Module:WikitextParser
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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
First, require WikitextParser and get some wikitext to parse. For example:
localparser=require('Module:WikitextParser') localtitle=mw.title.getCurrentTitle() localwikitext=title:getContent()
Then, use and combine the available methods. For example:
localsections=parser.getSections(wikitext) forsectionTitle,sectionContentinpairs(sections)do localsectionFiles=parser.getFiles(sectionContent) -- Do stuff end
Methods
getLead
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
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
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
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
getLists( wikitext )
Returns a table with each value being a list (ordered or unordered).
getParagraphs
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
getTemplates( wikitext )
Returns a table with each value being a template.
getTemplate
getTemplate( wikitext, templateName )
Returns the template with the given template name.
getTemplateName
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
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
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
getTagName( tagWikitext )
Returns the name of the tag in the given wikitext. For example 'div', 'span', 'gallery', 'ref', etc.
getTagAttribute
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
getGalleries( wikitext )
Returns a table with each value being a gallery.
getReferences
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
getTables( wikitext )
Returns a table with each value being a wiki table.
getTableAttribute
getTableAttribute( tableWikitext, attribute )
Returns the value of an attribute in the given wiki table. For example the id or the class.
getTable
getTable( wikitext, id )
Returns the wiki table with the given id. If not found, nil will be returned.
getTableData
getTableData( tableWikitext )
Returns a Lua table representing the data of the given wiki table.
getLinks
getLinks( wikitext )
Returns a Lua table with each value being a wiki link. For external links, use getExternalLinks instead.
getFileLinks
getFileLinks( wikitext )
Returns a Lua table with each value being a file link.
getFileName
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
getCategories( wikitext )
Returns a Lua table with each value being a category link.
getExternalLinks
getExternalLinks( wikitext )
Returns a Lua table with each value being an external link. For internal links, use getLinks instead.
See also
- 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 (edit | diff) 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 localWikitextParser={} -- Private helper method to escape a string for use in regexes localfunctionescapeString(str) returnstring.gsub(str,'[%^%$%(%)%.%[%]%*%+%-%?%%]','%%%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. functionWikitextParser.getLead(wikitext) wikitext='\n'..wikitext wikitext=string.gsub(wikitext,'\n==.*','') wikitext=mw.text.trim(wikitext) returnwikitext 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 functionWikitextParser.getSections(wikitext) localsections={} wikitext='\n'..wikitext..'\n==' fortitleinstring.gmatch(wikitext,'\n==+ *([^=]-) *==+')do localsection=string.match(wikitext,'\n==+ *'..escapeString(title)..' *==+(.-)\n==') section=mw.text.trim(section) sections[title]=section end returnsections 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. functionWikitextParser.getSection(wikitext,title) title=mw.text.trim(title) title=escapeString(title) wikitext='\n'..wikitext..'\n' locallevel,wikitext=string.match(wikitext,'\n(==+) *'..title..' *==.-\n(.*)') ifwikitextthen localnextSection='\n=='..string.rep('=?',#level-2)..'[^=].*' wikitext=string.gsub(wikitext,nextSection,'')-- remove later sections at this level or higher wikitext=mw.text.trim(wikitext) returnwikitext 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. functionWikitextParser.getSectionTag(wikitext,name) name=mw.text.trim(name) name=escapeString(name) localsections={} forsectioninstring.gmatch(wikitext,'< *section +begin *= *["\']? *'..name..' *["\']? */>(.-)< *section +end= *["\']? *'..name..' *["\']? */>')do table.insert(sections,section) end if#sections>0then returntable.concat(sections) end end -- Get the lists from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of lists. functionWikitextParser.getLists(wikitext) locallists={} wikitext='\n'..wikitext..'\n\n' forlistinstring.gmatch(wikitext,'\n([*#].-)\n[^*#]')do table.insert(lists,list) end returnlists end -- Get the paragraphs from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of paragraphs. functionWikitextParser.getParagraphs(wikitext) localparagraphs={} -- Remove non-paragraphs wikitext='\n'..wikitext..'\n'-- add newlines to simplfy patterns wikitext=string.gsub(wikitext,'%f[^\n]<!%-%-.-%-%->%f[\n]','')-- remove comments wikitext=string.gsub(wikitext,'%f[^\n]%[%b[]%]%f[\n]','')-- remove files and categories wikitext=string.gsub(wikitext,'%f[^\n]%b{} *%f[\n]','')-- remove tables and block templates wikitext=string.gsub(wikitext,'%f[^\n]%b{} *%b{} *%f[\n]','')-- remove neighboring tables and block templates wikitext=string.gsub(wikitext,'%f[^\n]%b{} *<!%-%-.-%-%-> *%b{} *%f[\n]','')-- remove neighboring tables and block templates with a comment among them wikitext=string.gsub(wikitext,'%f[^\n][*#].-%f[\n]','')-- remove lists wikitext=string.gsub(wikitext,'%f[^\n]==+[^=]+==+ *%f[\n]','')-- remove section titles wikitext=mw.text.trim(wikitext) forparagraphinmw.text.gsplit(wikitext,'\n\n+')do ifmw.text.trim(paragraph)~=''then table.insert(paragraphs,paragraph) end end returnparagraphs end -- Get the templates from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of templates. functionWikitextParser.getTemplates(wikitext) localtemplates={} fortemplateinstring.gmatch(wikitext,'{%b{}}')do ifstring.sub(template,1,3)~='{{#'then-- skip parser functions like #if table.insert(templates,template) end end returntemplates 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 functionWikitextParser.getTemplate(wikitext,name) localtemplates=WikitextParser.getTemplates(wikitext) locallang=mw.language.getContentLanguage() for_,templateinpairs(templates)do localtemplateName=WikitextParser.getTemplateName(template) iflang:ucfirst(templateName)==lang:ucfirst(name)then returntemplate 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? functionWikitextParser.getTemplateName(templateWikitext) returnstring.match(templateWikitext,'^{{ *([^}|\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. functionWikitextParser.getTemplateParameters(templateWikitext) localparameters={} localparamOrder={} localparams=string.match(templateWikitext,'{{[^|}]-|(.*)}}') ifparamsthen -- Temporarily replace pipes in subtemplates and links to avoid chaos forsubtemplateinstring.gmatch(params,'{%b{}}')do params=string.gsub(params,escapeString(subtemplate),string.gsub(subtemplate,'.',{['%']='%%',['|']="@@:@@",['=']='@@_@@'})) end forlinkinstring.gmatch(params,'%[%b[]%]')do params=string.gsub(params,escapeString(link),string.gsub(link,'.',{['%']='%%',['|']='@@:@@',['=']='@@_@@'})) end localcount=0 localparts,name,value forparaminmw.text.gsplit(params,'|')do parts=mw.text.split(param,'=') name=mw.text.trim(parts[1]) if#parts==1then value=name count=count+1 name=count else value=table.concat(parts,'=',2); value=mw.text.trim(value) end value=string.gsub(value,'@@_@@','=') value=string.gsub(value,'@@:@@','|') parameters[name]=value table.insert(paramOrder,name) end end returnparameters,paramOrder end -- Get the tags from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of tags. functionWikitextParser.getTags(wikitext) localtags={} localtag,tagName,tagEnd -- Don't match closing tags like </div>, comments like <!--foo-->, comparisons like 1<2 or things like <3 fortagStart,tagOpeninstring.gmatch(wikitext,'()(<[^/!%d].->)')do tagName=WikitextParser.getTagName(tagOpen) -- If we're in a self-closing tag, like <ref name="foo" />, <references/>, <br/>, <br>, <hr>, etc. ifstring.match(tagOpen,'<.-/>')ortagName=='br'ortagName=='hr'then tag=tagOpen -- If we're in a tag that may contain others like it, like <div> or <span> elseiftagName=='div'ortagName=='span'then localposition=tagStart+#tagOpen-1 localdepth=1 whiledepth>0do tagEnd=string.match(wikitext,'</ ?'..tagName..' ?>()',position) iftagEndthen tagEnd=tagEnd-1 else break-- unclosed tag end position=string.match(wikitext,'()< ?'..tagName..'[ >]',position+1) ifnotpositionthen position=tagEnd+1 end ifposition>tagEndthen depth=depth-1 else depth=depth+1 end end tag=string.sub(wikitext,tagStart,tagEnd) -- Else we're probably in tag that shouldn't contain others like it, like <math> or <strong> else tagEnd=string.match(wikitext,'</ ?'..tagName..' ?>()',tagStart) iftagEndthen tag=string.sub(wikitext,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 returntags 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 functionWikitextParser.getTagName(tagWikitext) localtagName=string.match(tagWikitext,'^< *(.-)[ />]') iftagNamethentagName=string.lower(tagName)end returntagName 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 functionWikitextParser.getTagAttribute(tagWikitext,attribute) local_quote,value=string.match(tagWikitext,'^<[^/>]*'..attribute..' *= *(["\']?)([^/>]-)%1[ />]') returnvalue 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 functionWikitextParser.getTagContent(tagWikitext) returnstring.match(tagWikitext,'^<.->.-</.->') end -- Get the <gallery> tags from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of gallery tags. functionWikitextParser.getGalleries(wikitext) localgalleries={} localtags=WikitextParser.getTags(wikitext) for_,taginpairs(tags)do localtagName=WikitextParser.getTagName(tag) iftagName=='gallery'then table.insert(galleries,tag) end end returngalleries end -- Get the <ref> tags from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of ref tags. functionWikitextParser.getReferences(wikitext) localreferences={} localtags=WikitextParser.getTags(wikitext) for_,taginpairs(tags)do localtagName=WikitextParser.getTagName(tag) iftagName=='ref'then table.insert(references,tag) end end returnreferences 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 functionWikitextParser.getReference(wikitext,referenceName) localreferences=WikitextParser.getReferences(wikitext) for_,referenceinpairs(references)do localcontent=WikitextParser.getTagContent(reference) localname=WikitextParser.getTagAttribute(reference,'name') ifcontentandname==referenceNamethen returnreference end end end -- Get the tables from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of tables. functionWikitextParser.getTables(wikitext) localtables={} wikitext='\n'..wikitext fortinstring.gmatch(wikitext,'\n%b{}')do ifstring.sub(t,1,3)=='\n{|'then t=mw.text.trim(t)-- exclude the leading newline table.insert(tables,t) end end returntables 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 if not found functionWikitextParser.getTableAttribute(tableWikitext,attribute) local_quote,value=string.match(tableWikitext,'^{|[^\n]*'..attribute..' *= *(["\']?)([^\n]-)%1[^\n]*\n') returnvalue 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 functionWikitextParser.getTable(wikitext,id) localtables=WikitextParser.getTables(wikitext) for_,tinpairs(tables)do ifid==WikitextParser.getTableAttribute(t,'id')then returnt 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 functionWikitextParser.getTableData(tableWikitext) localtableData={} tableWikitext=mw.text.trim(tableWikitext); tableWikitext=string.gsub(tableWikitext,'^{|.-\n','')-- remove the header tableWikitext=string.gsub(tableWikitext,'\n|}$','')-- remove the footer tableWikitext=string.gsub(tableWikitext,'^|%+.-\n','')-- remove any caption tableWikitext=string.gsub(tableWikitext,'|%-.-\n','|-\n')-- remove any row attributes tableWikitext=string.gsub(tableWikitext,'^|%-\n','')-- remove any leading empty row tableWikitext=string.gsub(tableWikitext,'\n|%-$','')-- remove any trailing empty row forrowWikitextinmw.text.gsplit(tableWikitext,'|-',true)do localrowData={} rowWikitext=string.gsub(rowWikitext,'||','\n|') rowWikitext=string.gsub(rowWikitext,'!!','\n|') rowWikitext=string.gsub(rowWikitext,'\n!','\n|') rowWikitext=string.gsub(rowWikitext,'^!','\n|') rowWikitext=string.gsub(rowWikitext,'^\n|','') forcellWikitextinmw.text.gsplit(rowWikitext,'\n|')do cellWikitext=mw.text.trim(cellWikitext) table.insert(rowData,cellWikitext) end table.insert(tableData,rowData) end returntableData 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. functionWikitextParser.getLinks(wikitext) locallinks={} forlinkinstring.gmatch(wikitext,'%[%b[]%]')do table.insert(links,link) end returnlinks end -- Get the file links from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of file links. functionWikitextParser.getFiles(wikitext) localfiles={} locallinks=WikitextParser.getLinks(wikitext) for_,linkinpairs(links)do localnamespace=string.match(link,'^%[%[ *(.-) *:') ifnamespaceandmw.site.namespaces[namespace]andmw.site.namespaces[namespace].canonicalName=='File'then table.insert(files,link) end end returnfiles 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 functionWikitextParser.getFileName(fileWikitext) returnstring.match(fileWikitext,'^%[%[ *.- *: *(.-) *[]|]') end -- Get the category links from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of category links. functionWikitextParser.getCategories(wikitext) localcategories={} locallinks=WikitextParser.getLinks(wikitext) for_,linkinpairs(links)do localnamespace=string.match(link,'^%[%[ -(.-) -:') ifnamespaceandmw.site.namespaces[namespace]andmw.site.namespaces[namespace].canonicalName=='Category'then table.insert(categories,link) end end returncategories end -- Get the external links from the given wikitext. -- @param wikitext Required. Wikitext to parse. -- @return Sequence of external links. functionWikitextParser.getExternalLinks(wikitext) locallinks={} forlinkinstring.gmatch(wikitext,'%b[]')do ifstring.match(link,'^%[//')orstring.match(link,'^%[https?://')then table.insert(links,link) end end returnlinks end returnWikitextParser