Module:Cite tweet

local TwitterSnowflake = require('Module:TwitterSnowflake')

local err_msgs_t = { -- a sequence of snowflake date error messages; all must be terminated with a semicolon (;)

' |date= / |number= mismatch;', -- [1]

' |date= required;', -- [2]

' Invalid |number=;', -- [3]

' Missing or empty |number=;', -- [4]

' Missing or empty |user=;' -- [5]

}

--[[--------------------------< S U P P R E S S _ U R L _ I N _ T I T L E >------------------------------------

This function searches for and suppresses urls in |title=, |script-title=, and |trans-title= parameters so that

{{cite web}} won't emit 'External link in |title=' error messages when rendered In the redering, urls are correctly

formed as they were in the original tweet. The function looks for valid schemes and then wraps them in

.. tags.

]]

local function suppress_url_in_title (frame, title)

local schemes = { -- schemes commonly found in tweets

'https://',

'http://',

'ftp://',

}

if title then -- when there is a title, suppress any urls with known schemes; abandon else

for _, scheme in ipairs (schemes) do -- spin through the list of schemes looking for a match

title = title:gsub (scheme, frame:callParserFunction ('#tag', {'nowiki', scheme})); -- replace the scheme with its nowiki'd form (a strip marker)

end

end

return title; -- done; return