Module:Authority control

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

function getCatForId( id )
    local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
    local namespace = title.namespace
    if namespace == 0 then
        return '[[Category:Wikipedia articles with ' .. id .. ' identifiers]]'
    elseif namespace == 2 and not title.isSubpage then
        return '[[Category:User pages with ' .. id .. ' identifiers]]'
    else
        return '[[Category:Miscellaneous pages with ' .. id .. ' identifiers]]'
    end
end

function viafLink( id )
    if not string.match( id, '^%d+$' ) then
        return false
    end
    return '[http://viaf.org/viaf/' .. id .. ' ' .. id .. ']'
end

local conf = {
    { 'VIAF', '[[Virtual International Authority File|VIAF]]', 0, viafLink }
}
    
local p = {}

function p.authorityControl( frame )
    local parentArgs = frame:getParent().args
    --Create rows
    local elements = {}
    for k, params in pairs( conf ) do
        local val = parentArgs[params[1]]
        if val and val ~= '' then
            local link = params[4]( val )
            if link then
                table.insert( elements, params[2] .. ': <span class="uid">' .. link .. '</span>' .. getCatForId( params[1] ) )
            else
                table.insert( elements, '<span class="error">The ' .. params[1] .. ' id ' .. val .. ' is not valid.</span>[[Category:Wikipedia articles with faulty authority control identifiers (' .. params[1] .. ')]]' )
            end
            
        end
    end
    local Navbox = require('Module:Navbox')
    return Navbox._navbox( {
        name  = 'Authority control',
        bodyclass = 'hlist',
        group1 = '[[Authority control]]',
        list1 = table.concat( elements, '*' )
    } )
end

return p