Module:Vehicles

Module:Vehicles

Provides structured access to vehicle data defined in Module:Vehicles/data.

This module provides two functions:

• get - renders a vehicle infobox using Template:VehicleInfobox
• category - validates the provided vehicle type against Module:Vehicles/data and outputs the corresponding MediaWiki category if valid.

Usage

Render infobox for current vehicle page

On a vehicle page, where the page title matches a vehicle key in the dataset:

{{#invoke:Vehicles|get|{{PAGENAME}}}}

Render infobox for a specific vehicle

A specific vehicle key can also be provided manually:

{{#invoke:Vehicles|get|Sandbike}}

Render infobox without adding categories

An optional parameter can be used to prevent the infobox from adding the page to categories:

{{#invoke:Vehicles|get|Sandbike|omit=yes}}

Safe category output

Vehicle types are validated against definitions in Module:Vehicles/data. If valid, the corresponding MediaWiki category is returned. Invalid or unknown types produce no output.

{{#invoke:Vehicles|category|Ground}}

Parameters

get

1

The vehicle key used in Module:Vehicles/data.

omit (optional)

If specified with a truthy value, the module will pass omit_categories=yes to Template:VehicleInfobox. Accepted values:

• true
• yes
• 1

category

1

A valid vehicle type string used in Module:Vehicles/data.

Notes

get

• If a vehicle key is not found in the dataset, a placeholder infobox is rendered using default values.

---

local p = {}
local dataModule = require("Module:Vehicles/data")
local data = dataModule.vehicles
local vehicleTypes = dataModule.vehicleTypes

-- ---------- Helpers ----------

local function escape(s)
  s = tostring(s or "")
  return s:gsub("|", "|")
end

local function isTruthy(s)
  s = tostring(s or ""):lower()
  return s == "true" or s == "yes" or s == "1"
end

-- ---------- Rendering ----------

local function renderInfobox(name, vehicle, omit)
  local out = {}
  local type = tostring(vehicle.type or "")

  out[#out + 1] = "{{VehicleInfobox"
  out[#out + 1] = "|title=" .. escape(name)
  out[#out + 1] = "|image=" .. escape(vehicle.image or "Placeholder.png")
  out[#out + 1] = "|type=" .. escape(type)
  out[#out + 1] = "|category=" .. escape(vehicle.category)
  out[#out + 1] = "|minimum_tier={{MetalIcon|" .. escape(vehicle.minimum_tier) .. "}}"
  out[#out + 1] = "|crew_capacity=" .. escape(vehicle.crew_capacity)
  out[#out + 1] = "|backup_compatible=" .. (vehicle.backup_compatible and "Yes" or "No")

  if omit or not vehicleTypes[vehicle.type] then
    out[#out + 1] = "|omit_categories=true"
  end

  out[#out + 1] = "}}"
  return table.concat(out, "\n")
end

function p.get(frame)
  local key = frame.args[1]
  local omit = frame.args.omit

  if not key or key == "" then
      return "<strong class='error'>No vehicle specified.</strong>"
  end

  local vehicle = data[key]
  return frame:preprocess(renderInfobox(key, vehicle, isTruthy(omit)))
end

function p.category(frame)
  local vehicleType = frame.args[1]
  local cat = vehicleTypes[vehicleType]

  if cat then
    return "[[Category:" .. cat .. "]]"
  end
  return nil
end

return p