Module:Political party#Requesting an addition or a change
local p = {}
local default_color = '#F8F9FA'
local categories = {
party_not_in_list = 'Category:Pages using Political party with unknown party',
shortname_not_in_list = 'Category:Pages using Political party with missing shortname',
color_not_in_list = 'Category:Pages using Political party with missing color',
}
local function create_error(error_message)
return string.format('%s', error_message)
end
local function getFirstLetter(party)
local index = mw.ustring.sub(party, 1, 1)
-- Set index for non-A-Z starts
if string.match(index, '%A') then
return '1'
end
return string.upper(index)
end
local function stripToNil(text)
-- If text is a string, return its trimmed content, or nil if empty.
-- Otherwise return text (which may, for example, be nil).
if type(text) == 'string' then
text = text:match('(%S.-)%s*$')
local delink = require('Module:Delink')._delink
text = delink({text, wikilinks = "target"})
end
return text
end
-- Example of having all the data - color and names - in one table. Requires one page to be edited instead of two when adding a new party.
function p._fetch(args)
if not args[1] then
return create_error("parameter 1 should be a party name.")
end
if not args[2] then
return create_error("parameter 2 should be the output type.")
end
local party = stripToNil(args[1])
local out_type = stripToNil(args[2])
if out_type == 'colour' then
out_type = 'color'
end
local index = getFirstLetter(party)
-- Load data from submodule
local data = mw.loadData('Module:Political party/' .. index)
local data_all = data.full
local party_alt = data.alternate[party]
local party_info
if party_alt then
if data_all[party_alt] then
party_info = data_all[party_alt]
else
index = getFirstLetter(party_alt)
data = mw.loadData('Module:Political party/' .. index)
party_info = data.full[party_alt]
end
else
party_info = data_all[party]
end
-- Check if database value exists
-- * Not even in database - return given error or input
-- * No color - return error
-- * No shortname/abbrev - return first non-blank of abbrev->shortname->input
if not party_info then
if out_type == 'color' then
return args.error or default_color
else
return args.error or party
end
end
local return_value = party_info[out_type]
if return_value == "" then
if out_type == 'color' then
return args.error or create_error("Value not in template. Please request that it be added.")
elseif out_type == 'abbrev' then
if party_info.shortname ~= "" then
return party_info.shortname
else
return party
end
elseif out_type == 'shortname' then
if party_info.abbrev ~= "" then
return party_info.abbrev
else
return party
end
else
return party
end
end
if out_type == 'color' then
if string.find(return_value, '#') then
return_value = string.gsub(return_value, '#', '#')
elseif string.lower(return_value) == 'default' then
return default_color
end
end
return return_value
end
function p.fetch(frame)
-- Initialise and populate variables
local getArgs = require("Module:Arguments").getArgs
local args = getArgs(frame)
return p._fetch(args)
end
return p