Module:Import table

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Usage

{{#invoke:Import table|import
|page=
|config=
|common=
}}

This module is designed to import data from tables in Wikipedia articles into Wikidata. The first column of the table must be the name of the item.

• If this is a link (or a redirect) to an existing article which has a corresponding Wikidata item, then the data will be imported into this item.
• If the first column contains a valid identifier for a Wikidata item (e.g. Q123456) then the data will be imported into this item.
• If this is plain text or a redlink, then the data will be imported into a new Wikidata item.

Parameters

• page - the name of the article/page to parse, e.g. |page=List of dams in South Africa
• config - details about what type of data is held in each column of the table formatted as type-property-option. Currently recognised types are:
  • label - the name of the article
  • wikilink - a link to an article which should be the value of the property, e.g. wikilink-P131
  • quantity - specify the unit in the third parameter, e.g. quantity-P2048-Q11573
  • year - a 4-digit year, e.g. year-P571
  • text - any text to import into a string datatype, e.g. text-P3562
  • coord - coordinate position, inside the {{coord}} template, e.g. coord-P625
  • donotuse (or any other unrecognised type) - indicates a column that will not be imported
• common - a set of values that every item in the list should have, formatted in pairs as property-value, e.g. |common=P31-Q12323,P17-Q258

Notes

• The module will not import any claim if there is already a statement for that property in Wikidata, no matter if the value is the same or different to that being imported, and even if the value is marked as deprecated.

The above documentation is transcluded from Module:Import table/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this module's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (create) pages.
Subpages of this module.

require("strict")
local p = {}

function p.import(frame)
	local wikiqid = "Q328"
	local resolveEntity = require("Module:ResolveEntityId")._id
	local coord2text = require("Module:Coordinates/sandbox")._coord2text
	local args = frame.args or frame:getParent().args
	if not args.config then
		return "No configuation."
	end
	local config = {}
	for c1,col in ipairs(mw.text.split(args.config,",")) do
		config[c1] = mw.text.split(col,"-")
	end
	if not args.page then
		return "No page specified."
	end
	local content = mw.title.new(args.page):getContent() -- read page specified
	content = string.match(content,"%{%|(.+)%|%}") -- keep table only
	local rows = mw.text.split(content,"|-",true) -- split table into rows
	local output = ""
	for rn,row in ipairs(rows) do
		local import = {}
		local qid
		local columns = mw.text.split(row,"|") -- split table rom into columns
		table.remove(columns,1) -- remove content before the first | character
		--table.remove(columns,1) -- remove heading row
		for cn,col in ipairs(columns) do
			col = mw.text.trim(col)
			if config[cn] then
				if config[cn][1] == "label" then
					local rawarticle = string.match(col,'%[%[(.+)%|') or string.match(col,'%[%[(.+)%]%]')
					if rawarticle then
						qid = resolveEntity(rawarticle)
					end
				elseif config[cn][1] == "wikilink" then
					local rawarticle = string.match(col,'%[%[(.+)%|') or string.match(col,'%[%[(.+)%]%]')
					local val
					if rawarticle then
						val = resolveEntity(rawarticle)
						if val then
							import[#import+1] = {}
							import[#import].property = config[cn][2]
							import[#import].value = val
						end
					end
				elseif config[cn][1] == "year" then
					import[#import+1] = {}
					import[#import].property = config[cn][2]
					import[#import].value = "+" .. col .. "-00-00T00:00:00Z/9"
				elseif config[cn][1] == "quantity" then
					import[#import+1] = {}
					col = string.gsub(col,",","") -- remove any commas
					import[#import].property = config[cn][2]
					if string.upper(string.sub(config[cn][3],1,1)) == "Q" then
						config[cn][3] = string.sub(config[cn][3],2)
					end
					import[#import].value = col .. "U" .. config[cn][3]
--				elseif config[cn][1] == "coord" then
--					import[#import+1] = {}
--					import[#import].property = config[cn][2]
--					import[#import].value = coord2text(col,"lat") .. "/" .. coord2text(col,"long")
				end
			end
		end
		if qid then
			local qslink = ""
			for cn = 1,#import do
				qslink = qslink .. qid .. "|" .. import[cn].property .. "|" .. import[cn].value .. "|S143|" .. wikiqid .. "||"
			end
			output = output .. '<span class="qs">[[File:Commons to Wikidata QuickStatements.svg|20px|link=https://quickstatements.toolforge.org/#/v1=' .. mw.uri.encode(qslink,"PATH") .. ']]</span>'
		end
	end
	return output
end

return p