Module:PersonList

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

-- Required module containing helper methods
local helper = require('Module:HelperMethods')

-- Required modules for SPARQL queries and HTML table generation
local sparql = require('SPARQL')
local mwHtml = require('mw.html')

-- Main table to hold all functions
local p = {}

-- Function to build a HTML table from SPARQL query results
function p.buildTableFromSparql(frame)
	
	local args = frame.args
    local offset = tonumber(args.offset) or 0
    local limit = tonumber(args.limit) or 10 
	
    -- Constructing the SPARQL query with dynamic entity target1
    local sparqlQuery = [[
PREFIX wdt: <https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/prop/direct/>
PREFIX wd: <https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/>

SELECT ?item ?itemLabel
WHERE {
  ?item wdt:P31 wd:Q57162.
  SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}
LIMIT ]] .. limit .. [[
OFFSET ]] .. offset .. [[
ORDER BY ?propertyLabel
    ]]

	-- Executing the SPARQL query and retrieving results in JSON format
	local jsonResults = sparql.runQuery(sparqlQuery)

	-- Handle error in SPARQL query execution
	if jsonResults and jsonResults.error then
    	mw.log("Error in SPARQL query: " .. tostring(jsonResults.error))
    	return nil
	end
	
	if not jsonResults.results or not jsonResults.results.bindings or #jsonResults.results.bindings == 0 then
        return "No records found."
    end

	-- Convert the JSON results into a Lua table
	local dataTable = helper.convertJsonToTable(jsonResults)

	-- Create and return a HTML table from the data
    local headers = {"Property", "Value"}

    return helper.createHtmlTableWithMergedCols(dataTable, headers, {{1, 2}})
    
end

-- Return the created html table
return p