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WarningThis Lua module is used in system messages, and on approximately 5,100,000 pages, or roughly 8% of all pages.
Changes to it can cause immediate changes to the Wikipedia user interface.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the module's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own module sandbox. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Please discuss changes on the talk page before implementing them.
Due to a server limit of 500 "expensive parser function" calls (e.g. #ifexist:, PAGESIZE:, and PAGESINCATEGORY:), this module will work properly only if the page using it has not already exceeded the limit. When the limit is exceeded, the page using this template or module is categorised in Category:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls. (further information)
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This module depends on the following other modules:
  • Module:Arguments (sandbox)

This module contains functions to find the target of a redirect page.

Main

The main function accepts the name of a single page. It determines if the page is a redirect; if so it looks up the page, extracts the target, and returns the target name as text. Its usage is {{#invoke:redirect|main|page-name}}. If page-name does not exist or is not a redirect then page-name is returned. If page-name is blank then blank is returned.

The function normally neither takes nor gives square brackets, so to show the result as a link use [[{{#invoke:redirect|main|page-name}}]].

If the parameter bracket is given a nonblank value, brackets will be passed on if present.

Examples

  • {{#invoke:redirect|main|WP:AFC}} → Wikipedia:Articles for creation
  • {{#invoke:redirect|main|[[WP:AFD]]|bracket=yes}} → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion
  • {{#invoke:redirect|main|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion}} → Wikipedia:Articles for deletion
  • {{#invoke:redirect|main|Red link example}} → Red link example

Note: WP:AFC and WP:AFD are both redirects, but Wikipedia:Articles for deletion is not, and Red link example does not exist. In addition, as a demonstration of redlinks on Wikipedia:Red link, the final page is permanently protected from non-administrator creation.

LuaMain

If you want to use the main function from another Lua module, you may want to use the luaMain function. This provides the same functionality as the main function, but doesn't require that a frame object be available.

To use this, first load the module.

local mRedirect = require('Module:Redirect')

Then use the function with the following syntax:

mRedirect.luaMain(rname, bracket)

rname is the name of the redirect page, and if bracket is anything but false or nil, the module will produce a link rather than just a page name.

IsRedirect

The isRedirect function is used from wiki pages to find out if a given page is a redirect or not. If the page is a redirect, the function returns "yes", and if not the output is blank. Its usage is {{#invoke:redirect|isRedirect|page-name}}.

Examples

  • {{#invoke:redirect|isRedirect|WP:AFC}} → yes
  • {{#invoke:redirect|isRedirect|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion}} →
  • {{#invoke:redirect|isRedirect|Wikipedia:Articles for rumination}} →

LuaIsRedirect

The isRedirect can be accessed from other Lua modules in the same way as the main function:

local mRedirect = require('Module:Redirect')
mRedirect.luaIsRedirect(rname)

GetTarget

The getTarget function fetches the target page name of a redirect page, and is only usable from Lua. If the page specified is a redirect, then the target is returned; otherwise the function returns nil.

To use it, first load the module.

local mRedirect = require('Module:Redirect')

Then use the function with the following syntax:

mRedirect.getTarget(page)

page can be either the name of the redirect page as a string, or a mw.title object.

See also

  • phab:T68974 - Provide a standard way to get the target of a redirect page
  • mw:Extension:Scribunto/Lua reference manual#Title objects, the Scribunto interface for determining a page's redirect status
  • Template:Get QID, which uses this module
  • Template:Submit an edit request, which uses this module
The above documentation is transcluded from Module:Redirect/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this module's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit | run) pages.
Subpages of this module.

-- This module provides functions for getting the target of a redirect page.

local p = {}

-- Gets a mw.title object, using pcall to avoid generating script errors if we
-- are over the expensive function count limit (among other possible causes).
local function getTitle(...)
	local success, titleObj = pcall(mw.title.new, ...)
	if success then
		return titleObj
	else
		return nil
	end
end

-- Gets the name of a page that a redirect leads to, or nil if it isn't a
-- redirect.
function p.getTargetFromText(text)
	local target = string.match(
		text,
		"^%s*#[Rr][Ee][Dd][Ii][Rr][Ee][Cc][Tt]%s*:?%s*%[%[([^%[%]|]-)%]%]"
	) or string.match(
		text,
		"^%s*#[Rr][Ee][Dd][Ii][Rr][Ee][Cc][Tt]%s*:?%s*%[%[([^%[%]|]-)|[^%[%]]-%]%]"
	)
	return target and mw.uri.decode(target, 'PATH')
end

-- Gets the target of a redirect. If the page specified is not a redirect,
-- returns nil.
function p.getTarget(page, fulltext)
	-- Get the title object. Both page names and title objects are allowed
	-- as input.
	local titleObj
	if type(page) == 'string' or type(page) == 'number' then
		titleObj = getTitle(page)
	elseif type(page) == 'table' and type(page.getContent) == 'function' then
		titleObj = page
	else
		error(string.format(
			"bad argument #1 to 'getTarget'"
				.. " (string, number, or title object expected, got %s)",
			type(page)
		), 2)
	end
	if not titleObj then
		return nil
	end
	local targetTitle = titleObj.redirectTarget
	if targetTitle then
		if fulltext then
			return targetTitle.fullText
		else
			return targetTitle.prefixedText
		end
	else
		return nil
	end
end

--[[
-- Given a single page name determines what page it redirects to and returns the
-- target page name, or the passed page name when not a redirect. The passed
-- page name can be given as plain text or as a page link.
--
-- Returns page name as plain text, or when the bracket parameter is given, as a
-- page link. Returns an error message when page does not exist or the redirect
-- target cannot be determined for some reason.
--]]
function p.luaMain(rname, bracket, fulltext)
	if type(rname) ~= "string" or not rname:find("%S") then
		return nil
	end
	bracket = bracket and "[[%s]]" or "%s"
	rname = rname:match("%[%[(.+)%]%]") or rname
	local target = p.getTarget(rname, fulltext)
	local ret = target or rname
	ret = getTitle(ret)
	if ret then
		if fulltext then
			ret = ret.fullText
		else
			ret = ret.prefixedText
		end
		return bracket:format(ret)
	else
		return nil
	end
end

-- Provides access to the luaMain function from wikitext.
function p.main(frame)
	local args = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs(frame, {frameOnly = true})
	return p.luaMain(args[1], args.bracket, args.fulltext) or ''
end

-- Returns true if the specified page is a redirect, and false otherwise.
function p.luaIsRedirect(page)
	local titleObj = getTitle(page)
	if not titleObj then
		return false
	end
	if titleObj.isRedirect then
		return true
	else
		return false
	end
end

-- Provides access to the luaIsRedirect function from wikitext, returning 'yes'
-- if the specified page is a redirect, and the blank string otherwise.
function p.isRedirect(frame)
	local args = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs(frame, {frameOnly = true})
	if p.luaIsRedirect(args[1]) then
		return 'yes'
	else
		return ''
	end
end

return p
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