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|arg3|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. Unnamed (positional) parameters can be added too: |1|2|argname1|argname2|.... 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. That is, both unlisted |foo=x and |foo= are reported. To only track non-blank parameters use |ignoreblank=1.

By default, the module ignores blank positional parameters. That is, an unlisted |2= is ignored. To include blank positional parameters in the tracking use |showblankpositional=1.

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
}}

See also

• Category:Unknown parameters (0) (category page can have header {{Unknown parameters category}})
• Module:Check for deprecated parameters – similar module that checks for deprecated parameters
• Module:TemplatePar – similar function (originally from dewiki)
• Template:Parameters and Module:Parameters – generates a list of parameter names for a given template
• Project:TemplateData based template parameter validation
  • 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, parameters 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
  • cs:Module:CheckParameters – another parameter check system on cswiki that relies on TemplateData
• s:cs:Module:MonitorTemplateArguments – a template parameter monitoring system based on tracking categories

---

-- 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.text.encode(mw.text.encode(k),'%c%[%]=')
				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.text.encode(mw.text.encode(v),'%c%[%]=')
			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_', {_VALUE_ = v})  -- avoid error with v = 'example%2' ("invalid capture index")
			table.insert(res, r)
		end
	end

	return table.concat(res)
end

return p