Module:Random Video

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

local p = {}

function randomVideo()
        local g = mw.ext.externaldata.getWebData {
            url = 'https://comprehensibleinputwiki.com/rvid.php',
            format = 'JSON'
        }

	vidJson = '[ '
	h=0
	for k, v in ipairs(g) do
		
	    main_index = v['main_index']
	    id = v['id']
	    difficulty = v['difficulty']
	    title = string.gsub(v['title'], "[\\\"]", "\\%1")
	    language_name = (v['language_name'] ~= nil and v['language_name'] or '') 
	    channel = v['channel']
	    
	    comma = (h < 99 and ',' or '')
	    h = h + 1
	   
	    vidJson = vidJson .. '{"main_index": ' .. main_index .. ', "id": "' .. id .. '", "difficulty": "' .. difficulty .. '", "title": "' .. title .. '", "language": "' .. language_name .. '", "channel": "' .. channel .. '"}' .. comma .. ' '
	   
	end
	vidJson = vidJson .. ']'
	
    return vidJson
end

function dump(o)
   if type(o) == 'table' then
      local s = '{ '
      for k,v in pairs(o) do
         if type(k) ~= 'number' then k = '"'..k..'"' end
         s = s .. '\n['..k..'] = ' .. dump(v) .. ','
      end
      return s .. '} '
   else
      return tostring(o)
   end
end



p.randomVideo = function()
	return randomVideo()
end


return p