Module:GenerateID

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

-- Module:GenerateID
-- This module generates the next available TITAF-P-xxxxxxx ID for Person pages

local p = {}
local idPrefix = "TITAF-P-"
local digits = 7

function p.getNextId()
    local allPages = mw.smw.ask {
        "[[Category:TangoPeople]]",
        "?=page",
        "limit=5000"
    }

    local maxId = 0
    if allPages then
        for _, result in ipairs(allPages) do
            local title = result["page"] or ""
            local idNum = title:match("TITAF%-P%-(%d+)")
            if idNum then
                local num = tonumber(idNum)
                if num and num > maxId then
                    maxId = num
                end
            end
        end
    end

    local newId = maxId + 1
    return idPrefix .. string.format("%0" .. digits .. "d", newId)
end

return p