[Module:UserLinks]]
-- and [[Module:UserLinks/extra]].

-- Load data and define often-used variables
local cfg = mw.loadData('Module:UserLinks/config')
local namespaces = mw.site.namespaces

-- Lazily initialise modules that we may or may not need
local mCategoryHandler

-- Define namespaces for which links need to be escaped with the colon trick.
-- See [[w:en:Help:Colon trick]].
local colonNamespaces = {
	[6] = true, -- File
	[14] = true, -- Category
}

local p = {}

function p.maybeLoadModule(s)
	-- Attempts to load the module s. If it succeeds, returns the module;
	-- otherwise, returns false.
	local success, mdl = pcall(require, s)
	if success then
		return mdl
	else
		return false
	end
end

function p.raiseError(message, section, level)
	-- Raises an error using the Lua error function. The error message is
	-- designed to be caught with pcall and then passed to p.makeWikitextError.
	-- The section, if specified, is the section name on a help page that gives
	-- help to users about that particular error.
	if section then
		message = message .. '|' .. section
	end
	if not level or level == 0 then
		level = 0
	else
		level = level + 1
	end
	error(message, level)
end

function p.makeWikitextError(encodedMessage, demo)
	local errorMessage, section = mw.ustring.match(encodedMessage, '^(.-)|(.*)$')
	errorMessage = errorMessage or encodedMessage
	
	-- If not a demo, get the error category link and pass it through
	-- [[Module:Category handler]]'s blacklist.
	local category
	if not demo then
		category = string.format(
			'[[%s:%s]]',
			namespaces[14].name,
			p.message('error-config-category')
		)
		mCategoryHandler = p.maybeLoadModule('Module:Category handler')
		if mCategoryHandler then
			-- Categorise all namespaces, but not blacklisted pages.
			category = mCategoryHandler.main{all = category}
		end
	end
	category = category or ''
	
	-- Format the error message and the section link.
	local formattedError
	if section then
		formattedError = p.message(
			'error-config-message-help',
			errorMessage,
			section
		)
	else
		formattedError = p.message(
			'error-config-message-nohelp',
			errorMessage
		)
	end

	-- Return the error message and the category inside html error tags.
	return string.format(
		'<strong class="error">%s</strong>%s',
		formattedError,
		category
	)
end

local function formatPage(interwiki, namespace, page)
	-- Formats an interwiki, a namespace and a page into a wikilink-ready
	-- string. The interwiki and namespace are optional. If a namespace is
	-- specified, it should be a valid key to mw.site.namespaces. The page
	-- parameter is required.
	local ret = {}
	interwiki = interwiki or ''
	if interwiki ~= '' or colonNamespaces[namespace] then
		ret[#ret + 1] = ':'
	end
	ret[#ret + 1] = interwiki
	if interwiki ~= '' then
		ret[#ret + 1] = ':'
	end
	if namespace then
		local nsTable = namespaces[namespace]
		if not nsTable then
			error('"' .. tostring(namespace) .. '" is not a valid namespace key', 2)
		end
		ret[#ret + 1] = nsTable.name
		if namespace ~= 0 then
			ret[#ret + 1] = ':'
		end
	end
	ret[#ret + 1] = page
	return table.concat(ret)
end

local function formatDisplay(s)
	-- Replaces spaces in a string with "&nbsp;" to make sure they don't wrap.
	return s:gsub(' ', '&nbsp;')
end

function p.makeWikilink(interwiki, namespace, page, display)
	-- Creates a wikilink. The interwiki, namespace and display parameters are
	-- optional. If a namespace parameter is specified it must be a valid key
	-- to mw.site.namespaces.
	local formattedPage = formatPage(interwiki, namespace, page)
	if display then
		display = formatDisplay(display)
		return string.format('[[%s|%s]]', formattedPage, display)
	else
		return string.format('[[%s]]', formattedPage)
	end
end

local function formatUrlLink(url, display)
	-- Formats a URL link with an optional display parameter.
	if display then
		display = formatDisplay(display)
		return string.format('[%s %s]', url, display)
	else
		return string.format('[%s]', url)
	end
end

function p.makeUrlLink(s, display)
	-- Makes a URL link with an optional display parameter. The first input
	-- may be any valid input to mw.uri.new.
	local url = mw.uri.new(s)
	url = tostring(url)
	return formatUrlLink(url, display)
end

function p.makeFullUrlLink(interwiki, namespace, page, query, display)
	-- Makes a link to the full URL of a page. The interwiki, namespace, query
	-- and display parameters are optional. If a namespace parameter is
	-- specified it must be a valid key to mw.site.namespaces. The query
	-- parameter can be a string or a table as specified in the mw.uri library.
	local formattedPage = formatPage(interwiki, namespace, page)
	local url = mw.uri.fullUrl(formattedPage, query)
	url = tostring(url)
	return formatUrlLink(url, display)
end

function p.message(key, ...)
	-- Returns the message with the given key from [[Module:UserLinks/config]].
	-- Extra parameters are substituted in the message for keys $1, $2, $3, etc.
	local msg = cfg[key]
	if not msg then
		p.raiseError(
			'No message found with key "' .. tostring(key) .. '"',
			'No message found',
			2
		)
	end
	local noArgs = select('#', ...)
	if noArgs < 1 then
		return msg
	else
		local msg = mw.message.newRawMessage(msg, ...)
		return msg:plain()
	end
end

return p