Module:Title ID

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

local p = {}

local function uniqueIdToTitleId(uidstr)
	local uniqueId
	if type(uidstr) == 'number' then
		uniqueId = uidstr
	else
		-- check if it starts with 0x
		local start = string.sub(uidstr, 0, 2)
		if start == '0x' then
			uniqueId = tonumber(uidstr)
		else
			uniqueId = tonumber(uidstr, 16)
		end
	end
	-- maybe this should allow for stuff like choosing content category?
	return string.format('00040000%06x00', uniqueId)
end

function p.makeTitleId(frame)
	return uniqueIdToTitleId(frame.args[1])
end

return p