Module:Check DYK hook/sandbox

-- This module performs validation checks for WP:DYK hooks

local libraryUtil = require('libraryUtil') local p = {}

local validationPatternGroups = { {		-- Check that hooks start with three periods, followed by an acceptable -- follow-on word. "^%.%.%. *that", "^%.%.%. *about", },	{		-- Check that hooks end with a question mark, or another acceptable -- phrase. .%?%]*'*"?$,		.&,		"[Yy]ou probably did%.+$", } }

function p._isValidHook(hook) -- Whether the given hook is valid. -- We use the patterns in the validationPatternGroups table to find whether -- a hook is valid or not. Hooks are treated as valid if they match at least -- one pattern from each group. libraryUtil.checkType("_isValidHook", 1, hook, "string") for _, patternGroup in ipairs(validationPatternGroups) do		local found = false for _, pattern in ipairs(patternGroup) do			if mw.ustring.find(hook, pattern) then found = true break end end if not found then return false end end return true end

function p.isValidHook(frame) local args = frame.args local hook = args.hook or args[1] if not hook then error("No hook specified") end hook = hook:match('^%s*(.-)%s*$') -- Trim whitespace if p._isValidHook(hook) then return "yes" else return "" end end

return p