Module:PopularArticles: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 06:36, 2 October 2026

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:PopularArticles/doc

local p = {}

function p.main(frame)

    local pages = mw.ext.dpl.getPages{
        category = "Theses",
        ordermethod = "counter",
        order = "descending",
        count = 1
    }

    if not pages or #pages == 0 then
        return "No pages found."
    end

    local output = {}

    for i, page in ipairs(pages) do

        local title = page.prefixedText or page.title or "Unknown page"
        local counter = page.counter or 0

        table.insert(
            output,
            string.format(
                "%d. [[%s]] — %s views",
                i,
                title,
                mw.language.getContentLanguage():formatNum(counter)
            )
        )

    end

    return table.concat(output, "\n")
end

return p

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 local p = {}
--- Get total views for a page
-local function getViews(pageName)
-    local data = mw.ext.analytics.getViewsData({
-        page = pageName
-    })
-    if not data then
-        return 0
-    end
-    local total = 0
-    for _, views in pairs(data) do
-        total = total + tonumber(views) or 0
-    end
-    return total
-end
--- Get pages in a category
-local function getCategoryPages(categoryName)
-    local category = mw.title.new("Category:" .. categoryName)
-    if not category then
-        return {}
-    end
-    local pages = {}
-    -- Get category members
-    for page in mw.site.categories.getMembers(categoryName) do
-        if page.ns == 0 then
-            table.insert(pages, page)
-        end
-    end
-    return pages
-end
 function p.main(frame)
-     local args = frame.args
+     local pages = mw.ext.dpl.getPages{
+        category = "Theses",
-    local category = args.category or "Theses"
+         ordermethod = "counter",
-    local limit = tonumber(args.limit) or 10
+         order = "descending",
+        count = 1
-    local pages = getCategoryPages(category)
+    }
-    local results = {}
-    -- Get views for every page
-    for _, page in ipairs(pages) do
-         local views = getViews(page.prefixedText)
-         table.insert(results, {
-            title = page.prefixedText,
-            displayTitle = page.subpageText or page.text,
-            views = views,
-            url = page.fullUrl()
-        })
+    if not pages or #pages == 0 then
+        return "No pages found."
      end
-    -- Sort highest views first
-    table.sort(results, function(a, b)
-        return a.views > b.views
-    end)
-    -- Limit results
      local output = {}
-     table.insert(output, '<div class="popular-articles">')
+     for i, page in ipairs(pages) do
-    table.insert(output, '<h2>🔥 Popular Articles</h2>')
-    table.insert(output, '<ol>')
-    local count = math.min(limit, #results)
+        local title = page.prefixedText or page.title or "Unknown page"
+         local counter = page.counter or 0
-    for i = 1, count do
-         local item = results[i]
          table.insert(
              output,
              string.format(
-                 '<li><a href="%s">%s</a> <span class="popular-views">(%d views)</span></li>',
+                 "%d. [[%s]] — %s views",
-                 item.url,
+                 i,
-                 mw.text.encode(item.displayTitle),
+                title,
-                item.views
+                 mw.language.getContentLanguage():formatNum(counter)
              )
          )
      end
-    table.insert(output, '</ol>')
-    table.insert(output, '</div>')
      return table.concat(output, "\n")