Module:Changelog

Overview

Generates lines of changes for all data pages. See [[Category:Changelog Dates]] for the dates of all changelogs, and Changelogs for list of all the data pages that contain a Changelog.

Functions

All of these functions are callable by wikitext, i.e. {{#invoke|Changelog|invokable_name|param1|paramN}}

write_changelog_by_tag

The main invokable that will be used. Given a specific tag, it outputs all relevant changelogs from all dates in a Template:Update history table.

Parameters

• tag - Tag to search relevant changelogs for. Should be localized, i.e. Abrams for hero_atlas in english.
• num_dates - (OPTIONAL) Number of dates to add, recommend 3 for articles. If unprovided, defaults to all.

Examples

For use on Pocket/Update history: {{#invoke:Changelog|write_changelog_by_tag|Pocket}}

Outputs

For use on Pocket#Update history: {{#invoke:Changelog|write_changelog_by_tag|Pocket|3}}

Outputs

write_changelog_by_date_id

Write's a specific date's changelog, as opposed to a specific tag's changelog.

Parameters

• date_id_to_write - Date-id to write, format yyyy-mm-dd, view all at [[Category:Changelog Dates]]

Examples

For a non-herolab patch page
{{#invoke:Changelog|write_changelog_by_date_id|2024-05-03}}

For a herolab patch page
{{#invoke:Changelog|write_changelog_by_date_id|2024-12-06_HeroLab}}

write_data_pages_list

Writes list of all changelog data pages using the list of patches at Data:ChangelogConfigs.json. Used on [[Category:Changelog Dates]].

Parameters

None

Examples

{{#invoke:Changelog|write_data_pages_list}}

Outputs

get_last_updated

Retrieve the last (or first) date that a tag was updated on. Planned to be used on a given tag's page, i.e. Abrams's infobox could mention that it was last updated on 2024-05-03, or that Mirage was released on 2024-05-03, etc.

Parameters

• tag - Tag to search
• last_or_first - Named optional - Must be last or first - defaults to last - Retrieves last or first date

Examples

Example using last {{#invoke:Changelog|get_last_updated|Basic Magazine}}

Outputs

Example using first {{#invoke:Changelog|get_last_updated|Basic Magazine|last_or_first=first}}

Outputs

---

local p = {};
local date_module = require('Module:Date')
local changelog_dates = mw.loadJsonData("Data:Changelog Dates")

--Only Data:Changelog_05-03-2024.json is loaded right now, as it still needs work and for now it was uploaded manually, need an uploader script to handle it
--Returns all lines of a given date that has that tag
local function date_tag_to_lines(date, tag_to_filter) 
	-- Get the data for the respective line
	local changelog_data = mw.loadJsonData("Data:Changelog_" .. date .. ".json")
	local lines = ""
	for index, line in ipairs(changelog_data) do
		description = line["Description"]
		for index2, tag in ipairs(line["Tags"]) do
			if tag == tag_to_filter or tag_to_filter == 'All' then
				lines = lines .. description .. "<br>"
			end
		end
	end
	return lines
end

--Expand the Update history table/row template for 1 specific changelog
local function write_changelog(date, tag_to_filter)
	local template_title = "Update history table/row"
	local template_args = {}
	--05-03-2024 to May 3, 2024
	template_args["update"] = date_module.format_date(date)
	template_args["changes"] = date_tag_to_lines(date, tag_to_filter)
	if (template_args["changes"] ~= "") then
		return mw.getCurrentFrame():expandTemplate{ title = template_title, args = template_args }
	else
		return ""
	end
end

p.write_changelog = function(frame)
	local date = frame.args[1]
	local tag_to_filter = frame.args[2]
	return write_changelog(date, tag_to_filter)
end

-- Write changelogs table
p.write_changelogs = function(frame)
	tag = frame.args[1]
	num_dates_str = frame.args[2]
	local num_dates
	if (tag == nil) then return "tag parameter must be provided" end
	if (num_dates_str ~= nil) then
		num_dates = tonumber(num_dates_str)
		if (num_dates == nil) then return "num_dates parameter must be numerical" end
	end
	
	local template_title = "Update history table"
	local template_args = {}
	local content = "\n"
	
	-- Write changelog for each date
	for index, date in ipairs(changelog_dates) do
		if (num_dates_str ~= nil and index > num_dates) then
			break
		else
			content = content .. write_changelog(date, tag) .. "\n"
		end
	end
	
	template_args["contents"] = content
	
	return mw.getCurrentFrame():expandTemplate{ title = template_title, args = template_args }
end

--Shows all changelog date data pages as a list of pages
p.write_data_pages_list = function(frame)
	local str = ""
	
	for index, date in ipairs(changelog_dates) do
		str = str .. "[[Data:Changelog " .. date .. ".json]]<br>"
	end
	
	return str
end

return p