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| | | | (_) | (_| | |_| | | __/_ / ___ \ |_| | || (_) | |_| | | (_| | | | \__ \ | (_| | || __/
|_| |_|\___/ \__,_|\__,_|_|\___(_)_/ \_\__,_|\__\___/ \__|_| \__,_|_| |_|___/_|\__,_|\__\___|

Authors and maintainers:
* User:Zolo - original version
* User:Jarekt
]]

-- local function to help normalize input arguments
local function normalize_input_args(input_args, output_args)
for name, value in pairs( input_args ) do
if value ~= '' then -- nuke empty strings
if type(name)=='string' then name=string.lower(name) end -- convert to lower case
output_args[name] = value
end
end
return output_args
end

-- initialize object to be returned
local p = {}

--[[
autotranslate

This function is the core part of the Autotranslate template.

Usage from a template:
{{#invoke:autotranslate|autotranslate|base=|lang= }}

Parameters:
frame.args.base - base page name
frame.args.lang - desired language (often user's native language)

Error Handling:

]]
function p.autotranslate(frame)

-- switch to lowercase parameters to make them case independent
local args = {}
args = normalize_input_args(frame:getParent().args, args)
args = normalize_input_args(frame.args, args)

-- get language fallback list
if not args.lang or not mw.language.isSupportedLanguage(args.lang) then
args.lang = frame:callParserFunction( "int", "lang" ) -- get user's chosen language
end
local langList = mw.language.getFallbacksFor(args.lang)
table.insert(langList,1,args.lang)

-- find base page
local base = args.base
args.base = nil
assert(base and #base>0, 'Base page not provided for autotranslate' )
if not mw.ustring.find(base,':') then -- if base page does not indicate namespace
base = 'Template:' .. base -- than assume it is a template
end

-- find base template language subpage
local page = args.default -- default page if provided or nil otherwise
for _, language in ipairs(langList) do
if mw.title.new(base .. '/' .. language).exists then
page = base .. '/' .. language -- returns only the page
break
end
end
assert(page, string.format('No fallback page found for autotranslate (base=[[%s]], lang=%s)', base, args.lang))

-- Transclude {{page |....}} with template arguments the same as the ones passed to {{autotranslate}} template.
return frame:expandTemplate{ title = page, args = args}
end

return p
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