Module:RemoteData

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

local p = {}

	function p.get(frame)

		local args = frame.args
		local pargs = frame:getParent().args
		local prop = ''
		if args.prop then
			prop = args.prop
		else
			prop = pargs[1]
		end
		local source = args.source

		local remoteData = mw.smw.ask( '[[' .. mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subpageText .. ']]|?' .. prop .. '#|mainlabel=-|source=' .. source )

		if remoteData then
			for _, data in pairs( remoteData ) do
				for property, value in pairs( data ) do
					return frame:preprocess( value )
				end
			end
		else
			return 'No data! ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯'
		end
	end

	function p.set(frame)

		local pargs = frame:getParent().args
		local props = pargs.props
		local sep = pargs.sep
		local source = pargs.source

		local propString = ''
		for property in string.gmatch(props, "([^;]+)") do
			propString = propString .. '|?' .. property .. '#'
		end

		local valuesep = ''
		if sep then
			valuesep = '|valuesep=' .. sep
		end

		local remoteData = mw.smw.ask( '[[' .. mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subpageText .. ']]' .. propString .. valuesep .. '|mainlabel=-|source=' .. source )

		if remoteData then

			local dataStore = {}

			for _, data in pairs( remoteData ) do

				for property, value in pairs( data ) do

		            table.insert(dataStore, property .. '=' .. frame:preprocess( value ))
		            if sep then
		            	table.insert(dataStore, '+sep=' .. sep)
		            end

				end

			end

			local dataStored = mw.smw.set( dataStore )

		    if dataStored == true then
		        return ''
		    else
		        return 'An error occurred during the storage process. Message reads ' .. dataStored.error
		    end

		else

			return 'no remoteData'

		end

	end

return p