Module:Bluesky RSS Feed Test - Revision history

RiceEmpress at 22:34, 10 December 2025

2025-12-10T22:34:16Z

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		local capiunto = require 'capiunto'
		local p = {}

		function p.main(frame)

		local args = frame:getParent().args
		local posts = {}
		local links = {}
		local searchTerms = {}
		local itemBefore= {}
		local itemTwoBefore = {}
		itemBefore["pubDate"] = ""

		-- These are the search terms as defined in the template.
		if args.term1 or args.term2 or args.term3 then
		searchTerms[1] = args.term1
		searchTerms[2] = args.term2
		searchTerms[3] = args.term3
		-- If no search terms, then the search terms array is left blank so it'll match everything.
		else
		searchTerms = {""}
		end

		-- We use externaldata.getWebDate to obtain XML format data from the RSS feed at the URL defined by the user.
		local rss = mw.ext.externaldata.getWebData {
		url = args.url
		, data = {pubDate = 'pubDate', description = 'description', link= 'link'}
		, format = 'xml'
		}

		-- We iterate over every post found in the RSS feed, in chronological order - hence ipairs. We need description, publish date AND link to know that it's a post. Additionally, k has to be more than 1 as the very first post to pop up in an RSS feed is the user bio which is not an actual post. The "links" array is a directory of links that have been processed; if it's already been processed, then it won't be added again. This helps for if there's more than one search term.


		for k, v in ipairs(rss) do
		if v["description"] and v["pubDate"] and v["link"] then

		-- Search over every search term in the search terms to make sure a post contains that term. If so, we bundle up the information into template form via the frame:expandTemplate method - the "Bluesky RSS Feed Row" template, to be precise - and put it into an incremental array which will later be expanded in full.

		for a, b in pairs(searchTerms) do
		if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then
		-- Here we assign a new key to the links table, so that it can be accessed directly by the above conditions. The key is the post link, which is the one accessible unique attribute of each post.
		if k==1 then
		itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]
		end
		links[v["link"]] = true
		table.insert(posts, frame:expandTemplate{title = 'Bluesky RSS Feed Row', args = {description = v["description"], pubDate = v["pubDate"], link=v["link"]}})

		end
		end
		-- Bluesky's RSS feed is a little fucky; the first item in the table of items is just the bio, which has no published date, which means publish date for posts get thrown one out of order. So, I set the publish date in the table to be set here to be used in the next loop, to realign the dates. EDIT: Now it's two out of order fuck my entire baka life
		itemTwoBefore["pubDate"] = itemBefore["pubDate"]
		itemTwoBefore["link"] = itemBefore["link"]
		itemTwoBefore["description"] = itemBefore["description"]
		itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]
		itemBefore["link"] = v["link"]
		itemBefore["description"] = v["description"]
		end
		end

		-- table.concat to convert it from Lua table form to a form the wikitext can use - hence why it was frame:expand and not just raw data being put in.

		return mw.dumpObject(rss)

		end

		return p

RiceEmpress: no longer needed

2025-12-04T21:16:20Z

no longer needed

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	~~local capiunto = require 'capiunto'~~
	~~local p = {}~~

	~~function p.main(frame)~~

	~~local args = frame:getParent().args~~
	~~local posts = {}~~
	~~local links = {}~~
	~~local searchTerms = {}~~
	~~local itemBefore= {}~~
	~~itemBefore["pubDate"] = ""~~

	~~-- These are the search terms as defined in the template.~~
	~~if args.term1 or args.term2 or args.term3 then~~
	~~searchTerms[1] = args.term1~~
	~~searchTerms[2] = args.term2~~
	~~searchTerms[3] = args.term3~~
	~~-- If no search terms, then the search terms array is left blank so it'll match everything.~~
	~~else~~
	~~searchTerms = {""}~~
	~~end~~

	~~-- We use externaldata.getWebDate to obtain XML format data from the RSS feed at the URL defined by the user.~~
	~~local rss = mw.ext.externaldata.getWebData {~~
	~~url = args.url~~
	~~, data = {pubDate = 'pubDate', description = 'description', link= 'link'}~~
	~~, format = 'xml'~~
	}

	-- We iterate over every post found in the RSS feed, in chronological order - hence ipairs. We need description, publish date AND link to know that it's a post. Additionally, k has to be more than 1 as the very first post to pop up in an RSS feed is the user bio which is not an actual post. The "links" array is a directory of links that have been processed; if it's already been processed, then it won't be added again. This helps for if there's more than one search term.


	~~for k, v in ipairs(rss) do~~
	~~if v["description"] and v["pubDate"] and v["link"] then~~

	-- Search over every search term in the search terms to make sure a post contains that term. If so, we bundle up the information into template form via the frame:expandTemplate method - the "Bluesky RSS Feed Row" template, to be precise - and put it into an incremental array which will later be expanded in full.

	~~for a, b in pairs(searchTerms) do~~
	~~if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then~~
	~~-- Here we assign a new key to the links table, so that it can be accessed directly by the above conditions. The key is the post link, which is the one accessible unique attribute of each post.~~
	~~if k==1 then~~
	~~itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]~~
	~~end~~
	~~links[v["link"]] = true~~
	~~table.insert(posts, frame:expandTemplate{title = 'Bluesky RSS Feed Row', args = {description = v["description"], pubDate = itemBefore["pubDate"], link=v["link"]}})~~

	~~end~~
	~~end~~
	~~itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]~~
	~~end~~
	~~end~~

	~~-- table.concat to convert it from Lua table form to a form the wikitext can use - hence why it was frame:expand and not just raw data being put in.~~

	~~return table.concat(posts,"")~~

	~~end~~

	~~return p~~

RiceEmpress at 17:35, 22 November 2025

2025-11-22T17:35:26Z

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	if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then		if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then
	-- Here we assign a new key to the links table, so that it can be accessed directly by the above conditions. The key is the post link, which is the one accessible unique attribute of each post.		-- Here we assign a new key to the links table, so that it can be accessed directly by the above conditions. The key is the post link, which is the one accessible unique attribute of each post.
	itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]		if k==1 then
			itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]
			end
	links[v["link"]] = true		links[v["link"]] = true
	table.insert(posts, frame:expandTemplate{title = 'Bluesky RSS Feed Row', args = {description = v["description"], pubDate = itemBefore["pubDate"], link=v["link"]}})		table.insert(posts, frame:expandTemplate{title = 'Bluesky RSS Feed Row', args = {description = v["description"], pubDate = itemBefore["pubDate"], link=v["link"]}})
	~~itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]~~
	end		end
	end		end
			itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]
	end		end
	end		end

RiceEmpress at 17:34, 22 November 2025

2025-11-22T17:34:19Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:34, 22 November 2025
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	if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then		if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then
	-- Here we assign a new key to the links table, so that it can be accessed directly by the above conditions. The key is the post link, which is the one accessible unique attribute of each post.		-- Here we assign a new key to the links table, so that it can be accessed directly by the above conditions. The key is the post link, which is the one accessible unique attribute of each post.
	~~if next(links) == nil then~~		itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]
	itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]
	~~end~~
	links[v["link"]] = true		links[v["link"]] = true
	table.insert(posts, frame:expandTemplate{title = 'Bluesky RSS Feed Row', args = {description = v["description"], pubDate = itemBefore["pubDate"], link=v["link"]}})		table.insert(posts, frame:expandTemplate{title = 'Bluesky RSS Feed Row', args = {description = v["description"], pubDate = itemBefore["pubDate"], link=v["link"]}})

RiceEmpress at 17:33, 22 November 2025

2025-11-22T17:33:29Z

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	for a, b in pairs(searchTerms) do		for a, b in pairs(searchTerms) do
	if next(links) == nil then		if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then
			-- Here we assign a new key to the links table, so that it can be accessed directly by the above conditions. The key is the post link, which is the one accessible unique attribute of each post.
			if next(links) == nil then
	itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]		itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]
	end		end
	~~if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then~~
	~~-- Here we assign a new key to the links table, so that it can be accessed directly by the above conditions. The key is the post link, which is the one accessible unique attribute of each post.~~

	links[v["link"]] = true		links[v["link"]] = true
	table.insert(posts, frame:expandTemplate{title = 'Bluesky RSS Feed Row', args = {description = v["description"], pubDate = itemBefore["pubDate"], link=v["link"]}})		table.insert(posts, frame:expandTemplate{title = 'Bluesky RSS Feed Row', args = {description = v["description"], pubDate = itemBefore["pubDate"], link=v["link"]}})

RiceEmpress at 17:32, 22 November 2025

2025-11-22T17:32:30Z

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	for a, b in pairs(searchTerms) do		for a, b in pairs(searchTerms) do
	if k==1 then		if next(links) == nil then
	itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]		itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]
	end		end

RiceEmpress at 17:31, 22 November 2025

2025-11-22T17:31:14Z

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	-- Search over every search term in the search terms to make sure a post contains that term. If so, we bundle up the information into template form via the frame:expandTemplate method - the "Bluesky RSS Feed Row" template, to be precise - and put it into an incremental array which will later be expanded in full.		-- Search over every search term in the search terms to make sure a post contains that term. If so, we bundle up the information into template form via the frame:expandTemplate method - the "Bluesky RSS Feed Row" template, to be precise - and put it into an incremental array which will later be expanded in full.
	~~if k==1 then~~
	~~itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]~~
	~~end~~
	for a, b in pairs(searchTerms) do		for a, b in pairs(searchTerms) do
	if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then		if k==1 then
			itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]
			end
			if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then
	-- Here we assign a new key to the links table, so that it can be accessed directly by the above conditions. The key is the post link, which is the one accessible unique attribute of each post.		-- Here we assign a new key to the links table, so that it can be accessed directly by the above conditions. The key is the post link, which is the one accessible unique attribute of each post.

RiceEmpress at 17:29, 22 November 2025

2025-11-22T17:29:17Z

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	-- Search over every search term in the search terms to make sure a post contains that term. If so, we bundle up the information into template form via the frame:expandTemplate method - the "Bluesky RSS Feed Row" template, to be precise - and put it into an incremental array which will later be expanded in full.		-- Search over every search term in the search terms to make sure a post contains that term. If so, we bundle up the information into template form via the frame:expandTemplate method - the "Bluesky RSS Feed Row" template, to be precise - and put it into an incremental array which will later be expanded in full.
			if k==1 then
			itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]
			end
	for a, b in pairs(searchTerms) do		for a, b in pairs(searchTerms) do
	if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then		if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then
	~~if k==0 then~~
	~~itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]~~
	~~end~~
	-- Here we assign a new key to the links table, so that it can be accessed directly by the above conditions. The key is the post link, which is the one accessible unique attribute of each post.		-- Here we assign a new key to the links table, so that it can be accessed directly by the above conditions. The key is the post link, which is the one accessible unique attribute of each post.

RiceEmpress at 17:28, 22 November 2025

2025-11-22T17:28:16Z

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	for a, b in pairs(searchTerms) do		for a, b in pairs(searchTerms) do
	if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then		if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then
	if k==1 then		if k==0 then
	itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]		itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]
	end		end

RiceEmpress at 17:26, 22 November 2025

2025-11-22T17:26:11Z

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	for a, b in pairs(searchTerms) do		for a, b in pairs(searchTerms) do
	if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then		if string.find(v["description"],b) and links[v["link"]] ~= true then
			if k==1 then
			itemBefore["pubDate"] = v["pubDate"]
			end
	-- Here we assign a new key to the links table, so that it can be accessed directly by the above conditions. The key is the post link, which is the one accessible unique attribute of each post.		-- Here we assign a new key to the links table, so that it can be accessed directly by the above conditions. The key is the post link, which is the one accessible unique attribute of each post.