User:Novem Linguae/Scripts/PurgeButton.js

//

// isolating this until I can debug it. Then I'll add it to NPPLinks.js

mw.loader.using( ['mediawiki.util', 'mediawiki.api'] ).then( function () {

return; // this code doesn't work because `require` is not available here.

// this code borrowed from https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Purge

var request = require('request').defaults({jar: true}),

url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";

function purge(title) {

var params = {

action: "purge",

titles: title,

format: "json"

};

request.post({ url: url, form: params }, function (error, res, body) {

if (error) {

return;

}

console.log(body);

});

}

// end borrowed code

function escapeDoubleQuotes(input) {

return input.replace(/"/g, '"');

}

let pageName = mw.config.get('wgPageName'); // has underscores instead of spaces. has namespace prefix

let underscores = encodeURIComponent(pageName);

let links = `

Purge (for orphan check)

`;

// using this ugly monstrosity because mw.util.addPortletLink does not support adding entire menus, and the parent script needs to add a menu

$('#p-navigation').after(`

`);

});

//