Modiwl:ResolveEntityId

Documentation for this module may be created at Modiwl:ResolveEntityId/doc

local p = {}

function p.getEntity(frame)
   local z=mw.wikibase.getEntity(frame.args[1])
end

function p._entityid(frame,id)
	if type(id) == 'string' then
		id = mw.ustring.upper(mw.ustring.sub(id,1,1))..mw.ustring.sub(id,2)
		if mw.ustring.match(id,'^Q%d+$') then
			-- id is in the proper format for a Wikidata entity
			if frame:preprocess("{{#iferror:{{#invoke:ResolveEntityId|getEntity|".. id .. "}}|error}}") ~= "error" then
				-- getEntity(id) doesn't return an error
				return id
			end
		else
			id = mw.wikibase.getEntityIdForTitle(id)
			if id then
				-- id is a title that matches a Wikidata entity
				local instanceOf = mw.wikibase.getBestStatements(id, 'P31')[1]
				if instanceOf and instanceOf.mainsnak.datavalue.value.id ~= 'Q4167410' then
					-- not disambiguation
					return id
				end
			end
		end
	end
	return nil
end

function p.entityid(frame)
	return p._entityid(frame, frame.args[1])
end

return p