TeamSpecBot: Daily rotation from a list page

2026-10-20T22:38:23Z

Daily rotation from a list page

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:38, 20 October 2026
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	local entry = entries[ ( day + ( tonumber( args.offset ) or 0 ) ) % #entries + 1 ]		local entry = entries[ ( day + ( tonumber( args.offset ) or 0 ) ) % #entries + 1 ]
	local field = tonumber( args.field )		local field = tonumber( args.field )
	if ~~not~~ field then		if field then
	~~return~~ entry		entry = mw.text.trim( mw.text.split( entry, '\|', true )[ field ] or '' )
	end		end
	~~local parts = mw.text.split~~( entry~~, '\|', true )~~		return frame:preprocess( entry )
	~~return mw.text.trim( parts[ field ] or ''~~ )
	end		end

	return p		return p

TeamSpecBot: Daily rotation from a list page

2026-10-20T22:37:35Z

Daily rotation from a list page

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-- Picks one line of a list page per day, the same line for every visitor.
-- {{#invoke:Daily|pick|list=Template:Did you know/list}} returns the whole line;
-- add |field=2 to return the second part of a line split on "|".
local p = {}

local SECONDS_PER_DAY = 86400

local function readList( listTitle )
local title = mw.title.new( listTitle )
local text = title and title:getContent() or ''
local entries = {}
for line in mw.text.gsplit( text, '\n', true ) do
line = mw.text.trim( ( line:gsub( '^%*+', '' ) ) )
if line ~= '' then
entries[ #entries + 1 ] = line
end
end
return entries
end

function p.pick( frame )
local args = frame.args
local entries = readList( args.list or '' )
if #entries == 0 then
return ''
end
local day = math.floor( tonumber( mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate( 'U' ) ) / SECONDS_PER_DAY )
local entry = entries[ ( day + ( tonumber( args.offset ) or 0 ) ) % #entries + 1 ]
local field = tonumber( args.field )
if not field then
return entry
end
local parts = mw.text.split( entry, '|', true )
return mw.text.trim( parts[ field ] or '' )
end

return p

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