Module:Check for unknown parameters

This module may be appended to a template to check for uses of unknown parameters.

Usage

Basic usage

{{#invoke:check for unknown parameters|check
|unknown=[[Category:Some tracking category]]
|arg1|arg2|...|argN}}

or to sort the entries in the tracking category by parameter with a preview error message

{{#invoke:check for unknown parameters|check
|unknown=[[Category:Some tracking category|_VALUE_]]
|preview=unknown parameter "_VALUE_"
|arg1|arg2|...|argN}}

or for an explicit red error message

{{#invoke:check for unknown parameters|check
|unknown=<span class="error">Sorry, I don't recognize _VALUE_</span>
|arg1|arg2|...|argN}}

Here, arg1, arg2, ..., argN, are the known parameters. Any parameter which is used, but not on this list, will cause the module to return whatever is passed with the unknown parameter. The _VALUE_ keyword, if used, will be changed to the name of the parameter. This is useful for either sorting the entries in a tracking category, or for provide more explicit information.

By default, the module makes no distinction between a defined-but-blank parameter and a non-blank parameter. To only track non-blank parameters use |ignoreblank=1.

By default, the module ignores blank positional parameters. To include blank positional parameters in the tracking use |showblankpositional=1.

Include reason

Unless there's a very good reason not to, the parameter |reason should always be supported. This is used as a de facto standard, across all templates, as a way to include an explanatory note (e.g., why the template was placed, in any case in which that isn't obvious) without affecting the displayed output in any way (usually). If you do not include |reason among permissible values, then this module with throw a bogus error when people include a |reason=. A few templates (e.g. {{Rm}}) directly implement a |reason= parameter that actually does something, but it most cases it is a pseudo-parameter that does not actually appear in the template code, and is used in lieu of messy HTML comments.

Lua patterns

This module supports Lua patterns (similar to regular expressions), which are useful when there are many known parameters which use a systematic pattern. For example, template:infobox3cols uses

| regexp1 = header[%d][%d]*
| regexp2 = label[%d][%d]*
| regexp3 = data[%d][%d]*[abc]?
| regexp4 = class[%d][%d]*[abc]?
| regexp5 = rowclass[%d][%d]*
| regexp6 = rowstyle[%d][%d]*
| regexp7 = rowcellstyle[%d][%d]*

to match all parameters of the form headerNUM, labelNUM, dataNUM, dataNUMa, dataNUMb, dataNUMc, ..., rowcellstyleNUM, where NUM is a string of digits.

Example

{{Infobox
| above = {{{name|}}}

| label1 = Height
| data1 = {{{height|}}}

| label2 = Weight
| data2 = {{{weight|}}}

| label3 = Website
| data3 = {{{website|}}}
}}<!-- 
  end infobox, start tracking
-->{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check
| unknown = {{main other|[[Category:Some tracking category|_VALUE_]]}}
| preview = unknown parameter "_VALUE_"
| name
| height | weight
| website
}}

Templates invoking this module

The following is a list of some of the templates which invoke this module, with the associated category for each.

For a more up-to-date list, search for the "check for unknown parameters" within the template namespace.

See also

• module:TemplatePar (originally from dewiki)
• Template:Parameters and Module:Parameters – generates a list of parameter names for a given template
• he:Module:ParamValidator - parameter validation system on hewiki, relies on TemplateData. module doc in English. checks the following:
  • use of undeclared parameters
  • use of parameters marked in templatedata "deprecated"
  • mistyped (mainly, params declared in templatedata as "number" receiving non-numerical value)
  • missing parameters marked in TemplateData as "required"
  • understands aliases, and warns when more than one alias of a parameter is used

---

-- This module may be used to compare the arguments passed to the parent
-- with a list of arguments, returning a specified result if an argument is
-- not on the list
local p = {}

local function trim(s)
	return s:match('^%s*(.-)%s*$')
end

local function isnotempty(s)
	return s and trim(s) ~= ''
end

function p.check (frame)
	local args = frame.args
	local pargs = frame:getParent().args
	local ignoreblank = isnotempty(frame.args['ignoreblank'])
	local showblankpos = isnotempty(frame.args['showblankpositional'])
	local knownargs = {}
	local unknown = frame.args['unknown'] or 'Found _VALUE_, '
	local preview = frame.args['preview']

	local values = {}
	local res = {}
	local regexps = {}

	-- create the list of known args, regular expressions, and the return string
	for k, v in pairs(args) do
		if type(k) == 'number' then
			v = trim(v)
			knownargs[v] = 1
		elseif k:find('^regexp[1-9][0-9]*$') then
			table.insert(regexps, '^' .. v .. '$')
		end
	end
	if isnotempty(preview) then 
		preview = '<div class="hatnote" style="color:red"><strong>Warning:</strong> ' .. preview .. ' (this message is shown only in preview).</div>'
	elseif preview == nil then
		preview = unknown
	end

	-- loop over the parent args, and make sure they are on the list
	for k, v in pairs(pargs) do
		if type(k) == 'string' and knownargs[k] == nil then
			local knownflag = false
			for i, regexp in ipairs(regexps) do
				if mw.ustring.match(k, regexp) then
					knownflag = true
					break
				end
			end
			if not knownflag and ( not ignoreblank or isnotempty(v) )  then
				k = mw.ustring.gsub(k, '[^%w\-_ ]', '?')
				table.insert(values, k)
			end
		elseif type(k) == 'number' and 
			knownargs[tostring(k)] == nil and
			( showblankpos or isnotempty(v) )
		then
			local vlen = mw.ustring.len(v)
			v = mw.ustring.sub(v, 1, (vlen < 25) and vlen or 25) 
			v = mw.ustring.gsub(v, '[^%w\-_ ]', '?')
			table.insert(values, k .. ' = ' .. v .. ((vlen >= 25) and ' ...' or ''))
		end
	end

	-- add resuls to the output tables
	if #values > 0 then
		if frame:preprocess( "{{REVISIONID}}" ) == "" then
			unknown = preview
		end
		for k, v in pairs(values) do
			if v == '' then
			-- Fix odd bug for | = which gets stripped to the empty string and
			-- breaks category links
			v = ' '
			end
			local r =  unknown:gsub('_VALUE_', v)
			table.insert(res, r)
		end
	end

	return table.concat(res)
end

return p