Module:Sandbox/LVLGive feedback

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

local p = {}

-- Load language codes
local lang_codes = mw.loadJsonData("Data:LangCodes.json")

-- cache page contents
local cache = {}

-- Find the end by counting braces (unchanged)
local function findBlockEnd(content, start_pos)
    local open_braces = 0
    for i = start_pos, #content do
        local char = content:sub(i, i)
        if char == "{" then
            open_braces = open_braces + 1
        elseif char == "}" then
            open_braces = open_braces - 1
            if open_braces == 0 then
                return i
            end
        end
        end
    return nil
end

-- Detect language and base page name (unchanged)
local function getLangAndBase()
    local fullTitle = mw.title.getCurrentTitle().fullText
    local parts = mw.text.split(fullTitle, "/")
    local last = parts[#parts]

    if lang_codes[last] then
        table.remove(parts)
        return last, table.concat(parts, "/")
    else
        return "en", fullTitle
    end
end

-- Helper to get page content (cached)
local function getPageContent(title)
    if cache[title] then return cache[title] end
    local page = mw.title.new(title)
    local raw  = page and page:getContent() or ''
    cache[title] = raw
    return raw
end

-- Main function to extract recent updates
function p.getRecentUpdates(frame)
    local args = frame.args
    local forceDefault = args.default == "true"
    local limit = math.min(tonumber(args.limit) or 3, 50)
    local lang, basePage = getLangAndBase()
    if forceDefault then lang = "en" end

    -- Try localized version first (cached)
    local localizedTitle = basePage .. "/Update history" .. (lang ~= "en" and ("/" .. lang) or "")
    local content = getPageContent(localizedTitle)

    -- Fallback to english (cached)
    if not content or content == "" then
        content = getPageContent(basePage .. "/Update history") or ""
    end

    local blocks = {}
    local pattern = "{{Update history table/row"
    local start = content:find(pattern)
    local count, limit = 0, limit

    while start and count < limit do
        local finish = findBlockEnd(content, start)
        if not finish then break end
        table.insert(blocks, frame:preprocess(content:sub(start, finish)))
        count = count + 1
        start = content:find(pattern, finish + 1)
    end

    if #blocks == 0 then
        return '<span style="color:#777;">No recent updates.</span>'
    end

    return table.concat(blocks, "\n")
end

return p