Module:LinkParser: Difference between revisions

Created page with "-- Parses links inserted by editors in templates, strips them of the protocol part, and otherwise prints exactly what was entered to minimize spoofing local p = {} ---------------------------------- -- Remove protocol and leading www. ---------------------------------- function p.strip(link) -- Remove the protocol part: http://, https://, ftp://, etc. -- (%a+ matches one or more letters, so it will strip e.g. http, https, ftp.) link = link:gsub("^%a+://", "") -- Re..."
 
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-- Parses links inserted by editors in templates, strips them of the protocol part, and otherwise prints exactly what was entered to minimize spoofing
-- Parses links inserted by editors in templates, strips them of the protocol part,
-- leading "www.", and any trailing "/", while otherwise printing exactly what was entered  
-- to minimize spoofing.


local p = {}
local p = {}


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-- Remove protocol and leading www.
-- Remove protocol, leading www., and trailing /
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function p.strip(link)
function p.strip(link)
-- Remove the protocol part: http://, https://, ftp://, etc.
-- Remove the protocol part: http://, https://, ftp://, etc.
-- (%a+ matches one or more letters, so it will strip e.g. http, https, ftp.)
link = link:gsub("^%a+://", "")
link = link:gsub("^%a+://", "")
-- Remove leading "www."
-- Remove leading "www."
link = link:gsub("^www%.", "")
link = link:gsub("^www%.", "")
-- Remove trailing "/"
link = link:gsub("/$", "")
return link
return link
end
end
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end
end


-- Strip protocol and leading 'www.'
-- Strip protocol, leading 'www.', and trailing '/'
local displayText = p.strip(rawLink)
local displayText = p.strip(rawLink)