Module:GetJSON
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local p = {};
p.main = function( frame )
local m = {}
m.root = mw.loadJsonData(frame.args[1])
-- Function to split the key by "."
local function splitKey(key)
local keys = {}
for subkey in string.gmatch(key, "([^%.]+)") do
table.insert(keys, subkey)
end
return keys
end
-- Function to get the value from the nested table
local function getValueByKeys(root, keys)
local value = root
for _, key in ipairs(keys) do
if value[key] == nil then
return nil
end
value = value[key]:gsub("#", "{{Hash-tag}}")
end
return value
end
local keys = splitKey(frame.args[2])
local value = getValueByKeys(m.root, keys)
if value ~= nil then
if type(value) == "table" then
local str = ""
for k,v in pairs(value) do
str = str .. v .. ";"
end
return str:sub(1, -2):gsub("#", "{{Hash-tag}}")
end
return value
else
if frame.args[3] ~= nil then
return frame.args[3]
else
return ""
end
end
end
return p