Module:SpeciesLink

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

--- @module SpeciesLink
local SpeciesLink = {}



--region Dependencies

local SpeciesData = require("Module:SpeciesData")

local VIEW_TEMPLATE = "Species_link/view"

--endregion



--region Private constants

--endregion



--region Private methods

local function validateSpeciesName(name)

    -- Try a quick match with the keys first.
    local speciesFound = SpeciesData.species[name]

    if speciesFound then
        return speciesFound
    else
        -- Look into the data to see if the name matches any of the names in the data, whether key or name, and be flexible with capitalization.
        for key, species in pairs(SpeciesData.species) do
            if string.lower(name) == string.lower(species[SpeciesData.NAME]) or
                    string.lower(name) == string.lower(key) then
                return species
            end
        end
    end

    error("You specified an invalid species name. Please see the template documentation for how to use the parameters")
end

--endregion



--region Public methods

function SpeciesLink.main(frame)

    local name = frame.args.species or frame.args[1]
    local iconSize = frame.args.size or frame.args[2]
    local displayOverride = frame.args.display

    -- Check that something at all was provided for the name before we can validate it.
    if not name or name == "" then
        error("You must specify the name of the species. Please see the template documentation for how to use the parameters")
    end

    local validatedSpecies = validateSpeciesName(name)
    local speciesName = validatedSpecies[SpeciesData.NAME]
    local iconFilename = validatedSpecies[SpeciesData.ICON_FILENAME] .. ".png"

    -- Defer to the view to handle the iconSize. We don't need to validate it.

    -- The only valid term here is `notext`, which should be passed through; anything else we blank out.
    if displayOverride ~= "notext" then
        displayOverride = ""
    end

    local parameters = {
        ["name"] = speciesName,
        ["iconfilename"] = iconFilename,
        ["iconsize"] = iconSize,
        ["display"] = displayOverride,
    }

    return frame:expandTemplate{
        title = VIEW_TEMPLATE,
        args = parameters,
    }
end

--endregion

return SpeciesLink