Module:LinkParser
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-- Module:LinkParser
-- Parses links inserted by editors in templates, strips them of the protocol part, leading "www.", and any trailing "/", while otherwise printing exactly what was entered to minimize spoofing.
local p = {}
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-- Remove protocol, leading www., and trailing /
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function p.strip(link)
-- Remove the protocol part: http://, https://, ftp://, etc.
link = link:gsub("^%a+://", "")
-- Remove leading "www."
link = link:gsub("^www%.", "")
-- Remove trailing "/"
link = link:gsub("/$", "")
return link
end
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-- Return a MediaWiki link with:
-- [ originalURL strippedDisplayText ]
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function p.render(frame)
local args = frame:getParent().args
local rawLink = args["link"] or ""
if rawLink == "" then
return ""
end
-- Strip protocol, leading 'www.', and trailing '/'
local displayText = p.strip(rawLink)
-- Construct an external link of the form:
-- [ rawLink displayText ]
return string.format("[%s %s]", rawLink, displayText)
end
return p