Module:WikitextParser
This module is a general-purpose wikitext parser. It's designed to be used by other Lua modules and shouldn't be called directly by templates.
Usage
[edit ]First, require WikitextParser and get some wikitext to parse. For example:
local parser = require( 'Module:WikitextParser' ) local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle() local wikitext = title:getContent()
Then, use and combine the available methods. For example:
local sections = parser.getSections( wikitext ) for sectionTitle, sectionContent in pairs( sections ) do local sectionFiles = parser.getFiles( sectionContent ) -- Do stuff end
Methods
[edit ]getLead
[edit ]getLead( wikitext )
Returns the lead section from the given wikitext. The lead section is defined as everything before the first section title. If there's no lead section, an empty string will be returned.
getSections
[edit ]getSections( wikitext )
Returns a table with the section titles as keys and the section contents as values. This method doesn't get the lead section (use getLead for that).
getSection
[edit ]getSection( wikitext, sectionTitle )
Returns the content of the section with the given section title, including subsections. If you don't want subsections, use getSections instead. If the given section title appears more than once, only the first will be returned. If the section is not found, nil will be returned.
getSectionTag
[edit ]getSectionTag( wikitext, tagName )
Returns the contents of the <section> tag with the given tag name (see Help:Labeled section transclusion). If the tag is not found, nil will be returned.
getLists
[edit ]getLists( wikitext )
Returns a table with each value being a list (ordered or unordered).
getParagraphs
[edit ]getParagraphs( wikitext )
Returns a table with each value being a paragraph. Paragraphs are defined as block-level elements that are not lists, templates, files, categories, tables or section titles.
getTemplates
[edit ]getTemplates( wikitext )
Returns a table with each value being a template.
getTemplate
[edit ]getTemplate( wikitext, templateName )
Returns the template with the given template name.
getTemplateName
[edit ]getTemplateName( templateWikitext )
Returns the name of the given template. If the given wikitext is not recognized as that of a template, nil will be returned.
getTemplateParameters
[edit ]getTemplateParameters( templateWikitext )
Returns a table with the parameter names as keys and the parameter values as values. For unnamed parameters, the keys are numerical. If the given wikitext is not recognized as that of a template, nil will be returned.
getTags
[edit ]getTags( wikitext )
Returns a table with each value being a tag and its contents (like <div>, <gallery>, <ref>, <noinclude>). Tags inside tags will be ignored. If you're interested in getting them, run this method again for each of the returned tags.
getTagName
[edit ]getTagName( tagWikitext )
Returns the name of the tag in the given wikitext. For example 'div', 'span', 'gallery', 'ref', etc.
getTagAttribute
[edit ]getTagAttribute( tagWikitext, attribute )
Returns the value of an attribute in the given tag. For example the id of a div or the name of a reference.
getGalleries
[edit ]getGalleries( wikitext )
Returns a table with each value being a gallery.
getReferences
[edit ]getReferences( wikitext )
Returns a table with each value being a reference. This includes self-closing references (like <ref name="foo" />) as well as full references.
getTables
[edit ]getTables( wikitext )
Returns a table with each value being a wiki table.
getTableAttribute
[edit ]getTableAttribute( tableWikitext, attribute )
Returns the value of an attribute in the given wiki table. For example the id or the class.
getTable
[edit ]getTable( wikitext, id )
Returns the wiki table with the given id. If not found, nil will be returned.
getTableData
[edit ]getTableData( tableWikitext )
Returns a Lua table representing the data of the given wiki table.
getLinks
[edit ]getLinks( wikitext )
Returns a Lua table with each value being a wiki link. For external links, use getExternalLinks instead.
getFileLinks
[edit ]getFileLinks( wikitext )
Returns a Lua table with each value being a file link.
getFileName
[edit ]getFileName( fileWikitext )
Returns the name of the given template. If the given wikitext is not recognized as that of a file, nil will be returned.
getCategories
[edit ]getCategories( wikitext )
Returns a Lua table with each value being a category link.
getExternalLinks
[edit ]getExternalLinks( wikitext )
Returns a Lua table with each value being an external link. For internal links, use getLinks instead.
See also
[edit ]- Module:Excerpt - Main caller of this module
- mw:WikitextParser.js - Similar parser written in JavaScript, for use in gadgets, user scripts and other tools
Editors can experiment in this module's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (edit | run) pages.
Subpages of this module.
-- Module:WikitextParser is a general-purpose wikitext parser -- Documentation and master version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module:WikitextParser -- Authors: User:Sophivorus, User:Certes, User:Aidan9382, et al. -- License: CC-BY-SA-4.0 local WikitextParser = {} -- Private helper method to escape a string for use in regexes local function escapeString( str ) return str:gsub( '[%^%$%(%)%.%[%]%*%+%-%?%%]', '%%%0' ) end -- Get the lead section from the given wikitext -- The lead section is any content before the first section title. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Wikitext of the lead section. May be empty if the lead section is empty. function WikitextParser.getLead( wikitext ) wikitext = '\n' .. wikitext wikitext = wikitext:gsub( '\n==.*', '' ) wikitext = mw.text.trim( wikitext ) return wikitext end -- Get the sections from the given wikitext -- This method doesn't get the lead section, use getLead for that -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Map from section title to section content function WikitextParser.getSections( wikitext ) local sections = {} wikitext = '\n' .. wikitext .. '\n==' for title in wikitext:gmatch( '\n==+ *([^=]-) *==+' ) do local section = wikitext:match( '\n==+ *' .. escapeString( title ) .. ' *==+(.-)\n==' ) section = mw.text.trim( section ) sections[ title ] = section end return sections end -- Get a section from the given wikitext (including any subsections) -- If the given section title appears more than once, only the section of the first instance will be returned -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @param title Required. Title of the section -- @return Wikitext of the section, or nil if it isn't found. May be empty if the section is empty or contains only subsections. function WikitextParser.getSection( wikitext, title ) title = mw.text.trim( title ) title = escapeString( title ) wikitext = '\n' .. wikitext .. '\n' local level, wikitext = wikitext:match( '\n(==+) *' .. title .. ' *==.-\n(.*)' ) if wikitext then local nextSection = '\n==' .. string.rep( '=?', #level - 2 ) .. '[^=].*' wikitext = wikitext:gsub( nextSection, '' ) -- remove later sections at this level or higher wikitext = mw.text.trim( wikitext ) return wikitext end end -- Get the content of a <section> tag from the given wikitext. -- We can't use getTags because unlike all other tags, both opening and closing <section> tags are self-closing. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @param name Required. Name of the <section> tag -- @return Content of the <section> tag, or nil if it isn't found. May be empty if the section tag is empty. function WikitextParser.getSectionTag( wikitext, name ) name = mw.text.trim( name ) name = escapeString( name ) wikitext = wikitext:match( '< *section +begin *= *["\']? *' .. name .. ' *["\']? */>(.-)< *section +end= *["\']? *'.. name ..' *["\']? */>' ) if wikitext then return mw.text.trim( wikitext ) end end -- Get the lists from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of lists. function WikitextParser.getLists( wikitext ) local lists = {} wikitext = '\n' .. wikitext .. '\n\n' for list in wikitext:gmatch( '\n([*#].-)\n[^*#]' ) do table.insert( lists, list ) end return lists end -- Get the paragraphs from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of paragraphs. function WikitextParser.getParagraphs( wikitext ) local paragraphs = {} -- Remove non-paragraphs wikitext = '\n' .. wikitext .. '\n' wikitext = wikitext:gsub( '\n[*#][^\n]*', '' ) -- remove lists wikitext = wikitext:gsub( '\n%[%b[]%]\n', '' ) -- remove files and categories wikitext = wikitext:gsub( '\n%b{} *\n', '\n%0\n' ) -- add spacing between tables and block templates wikitext = wikitext:gsub( '\n%b{} *\n', '\n' ) -- remove tables and block templates wikitext = wikitext:gsub( '\n==+[^=]+==+ *\n', '\n' ) -- remove section titles wikitext = mw.text.trim( wikitext ) for paragraph in mw.text.gsplit( wikitext, '\n\n+' ) do if mw.text.trim( paragraph ) ~= '' then table.insert( paragraphs, paragraph ) end end return paragraphs end -- Get the templates from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of templates. function WikitextParser.getTemplates( wikitext ) local templates = {} for template in wikitext:gmatch( '{%b{}}' ) do if wikitext:sub( 1, 3 ) ~= '{{#' then -- skip parser functions like #if table.insert( templates, template ) end end return templates end -- Get the requested template from the given wikitext. -- If the template appears more than once, only the first instance will be returned -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @param name Name of the template to get -- @return Wikitext of the template, or nil if it wasn't found function WikitextParser.getTemplate( wikitext, name ) local templates = WikitextParser.getTemplates( wikitext ) local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage() for _, template in pairs( templates ) do local templateName = WikitextParser.getTemplateName( template ) if lang:ucfirst( templateName ) == lang:ucfirst( name ) then return template end end end -- Get name of the template from the given template wikitext. -- @param templateWikitext Required. Wikitext of the template to parse. -- @return Name of the template -- @todo Strip "Template:" namespace? function WikitextParser.getTemplateName( templateWikitext ) return templateWikitext:match( '^{{ *([^}|\n]+)' ) end -- Get the parameters from the given template wikitext. -- @param templateWikitext Required. Wikitext of the template to parse. -- @return Map from parameter names to parameter values, NOT IN THE ORIGINAL ORDER. -- @return Order in which the parameters were parsed. function WikitextParser.getTemplateParameters( templateWikitext ) local parameters = {} local paramOrder = {} local params = templateWikitext:match( '{{[^|}]-|(.*)}}' ) if params then -- Temporarily replace pipes in subtemplates and links to avoid chaos for subtemplate in params:gmatch( '{%b{}}' ) do params = params:gsub( escapeString( subtemplate ), subtemplate:gsub( '.', { ['%']='%%', ['|']="@@:@@", ['=']='@@_@@' } ) ) end for link in params:gmatch( '%[%b[]%]' ) do params = params:gsub( escapeString( link ), link:gsub( '.', { ['%']='%%', ['|']='@@:@@', ['=']='@@_@@' } ) ) end local count = 0 local parts, name, value for param in mw.text.gsplit( params, '|' ) do parts = mw.text.split( param, '=' ) name = mw.text.trim( parts[1] ) if #parts == 1 then value = name count = count + 1 name = count else value = table.concat( parts, '=', 2 ); value = mw.text.trim( value ) end value = value:gsub( '@@_@@', '=' ) value = value:gsub( '@@:@@', '|' ) parameters[ name ] = value table.insert( paramOrder, name ) end end return parameters, paramOrder end -- Get the tags from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of tags. function WikitextParser.getTags( wikitext ) local tags = {} local tag, tagName, tagEnd -- Don't match closing tags like </div>, comments like <!--foo-->, comparisons like 1<2 or things like <3 for tagStart, tagOpen in wikitext:gmatch( '()(<[^/!%d].->)' ) do tagName = WikitextParser.getTagName( tagOpen ) -- If we're in a self-closing tag, like <ref name="foo" />, <references/>, <br/>, <br>, <hr>, etc. if tagOpen:match( '<.-/>' ) or tagName == 'br' or tagName == 'hr' then tag = tagOpen -- If we're in a tag that may contain others like it, like <div> or <span> elseif tagName == 'div' or tagName == 'span' then local position = tagStart + #tagOpen - 1 local depth = 1 while depth > 0 do tagEnd = wikitext:match( '</ ?' .. tagName .. ' ?>()', position ) if tagEnd then tagEnd = tagEnd - 1 else break -- unclosed tag end position = wikitext:match( '()< ?' .. tagName .. '[ >]', position + 1 ) if not position then position = tagEnd + 1 end if position > tagEnd then depth = depth - 1 else depth = depth + 1 end end tag = wikitext:sub( tagStart, tagEnd ) -- Else we're probably in tag that shouldn't contain others like it, like <math> or <strong> else tagEnd = wikitext:match( '</ ?' .. tagName .. ' ?>()', tagStart ) if tagEnd then tag = wikitext:sub( tagStart, tagEnd - 1 ) -- If no end tag is found, assume we matched something that wasn't a tag, like <no. 1> else tag = nil end end table.insert( tags, tag ) end return tags end -- Get the name of the tag in the given wikitext -- @param tag Required. Tag to parse. -- @return Name of the tag or nil if not found function WikitextParser.getTagName( tagWikitext ) local tagName = tagWikitext:match( '^< *(.-)[ />]' ) if tagName then tagName = tagName:lower() end return tagName end -- Get the value of an attribute in the given tag. -- @param tagWikitext Required. Wikitext of the tag to parse. -- @param attribute Required. Name of the attribute. -- @return Value of the attribute or nil if not found function WikitextParser.getTagAttribute( tagWikitext, attribute ) return tagWikitext:match( '^< *.- *[^/>]*' .. attribute .. ' *= *["\']?([^"\'>]+)["\']?[ />]' ) end -- Get the content of the given tag. -- @param tagWikitext Required. Wikitext of the tag to parse. -- @return Content of the tag. May be empty if the tag is empty. Will be nil if the tag is self-closing. -- @todo May fail with nested tags function WikitextParser.getTagContent( tagWikitext, attribute ) return tagWikitext:match( '^<.->.-</.->' ) end -- Get the <gallery> tags from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of gallery tags. function WikitextParser.getGalleries( wikitext ) local galleries = {} local tags = WikitextParser.getTags( wikitext ) for _, tag in pairs( tags ) do local tagName = WikitextParser.getTagName( tag ) if tagName == 'gallery' then table.insert( galleries, tag ) end end return galleries end -- Get the <ref> tags from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of ref tags. function WikitextParser.getReferences( wikitext ) local references = {} local tags = WikitextParser.getTags( wikitext ) for _, tag in pairs( tags ) do local tagName = WikitextParser.getTagName( tag ) if tagName == 'ref' then table.insert( references, tag ) end end return references end -- Get the reference with the given name from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @param referenceName Required. Name of the reference. -- @return Wikitext of the reference function WikitextParser.getReference( wikitext, referenceName ) local references = WikitextParser.getReferences( wikitext ) for _, reference in pairs( references ) do local content = WikitextParser.getTagContent( reference ) local name = WikitextParser.getTagAttribute( reference, 'name' ) if content and name == referenceName then return reference end end end -- Get the tables from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of tables. function WikitextParser.getTables( wikitext ) local tables = {} wikitext = '\n' .. wikitext for t in wikitext:gmatch( '\n%b{}' ) do if t:sub( 1, 3 ) == '\n{|' then t = mw.text.trim( t ) -- exclude the leading newline table.insert( tables, t ) end end return tables end -- Get the id from the given table wikitext -- @param tableWikitext Required. Wikitext of the table to parse. -- @param attribute Required. Name of the attribute. -- @return Value of the attribute or nil is not found function WikitextParser.getTableAttribute( tableWikitext, attribute ) return tableWikitext:match( '^{|[^\n]*' .. attribute .. ' *= *["\']?([^"\'\n]+)["\']?[^\n]*\n' ) end -- Get a table by id from the given wikitext -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @param id Required. Id of the table -- @return Wikitext of the table or nil if not found function WikitextParser.getTable( wikitext, id ) local tables = WikitextParser.getTables( wikitext ) for _, t in pairs( tables ) do if id == WikitextParser.getTableAttribute( t, 'id' ) then return t end end end -- Get the data from the given table wikitext -- @param tableWikitext Required. Wikitext of the table to parse. -- @return Table data -- @todo Test and make more robust function WikitextParser.getTableData( tableWikitext ) local tableData = {} tableWikitext = mw.text.trim( tableWikitext ); tableWikitext = tableWikitext:gsub( '^{|.-\n', '' ) -- remove the header tableWikitext = tableWikitext:gsub( '\n|}$', '' ) -- remove the footer tableWikitext = tableWikitext:gsub( '^|%+.-\n', '' ) -- remove any caption tableWikitext = tableWikitext:gsub( '|%-.-\n', '|-\n' ) -- remove any row attributes tableWikitext = tableWikitext:gsub( '^|%-\n', '' ) -- remove any leading empty row tableWikitext = tableWikitext:gsub( '\n|%-$', '' ) -- remove any trailing empty row for rowWikitext in mw.text.gsplit( '|-', true ) do local rowData = {} rowWikitext = rowWikitext:gsub( '||', '\n|' ) rowWikitext = rowWikitext:gsub( '!!', '\n|' ) rowWikitext = rowWikitext:gsub( '\n!', '\n|' ) rowWikitext = rowWikitext:gsub( '^!', '\n|' ) rowWikitext = rowWikitext:gsub( '^\n|', '' ) for cellWikitext in mw.text.gsplit( rowWikitext, '\n|' ) do cellWikitext = mw.text.trim( cellWikitext ) table.insert( rowData, cellWikitext ) end table.insert( tableData, rowData ) end return tableData end -- Get the internal links from the given wikitext (includes category and file links). -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of internal links. function WikitextParser.getLinks( wikitext ) local links = {} for link in wikitext:gmatch( '%[%b[]%]' ) do table.insert( links, link ) end return links end -- Get the file links from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of file links. function WikitextParser.getFiles( wikitext ) local files = {} local links = WikitextParser.getLinks( wikitext ) for _, link in pairs( links ) do local namespace = link:match( '^%[%[ *(.-) *:' ) if namespace and mw.site.namespaces[ namespace ] and mw.site.namespaces[ namespace ].canonicalName == 'File' then table.insert( files, link ) end end return files end -- Get name of the file from the given file wikitext. -- @param fileWikitext Required. Wikitext of the file to parse. -- @return Name of the file function WikitextParser.getFileName( fileWikitext ) return fileWikitext:match( '^%[%[ *.- *: *(.-) *[]|]' ) end -- Get the category links from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of category links. function WikitextParser.getCategories( wikitext ) local categories = {} local links = WikitextParser.getLinks( wikitext ) for _, link in pairs( links ) do local namespace = link:match( '^%[%[ -(.-) -:' ) if namespace and mw.site.namespaces[ namespace ] and mw.site.namespaces[ namespace ].canonicalName == 'Category' then table.insert( categories, link ) end end return categories end -- Get the external links from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of external links. function WikitextParser.getExternalLinks( wikitext ) local links = {} for link in wikitext:gmatch( '%b[]' ) do if link:match( '^%[//' ) or link:match( '^%[https?://' ) then table.insert( links, link ) end end return links end return WikitextParser