Module:Redirect/sandbox explained

-- This module provides functions for getting the target of a redirect page.

local p =

-- Gets a mw.title object, using pcall to avoid generating script errors if we-- are over the expensive function count limit (among other possible causes).local function getTitle(...) local success, titleObj = pcall(mw.title.new, ...) if success then return titleObj else return nil endend

-- Gets the name of a page that a redirect leads to, or nil if it isn't a-- redirect.function p.getTargetFromText(text) local target = string.match(text, "^%s*#[Rr][Ee][Dd][Ii][Rr][Ee][Cc][Tt]%s*:?%s*%[%[([^%[%]|]-)%]%]" ) or string.match(text, "^%s*#[Rr][Ee][Dd][Ii][Rr][Ee][Cc][Tt]%s*:?%s*%[%[([^%[%]|]-)|[^%[%]]-%]%]" ) return target and mw.uri.decode(target, 'PATH')end

-- Gets the target of a redirect. If the page specified is not a redirect,-- returns nil.function p.getTarget(page, fulltext) -- Get the title object. Both page names and title objects are allowed -- as input. local titleObj if type(page)

'string' or type(page)

'number' then titleObj = getTitle(page) elseif type(page)

'table' and type(page.getContent)

'function' then titleObj = page else error(string.format("bad argument #1 to 'getTarget'" .. " (string, number, or title object expected, got %s)", type(page) ), 2) end if not titleObj then return nil end local targetTitle = titleObj.redirectTarget if targetTitle then if fulltext then return targetTitle.fullText else return targetTitle.prefixedText end else return nil endend

---- Given a single page name determines what page it redirects to and returns the-- target page name, or the passed page name when not a redirect. The passed-- page name can be given as plain text or as a page link.---- Returns page name as plain text, or when the bracket parameter is given, as a-- page link. Returns an error message when page does not exist or the redirect-- target cannot be determined for some reason.--function p.luaMain(rname, bracket, fulltext) if type(rname) ~= "string" or not rname:find("%S") then return nil end bracket = bracket and "%s" or "%s" rname = rname:match("%[%[(.+)%]%]") or rname local target = p.getTarget(rname, fulltext) local ret = target or rname ret = getTitle(ret) if ret then if fulltext then ret = ret.fullText else ret = ret.prefixedText end return bracket:format(ret) else return nil endend

-- Provides access to the luaMain function from wikitext.function p.main(frame) local args = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs(frame,) return p.luaMain(args[1], args.bracket, args.fulltext) or end

-- Returns true if the specified page is a redirect, and false otherwise.function p.luaIsRedirect(page) local titleObj = getTitle(page) if not titleObj then return false end return titleObj.isRedirectend

-- Provides access to the luaIsRedirect function from wikitext, returning 'yes'-- if the specified page is a redirect, and the blank string otherwise.function p.isRedirect(frame) local args = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs(frame,) if p.luaIsRedirect(args[1]) then return 'yes' else return endend

return p