Module:Webarchive

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

require('strict');
local getArgs = require ('Module:Arguments').getArgs;
local categories = {};															-- category names
local config = {};																-- global configuration settings
local digits = {};																-- for i18n; table that translates local-wiki digits to western digits
local err_warn_msgs = {};														-- error and warning messages
local excepted_pages = {};
local month_num = {};															-- for i18n; table that translates local-wiki month names to western digits
local prefixes = {};															-- service provider tail string prefixes
local services = {};															-- archive service provider data from
local s_text = {};																-- table of static text strings used to build final rendering
local uncategorized_namespaces = {};											-- list of namespaces that we should not categorize
local uncategorized_subpages = {};												-- list of subpages that should not be categorized

local non_western_digits;														-- boolean flag set true when data.digits.enable is true
local this_page = mw.title.getCurrentTitle();

local track = {};																-- Associative array to hold tracking categories
local ulx = {};																	-- Associative array to hold template data 

local function substitute (msg, args)
	return args and mw.message.newRawMessage (msg, args):plain() or msg;
end

local function tableLength(T)
	local count = 0
	for _ in pairs(T) do count = count + 1 end
	return count
end

local function make_wikilink (link, display, no_link)
	if nil == no_link then
		if link and ('' ~= link) then
			if display and ('' ~= display) then
				return table.concat ({'[[', link, '|', display, ']]'});
			else
				return table.concat ({'[[', link, ']]'});
			end
		end
		return display or '';													-- link not set so return the display text

	else																		-- no_link
		if display and ('' ~= display) then										-- if there is display text
			return display;														-- return that
		else
			return link or '';													-- return the target article name or empty string
		end
	end
end

local function createTracking()
	if not excepted_pages[this_page.fullText] then								-- namespace:title/fragment is allowed to be categorized (typically this module's / template's testcases page(s))
		if uncategorized_namespaces[this_page.nsText] then
			return '';															-- this page not to be categorized so return empty string
		end
		for _,v in ipairs (uncategorized_subpages) do							-- cycle through page name patterns
			if this_page.text:match (v) then									-- test page name against each pattern
				return '';														-- this subpage type not to be categorized so return empty string
			end
		end
	end

	local out = {};
	if tableLength(track) > 0 then
		for key, _ in pairs(track) do											-- loop through table
			table.insert (out, make_wikilink (key));							-- and convert category names to links
		end
	end
	return table.concat (out);													-- concat into one big string; empty string if table is empty

end

local function inlineError (msg, args)
	track[categories.error] = 1
	return table.concat ({
		'<span style="font-size:100%" class="error citation-comment">Error in ',	-- open the error message span
		config.tname,															-- insert the local language template name
		' template: ',
		substitute (msg, args),													-- insert the formatted error message
		'.</span>',																-- close the span
		createTracking()														-- add the category
		})
end

local function inlineRed(msg, trackmsg)
	if trackmsg == "warning" then
		track[categories.warning] = 1;
	elseif trackmsg == "error" then
		track[categories.error] = 1;
	end

	return '<span style="font-size:100%" class="error citation-comment">' .. msg .. '</span>'
end

local function base62( value )
	local r = 1																	-- default return value is input value is malformed

	if value:match ('%W') then													-- value must only be in the set [0-9a-zA-Z]
		return;																	-- nil return when value contains extraneous characters
	end

	local n = #value															-- number of characters in value
	local k = 1
	local c
	r = 0
	for i = n, 1, -1 do															-- loop through all characters in value from ls digit to ms digit
		c = value:byte( i, i )
		if c >= 48 and c <= 57 then												-- character is digit 0-9
			c = c - 48
		elseif c >= 65 and c <= 90 then											-- character is ascii a-z
			c = c - 55
		else																	-- must be ascii A-Z
			c = c - 61
		end
		r = r + c * k															-- accumulate this base62 character's value
		k = k * 62																-- bump for next
	end -- for i

	return r
end 

local function decode_date (date_str)
	local patterns = {
		['dmy'] = {'^(%d%d?) +([^%s%d]+) +(%d%d%d%d)$', 'd', 'm', 'y'},			-- %a does not recognize unicode combining characters used by some languages
		['mdy'] = {'^([^%s%d]+) (%d%d?), +(%d%d%d%d)$', 'm', 'd', 'y'},
		['ymd'] = {'^(%d%d%d%d) +([^%s%d]+) (%d%d?)$', 'y', 'm', 'd'},			-- not mos compliant at en.wiki but may be acceptible at other wikis
		};
	
	local t = {};

	if non_western_digits then													-- this wiki uses non-western digits?
		date_str = mw.ustring.gsub (date_str, '%d', digits);					-- convert this wiki's non-western digits to western digits
	end

	if date_str:match ('^%d%d%d%d%-%d%d%-%d%d$') then							-- already an iso format date, return western digits form
		return date_str, 'iso';
	end
	
	for k, v in pairs (patterns) do
		local c1, c2, c3 = mw.ustring.match (date_str, patterns[k][1]);			-- c1 .. c3 are captured but we don't know what they hold
		
		if c1 then																-- set on match
			t = {																-- translate unspecified captures to y, m, and d
				[patterns[k][2]] = c1,											-- fill the table of captures with the captures
				[patterns[k][3]] = c2,											-- take index names from src_pattern table and assign sequential captures
				[patterns[k][4]] = c3,
				};
			if month_num[t.m] then												-- when month not already a number
				t.m = month_num[t.m];											-- replace valid month name with a number
			else
				return nil, 'iso';												-- not a valid date form because month not valid
			end

			return mw.ustring.format ('%.4d-%.2d-%.2d', t.y, t.m, t.d), k;		-- return date in iso format
		end
	end
	return nil, 'iso';															-- date could not be decoded; return nil and default iso date
end

local function makeDate (year, month, day, df)
	local format = {
		['dmy'] = 'j F Y',
		['mdy'] = 'F j, Y',
		['ymd'] = 'Y F j',
		['iso'] = 'Y-m-d',
		};

	local date = table.concat ({year, month, day}, '-');						-- assemble year-initial numeric-format date (zero padding not required here)

	if non_western_digits then													-- this wiki uses non-western digits?
		date = mw.ustring.gsub (date, '%d', digits);							-- convert this wiki's non-western digits to western digits
	end

	return mw.getContentLanguage():formatDate (format[df], date);
end

local function is_valid_date (year, month, day)
	local days_in_month = {31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31};
	local month_length;
	local y, m, d;
	local today = os.date ('*t');												-- fetch a table of current date parts

	if not year or '' == year or not month or '' == month or not day or '' == day then
		return false;															-- something missing
	end
	
	y = tonumber (year);
	m = tonumber (month);
	d = tonumber (day);

	if 1900 > y or today.year < y or 1 > m or 12 < m then						-- year and month are within bounds	TODO: 1900?
		return false;
	end

	if (2==m) then																-- if February
		month_length = 28;														-- then 28 days unless
		if (0==(y%4) and (0~=(y%100) or 0==(y%400))) then						-- is a leap year?
			month_length = 29;													-- if leap year then 29 days in February
		end
	else
		month_length=days_in_month[m];
	end

	if 1 > d or month_length < d then											-- day is within bounds
		return false;
	end
																					-- here when date parts represent a valid date
	return os.time({['year']=y, ['month']=m, ['day']=d, ['hour']=0}) <= os.time();	-- date at midnight must be less than or equal to current date/time
end

local function decodeWebciteDate(path, df)

	local dt = {};
	local decode;

	dt = mw.text.split(path, "/")

	if dt[2]:find ('query', 1, true) or 
		dt[2]:find ('cache', 1, true) or
		dt[2]:find ('getfile', 1, true) or
		tonumber(dt[2]) then
			return 'query';
	end

	decode = base62(dt[2]);														-- base62 string -> exponential number
	if not decode then
		return nil;																-- nil return when dt[2] contains characters not in %w
	end
	dt = os.date('*t', string.format("%d", decode):sub(1,10))					-- exponential number -> text -> first 10 characters (a unix timestamp) -> a table of date parts

	decode = makeDate (dt.year, dt.month, dt.day, 'iso');						-- date comparisons are all done in iso format with western digits
	if non_western_digits then													-- this wiki uses non-western digits?
		decode = mw.ustring.gsub (decode, '%d', digits);						-- convert this wiki's non-western digits to western digits
	end

	return decode;
end

local function decodeWaybackDate(path, df)

	local msg, snapdate;

	snapdate = path:gsub ('^/web/', ''):gsub ('^/all/', ''):gsub ('^/ukgwa/', ''):gsub ('^/tna/', ''):gsub ('^/', '');	-- remove leading /web/, /all/, /ukgwa/, /tna/, or /
	snapdate = snapdate:match ('^[^/]+');										-- get timestamp
	if snapdate == "*" then														-- eg. /web/*/http.., etc.
		return 'index';															-- return indicator that this url has an index date
	end

	snapdate = snapdate:gsub ('%a%a_%d?$', ''):gsub ('%-', '');					-- from date, remove any trailing "re_", dashes

	msg = '';
	if snapdate:match ('%*$') then												-- a trailing '*' causes calendar display at archive .org
		snapdate = snapdate:gsub ('%*$', '');									-- remove so not part of length calc later
		msg = inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.ts_cal, 'warning');						-- make a message
	end

	if not tonumber(snapdate) then
		return nil, 'ts_nan';													-- return nil (fatal error flag) and message selector
	end

	local dlen = snapdate:len();
	if dlen < 8 then															-- we need 8 digits TODO: but shouldn't this be testing for 14 digits?
		return '', inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.ts_short, 'error');					-- return empty string and error message
	end

	local year, month, day = snapdate:match ('(%d%d%d%d)(%d%d)(%d%d)');			-- no need for snapdatelong here

	if not is_valid_date (year, month, day) then
		return '', inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.ts_date, 'error');					-- return empty string and error message
	end

	snapdate = table.concat ({year, month, day}, '-');							-- date comparisons are all done in iso format
	if 14 == dlen then
		return snapdate, msg;													-- return date with message if any
	else
		return snapdate, msg .. inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.ts_len, 'warning');	-- return date with warning message(s)
	end
end

local function decodeArchiveisDate(path, df)
	local snapdate

	if path:match ('^/%w+$') then												-- short form url path is '/' followed by some number of base 62 digits and nothing else
		return "short link"														-- e.g. http://archive.is/hD1qz
	end

	snapdate = mw.text.split (path, '/')[2]:gsub('[%.%-]', '');					-- get snapshot date, e.g. 2016.08.28-144552; remove periods and hyphens

	local dlen = string.len(snapdate)
	if dlen < 8 then															-- we need 8 digits TODO: but shouldn't this be testing for 14 digits?
		return '', inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.ts_short, 'error');					-- return empty string and error message
	end

	local year, month, day = snapdate:match ('(%d%d%d%d)(%d%d)(%d%d)');			-- no need for snapdatelong here

	if not is_valid_date (year, month, day) then
		return '', inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.ts_date, 'error');					-- return empty string and error message
	end

	snapdate = table.concat ({year, month, day}, '-');							-- date comparisons are all done in iso format
	if 14 == dlen then
		return snapdate;														-- return date
	else
		return snapdate, inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.ts_len, 'warning');			-- return date with warning message
	end
 end

local function serviceName(host, no_link)
	local tracking;
	local index;
	
	host = host:lower():gsub ('^web%.(.+)', '%1'):gsub ('^www%.(.+)', '%1');	-- lowercase, remove web. and www. subdomains

	if services[host] then
		index = host;
	else
		for k, _ in pairs (services) do
			if host:find ('%f[%a]'..k:gsub ('([%.%-])', '%%%1')) then
				index = k;
				break;
			end
		end
	end
	
	if index then
		local out = {''};														-- empty string in [1] so that concatenated result has leading single space
		ulx.url1.service = services[index][4] or 'other';
		tracking = services[index][5] or categories.other;
																				-- build tail string
		if false == services[index][1] then										-- select prefix
			table.insert (out, prefixes.at);
		elseif true == services[index][1] then
			table.insert (out, prefixes.atthe);
		else
			table.insert (out, services[index][1]);
		end
		
		table.insert (out, make_wikilink (services[index][2], services[index][3], no_link));	-- add article wikilink
		if services[index][6] then												-- add tail postfix if it exists
			table.insert (out, services[index][6]);
		end
		
		ulx.url1.tail = table.concat (out, ' ');								-- put it all together; result has leading space character

	else																		-- here when unknown archive
		ulx.url1.service = 'other';
		tracking = categories.unknown;
		ulx.url1.tail = table.concat ({'', prefixes.at, host, inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.unknown_url, error)}, ' ');
	end
	
	track[tracking] = 1
end

local function parseExtraArgs(args)

	local i, j, argurl, argurl2, argdate, argtitle

	j = 2
	for i = 2, config.maxurls do
		argurl = "url" .. i
		if args[argurl] then
			argurl2 = "url" .. j
			ulx[argurl2] = {}
			ulx[argurl2]["url"] = args[argurl]
			argdate = "date" .. i
			if args[argdate] then
				ulx[argurl2]["date"] = args[argdate]
			else
				ulx[argurl2]["date"] = inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.date_miss, 'warning');
			end
	
			argtitle = "title" .. i
			if args[argtitle] then
				ulx[argurl2]["title"] = args[argtitle]
			else
				ulx[argurl2]["title"] = nil
			end
			j = j + 1
		end
	end

	if j == 2 then
		return 0
	else
		return j - 2
	end
end

local function comma(date)
	return (date and date:match ('%a+ +%d%d?(,) +%d%d%d%d')) or '';
end

local function createRendering()

	local displayfield
	local out = {};
	
	local index_date, msg = ulx.url1.date:match ('(index)(.*)');				-- when ulx.url1.date extract 'index' text and message text (if there is a message)
	ulx.url1.date = ulx.url1.date:gsub ('index.*', 'index');					-- remove message

	if 'none' == ulx.url1.format then											-- For {{wayback}}, {{webcite}}
		table.insert (out, '[');												-- open extlink markup
		table.insert (out, ulx.url1.url);										-- add url

		if ulx.url1.title then
			table.insert (out, ' ')												-- the required space
			table.insert (out, ulx.url1.title)									-- the title
			table.insert (out, ']');											-- close extlink markup
			table.insert (out, ulx.url1.tail);									-- tail text
			if ulx.url1.date then
				table.insert (out, '&#32;(');									-- open date text; TODO: why the html entity? replace with regular space?
				table.insert (out, 'index' == ulx.url1.date and s_text.archive or s_text.archived);	-- add text
				table.insert (out, ' ');										-- insert a space
				table.insert (out, ulx.url1.date);								-- add date
				table.insert (out, ')');										-- close date text
			end
		else																	-- no title
			if index_date then													-- when url date is 'index' 
				table.insert (out, table.concat ({' ', s_text.Archive_index, ']'}));	-- add the index link label
				table.insert (out, msg or '');									-- add date mismatch message when url date is /*/ and |date= has valid date
			else
				table.insert (out, table.concat ({' ', s_text.Archived, '] '}));	-- add link label for url has timestamp date (will include mismatch message if there is one)
			end
			if ulx.url1.date then
				if 'index' ~= ulx.url1.date then
					table.insert (out, ulx.url1.date);							-- add date when data is not 'index'
				end
				table.insert (out, comma(ulx.url1.date));						-- add ',' if date format is mdy
				table.insert (out, ulx.url1.tail);								-- add tail text
			else																-- no date
				table.insert (out, ulx.url1.tail);								-- add tail text
			end
		end

		if 0 < ulx.url1.extraurls then											-- For multiple archive URLs
			local tot = ulx.url1.extraurls + 1
			table.insert (out, '.')												-- terminate first url
			table.insert (out, table.concat ({' ', s_text.addlarchives, ': '}));	-- add header text

			for i=2, tot do														-- loop through the additionals
				local index = table.concat ({'url', i});						-- make an index
				displayfield = ulx[index]['title'] and 'title' or 'date';		-- choose display text
				table.insert (out, '[');										-- open extlink markup
				table.insert (out, ulx[index]['url']);							-- add the url
				table.insert (out, ' ');										-- the required space
				table.insert (out, ulx[index][displayfield]);					-- add the label
				table.insert (out, ']');										-- close extlink markup
				table.insert (out, i==tot and '.' or ', ');						-- add terminator
			end
		end
		return table.concat (out);												-- make a big string and done

	else																		-- For {{cite archives}}																	
		if 'addlarchives' == ulx.url1.format then								-- Multiple archive services 
			table.insert (out, table.concat ({s_text.addlarchives, ': '}));		-- add header text
		else																	-- Multiple pages from the same archive 
			table.insert (out, table.concat ({s_text.addlpages, ' '}));			-- add header text
			table.insert (out, ulx.url1.date);									-- add date to header text
			table.insert (out, ': ');											-- close header text
		end

		local tot = ulx.url1.extraurls + 1;
		for i=1, tot do															-- loop through the additionals
			local index = table.concat ({'url', i});							-- make an index
			table.insert (out, '[');											-- open extlink markup
			table.insert (out, ulx[index]['url']);								-- add url
			table.insert (out, ' ');											-- add required space

			displayfield = ulx[index]['title'];
			if 'addlarchives' == ulx.url1.format then
				if not displayfield then 
					displayfield = ulx[index]['date']
				end
			else																-- must be addlpages
				if not displayfield then 
					displayfield = table.concat ({s_text.Page, ' ', i});
				end
			end
			table.insert (out, displayfield);									-- add title, date, page label text
			table.insert (out, ']');											-- close extlink markup
			table.insert (out, (i==tot and '.' or ', '));							-- add terminator
		end
		return table.concat (out);												-- make a big string and done
	end
end

local function parameter_name_xlate (args, params, enum_params)
	local name;																	-- holds modifiable name of the parameter name during evaluation
	local enum;																	-- for enumerated parameters, holds the enumerator during evaluation
	local found = false;														-- flag used to break out of nested for loops
	local new_args = {};														-- a table that holds canonical and translated parameter k/v pairs
	local origin = {};															-- a table that maps original (local language) parameter names to their canonical name for local language error messaging
	local unnamed_params;														-- set true when unsupported positional parameters are detected
	
	for k, v in pairs (args) do													-- loop through all of the arguments in the args table
		name = k;																-- copy of original parameter name

		if 'string' == type (k) then
			if non_western_digits then											-- true when non-western digits supported at this wiki
				name = mw.ustring.gsub (name, '%d', digits);					-- convert this wiki's non-western digits to western digits
			end
			
			enum = name:match ('%d+$');											-- get parameter enumerator if it exists; nil else
			
			if not enum then													-- no enumerator so looking for non-enumnerated parameters
				-- TODO: insert shortcut here? if params[name] then name holds the canonical parameter name; no need to search further
				for pname, aliases in pairs (params) do							-- loop through each parameter the params table
					for _, alias in ipairs (aliases) do							-- loop through each alias in the parameter's aliases table
						if name == alias then
							new_args[pname] = v;								-- create a new entry in the new_args table
							origin [pname] = k;									-- create an entry to make canonical parameter name to original local language parameter name
							found = true;										-- flag so that we can break out of these nested for loops
							break;												-- no need to search the rest of the aliases table for name so go on to the next k, v pair
						end
					end
	
					if found then												-- true when we found an alias that matched name
						found = false;											-- reset the flag
						break;													-- go do next args k/v pair
					end
				end
			else																-- enumerated parameters
				name = name:gsub ('%d$', '#');									-- replace enumeration digits with place holder for table search
				-- TODO: insert shortcut here? if num_params[name] then name holds the canonical parameter name; no need to search further
				for pname, aliases in pairs (enum_params) do					-- loop through each parameter the num_params table
					for _, alias in ipairs (aliases) do							-- loop through each alias in the parameter's aliases table
						if name == alias then
							pname = pname:gsub ('#$', enum);					-- replace the '#' place holder with the actual enumerator
							new_args[pname] = v;								-- create a new entry in the new_args table
							origin [pname] = k;									-- create an entry to make canonical parameter name to original local language parameter name
							found = true;										-- flag so that we can break out of these nested for loops
							break;												-- no need to search the rest of the aliases table for name so go on to the next k, v pair
						end
					end
	
					if found then												-- true when we found an alias that matched name
						found = false;											-- reset the flag
						break;													-- go do next args k/v pair
					end
				end
			end
		else
			unnamed_params = true;												-- flag for unsupported positional parameters
		end
	end																			-- for k, v
	return new_args, origin, unnamed_params;
end

local function webarchive(frame)
	local args = getArgs (frame);

	local data = mw.loadData (table.concat ({									-- make a data module name; sandbox or live
		'Module:Webarchive/data',
		frame:getTitle():find('sandbox', 1, true) and '/sandbox' or ''			-- this instance is ./sandbox then append /sandbox
		}));
	categories = data.categories;												-- fill in the forward declarations
	config = data.config;
	if data.digits.enable then
		digits = data.digits;													-- for i18n; table of digits in the local wiki's language
		non_western_digits = true;												-- use_non_western_digits
	end
	err_warn_msgs = data.err_warn_msgs;
	excepted_pages = data.excepted_pages;
	month_num = data.month_num;													-- for i18n; table of month names in the local wiki's language
	prefixes = data.prefixes;
	services = data.services;
	s_text = data.s_text;
	uncategorized_namespaces = data.uncategorized_namespaces;
	uncategorized_subpages = data.uncategorized_subpages;

	local origin = {};															-- holds a map of English to local language parameter names used in the current template; not currently used
	local unnamed_params;														-- boolean set to true when template call has unnamed parameters
	args, origin, unnamed_params = parameter_name_xlate (args, data.params, data.enum_params);	-- translate parameter names in args to English

	local date, format, msg, udate, uri, url;
	local ldf = 'iso';															-- when there is no |date= parameter, render url dates in iso format
	
	if args.url and args.url1 then												-- URL argument (first)
		return inlineError (data.crit_err_msgs.conflicting, {origin.url, origin.url1});
	end
	
	url = args.url or args.url1;
	
	if not url then
		return inlineError (data.crit_err_msgs.empty);
	end

	if not (url:lower():find ('^http') or url:find ('^//')) then
		return inlineError (data.crit_err_msgs.invalid_url );
	end

	ulx.url1 = {}
	ulx.url1.url = url

	ulx.url1.extraurls = parseExtraArgs(args)

	local good = false;
	good, uri = pcall (mw.uri.new, ulx.url1.url);								-- get a table of uri parts from this url; protected mode to prevent lua error when ulx.url1.url is malformed
	
	if not good or nil == uri.host then											-- abandon when ulx.url1.url is malformed
		return inlineError (data.crit_err_msgs.invalid_url);
	end
	
	serviceName(uri.host, args.nolink)

	if args.date and args.date1 then											-- Date argument
		return inlineError (data.crit_err_msgs.conflicting, {origin.date, origin.date1});
	end
	
	date = args.date or args.date1;
	date = date and date:gsub (' +', ' ');										-- replace multiple spaces with a single space

	if date and config.verifydates then
		if '*' == date then
			date = 'index';
			ldf = 'iso';														-- set to default format
		elseif 'mdy' == date then
			date = nil;															-- if date extracted from URL,
			ldf = 'mdy';														-- then |date=mdy overrides iso
		elseif 'dmy' == date then
			date = nil;															-- if date extracted from URL,
			ldf = 'dmy';														-- then |date=dmy overrides iso
		elseif 'ymd' == date then
			date = nil;															-- if date extracted from URL,
			ldf = 'ymd';														-- then |date=ymd overrides iso
		else
			date, ldf = decode_date (date);										-- get an iso format date from date and get date's original format
		end
	end

	if 'wayback' == ulx.url1.service or 'locwebarchives' == ulx.url1.service or 'ukgwa' == ulx.url1.service then
		if date then
			if config.verifydates then
				if ldf then
					udate, msg = decodeWaybackDate (uri.path);					-- get the url date in iso format and format of date in |date=; 'index' when wayback url date is *
					if not udate then											-- this is the only 'fatal' error return
						return inlineError (data.crit_err_msgs[msg]);
					end

					if udate ~= date then										-- date comparison using iso format dates
						date = udate;
						msg = table.concat ({
							inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.mismatch, 'warning'),		-- add warning message
							msg,												-- add message if there is one
						});
					end
				end
			end
		else																	-- no |date=
			udate, msg = decodeWaybackDate (uri.path);

			if not udate then													-- this is the only 'fatal' error return
				return inlineError (data.crit_err_msgs[msg]);
			end

			if '' == udate then 
				date = nil;														-- unset
			else
				date = udate;
			end
		end

	elseif 'webcite' == ulx.url1.service then
		if date then
			if config.verifydates then
				if ldf then
					udate = decodeWebciteDate (uri.path);						-- get the url date in iso format
					if 'query' ~= udate then									-- skip if query
						if udate ~= date then									-- date comparison using iso format dates
							date = udate;
							msg = table.concat ({
								inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.mismatch, 'warning'),
								});
						end
					end
				end
			end
		else
			date = decodeWebciteDate( uri.path, "iso" )
			if date == "query" then
				date = nil;														-- unset
				msg = inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.date_miss, 'warning');
			elseif not date then												-- invalid base62 string
				date = inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.date1, 'error');
			end
		end

	elseif 'archiveis' == ulx.url1.service then
		if date then
			if config.verifydates then
				if ldf then
					udate, msg = decodeArchiveisDate (uri.path)					-- get the url date in iso format
					if 'short link' ~= udate then								-- skip if short link
						if udate ~= date then									-- date comparison using iso format dates
							date = udate;
							msg = table.concat ({
								inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.mismatch, 'warning'),	-- add warning message
								msg,											-- add message if there is one
							});
						end
					end
				end
			end
		else																	-- no |date=
			udate, msg = decodeArchiveisDate( uri.path, "iso" )
			if udate == "short link" then
				date = nil;														-- unset
				msg = inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.date_miss, 'warning');
			elseif '' == udate then
				date = nil;														-- unset
			else
				date = udate;
			end
		end
		
	else																		-- some other service
		if not date then
			msg = inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.date_miss, 'warning');
		end
	end

	if 'index' == date then
		ulx.url1.date = date .. (msg or '');									-- create index + message (if there is one)
	elseif date then
		ulx.url1.date = makeDate (date, nil, nil, ldf) .. (msg or '');			-- create a date in the wiki's local language + message (if there is one)
	else
		ulx.url1.date = msg;
	end
		
	format = args.format;														-- Format argument 

	if not format then
		format = "none"
	else
		for k, v in pairs (data.format_vals) do									-- |format= accepts two specific values loop through a table of those values
			local found;														-- declare a nil flag
			for _, p in ipairs (v) do											-- loop through local language variants
				if format == p then												-- when |format= value matches 
					format = k;													-- use name from table key
					found = true;												-- declare found so that we can break out of outer for loop
					break;														-- break out of inner for loop
				end
			end
			
			if found then
				break;
			end
		end

		if format == "addlpages" then
			if not ulx.url1.date then
				format = "none"
			end
		elseif format == "addlarchives" then
			format = "addlarchives"
		else
			format = "none"
		end
	end
	ulx.url1.format = format

	if args.title and args.title1 then											-- Title argument
		return inlineError (data.crit_err_msgs.conflicting, {origin.title, origin.title1});
	end

	ulx.url1.title = args.title or args.title1;

	local rend = createRendering()
	if not rend then
		return inlineError (data.crit_err_msgs.unknown);
	end

	return rend .. ((unnamed_params and inlineRed (err_warn_msgs.unnamed_params, 'warning')) or '') .. createTracking();

end

return {webarchive = webarchive};