Module:CitationAuto1

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:CitationAuto1/doc

local p = {}

function p.cite(frame)
    local url = frame.args[1]
    if not url or url == "" then
        return "Error: Please provide a valid URL."
    end

    -- Extract possible title from URL structure (works for Wikimedia pages)
    local title = string.match(url, "/wiki/([^#?]*)") or "Unknown Title"
    title = mw.uri.decode(title)

    -- Formatting the citation
    local citation = mw.html.create("span")
        :addClass("citation")
        :wikitext(string.format('"%s." Accessed %s.', title, os.date("%Y-%m-%d")))
        :wikitext(string.format(' <a href="%s">[Source]</a>', url))

    return tostring(citation)
end

return p