Difference between revisions of "Module:Delink"

Revision as of 14:33, 3 April 2013

-- This module de-links one internal wikilink. It doesn't handle bad links, or links that use the pipe trick.

p = {}

local function delinkReversePipeTrick(s)
    return mw.ustring.match(s, "%[%[|(.*)%]%]")
end

local function delinkPipeTrick(s)
    local linkarea, display = "", ""
    -- We need to deal with colons, brackets, and commas, per [[Help:Pipe trick]].
    
    -- First, remove the text before the first colon, if any.
    if mw.ustring.match(s, ":") then
        s = mw.ustring.match(s, "%[%[.-:(.*)|%]%]")
    -- If there are no colons, grab all of the text apart from the square brackets and the pipe.
    else
        s = mw.ustring.match(s, "%[%[(.*)|%]%]")
    end
    
    -- Next up, brackets and commas.
    if mw.ustring.match(s, "%(.-%)$") then -- Brackets trump commas.
        s = mw.ustring.match(s, "(.-) ?%(.-%)$")
    elseif mw.ustring.match(s, ",") then -- If there are no brackets, display only the text before the first comma.
        s = mw.ustring.match(s, "(.-),.*$")
    end
    return s
end

local function delinkOne(s)
    -- Deal with the reverse pipe trick, an easy case.
    if mw.ustring.match(s, "%[%[|") then
        return delinkReversePipeTrick(s)
    end
    
    -- Check for bad titles. To do this we need to find the
    -- title area of the link, i.e. the part before any pipes.
    local titlearea
    if mw.ustring.match(s, "|") then -- Find if we're dealing with a piped link.
        titlearea= mw.ustring.match(s, "^%[%[(.-)|.*%]%]")
    else
        titlearea = mw.ustring.match(s, "^%[%[(.-)%]%]")
    end
    -- Clear the title of the fragment (the section link).
    if not mw.title.makeTitle("", titlearea) then
        return s -- If it's not a valid link, return the whole string.
    end
    
    -- Check for categories, interwikis, and files.
    local colonprefix = mw.ustring.match(s, "%[%[(.-):.*%]%]") or "" -- Get the text before the first colon.
    if mw.language.isKnownLanguageTag(colonprefix)
    or mw.ustring.match(colonprefix, "^[Cc]ategory$")
    or mw.ustring.match(colonprefix, "^[Ff]ile$")
    or mw.ustring.match(colonprefix, "^[Ii]mage$") then
        return ""
    end
    
    -- Remove the colon if the link is using the [[Help:Colon trick]].
    if mw.ustring.match(s, "%[%[:") then
        s = "[[" .. mw.ustring.match(s, "%[%[:(.*%]%])")
    end
    
    -- Deal with links using the [[Help:Pipe trick]].
    if mw.ustring.match(s, "[^|].*|%]%]") or mw.ustring.match(s, "%[%[|") then
        return delinkPipeTrick(s)
    end
    
    -- Find the display area of the wikilink
    local display
    if mw.ustring.match(s, "|") then -- Find if we're dealing with a piped link.
        display = mw.ustring.match(s, "^%[%[.-|(.+)%]%]")
    else
        display = mw.ustring.match(s, "^%[%[(.-)%]%]")
    end

    return display
end

local function _delink(args)
    local text = args[1] or ""
    text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, "%[%[.-%]%]", delinkOne)
    return text
end

function p.delink(frame)
    local args
    if frame == mw.getCurrentFrame() then
        -- We're being called via #invoke. If the invoking template passed any args, use
        -- them. Otherwise, use the args that were passed into the template.
        args = frame:getParent().args
        for k, v in pairs(frame.args) do
            args = frame.args
            break
        end
    else
        -- We're being called from another module or from the debug console, so assume
        -- the args are passed in directly.
        args = frame
    end
 
    return _delink(args)
end

return p