Module:Autotranslate

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Autotranslate/doc

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 Authors and maintainers:
* User:Zolo   - original version
* User:Jarekt 
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-- local function to help normalize input arguments
local function normalize_input_args(input_args, output_args)
	for name, value in pairs( input_args ) do 
		if value ~= '' then -- nuke empty strings
			if type(name)=='string' then name=string.lower(name) end -- convert to lower case
			output_args[name] = value
		end
	end
	return output_args
end

-- initialize object to be returned
local p = {}

--[[
autotranslate
 
This function is the core part of the Autotranslate template. 
 
Usage from a template:
{{#invoke:autotranslate|autotranslate|base=|lang= }}
 
Parameters:
  frame.args.base - base page name
  frame.args.lang - desired language (often user's native language)

 Error Handling:

]]
function p.autotranslate(frame) 

	-- switch to lowercase parameters to make them case independent
	local args = {}
	args = normalize_input_args(frame:getParent().args, args)
	args = normalize_input_args(frame.args, args)

	-- get language fallback list
	if not args.lang or not mw.language.isSupportedLanguage(args.lang) then
		args.lang = frame:callParserFunction( "int", "lang" ) -- get user's chosen language 
	end
	local langList = mw.language.getFallbacksFor(args.lang)
	table.insert(langList,1,args.lang) -- user's language will be the first one to check

	-- find base page
	local base = args.base
	args.base  = nil -- blank it so it is not passed to language sub-templates
	assert(base and  #base>0, 'Base page not provided for autotranslate' )

	-- Local function for expanding a template that can be pcall()ed: call the template 
	-- with the same template arguments as the ones passed to {{autotranslate}} template.
	local function expandTemplate(title)
		return frame:expandTemplate{ title = title, args = args }
	end
	
	-- find base template language subpage
	local success, res
	for _, language in ipairs(langList) do
		success, res = pcall(expandTemplate, base .. '/' .. language)
		if success then
			break
		end
	end
	local err_msg = 'No fallback page found for autotranslate (base=[[:%s]], lang=%s)'
	if (not success) then
		assert(args.default, string.format(err_msg, base, args.lang)) 
		success, res = pcall(expandTemplate, args.default)
		assert(success, string.format(err_msg, base, args.default))
	end

	-- If this if the base page being translateda
	if (mw.title.getCurrentTitle().fullText==base) then
		-- English language is the last fallback language for most languages, if
		-- nothing else there should be at least an english subpage
		local en_exist = mw.title.new(base .. '/en').exists
		assert(en_exist, string.format(err_msg, base, 'en'))
		if (mw.site.siteName=='Wikimedia Commons') then
			res = res .. '\n[[Category:Autotranslated templates|' .. base .. ']]'
		end 
	end
	return res
end

return p