Module:US elections imagemap

Usage

For general usage, use the wrapped template at Template:T. This page is mainly documentation for Module maintainers.

Functions

makeMap

Generates the inner part of an imagemap. Needs to be wrapped with imagemap tags to work, this only generates state shapes and links. This is due to a limitation in Lua modules.

Parameters

Parameter	Usage	Example
link_template	Template for links	2018 STATE gubernatorial election
cycle	Election cycle	Gov2Template:Efn
extra_states	Extra states to includeTemplate:Efn	OR;WVTemplate:Efn
extra_lines	Extra raw lines to includeTemplate:Efn	rect 702 391 725 423 [[2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia]]
state_overrides	Set a custom link for the state, instead of following the templateTemplate:Efn	AZ=2020 United States Senate special election in Arizona
excluded_states	States to exclude. Overridden by extra_statesTemplate:Efn	AK;HI

Submodules

• Module:US elections imagemap/utils — string utilities
• Module:US elections imagemap/data — shapes and cycle data

---

-- the goal of this module is to standardize creating imagemaps for yearly Senate and Gubernatorial elections in the United States.
local utils = require("Module:US elections imagemap/utils") -- utilities such as a string splitting function
local data = require("Module:US elections imagemap/data") -- data such as shapes of states; do NOT change to mw.loadData as that breaks excluded-states

local stateshapes = data.stateshapes
local cycles = data.cycles
local statenames = data.statenames

local p = {}

function p.makeMap(frame)
	local states = cycles[frame.args.cycle] or error("error: invalid/no cycle specified") -- require to specify a cycle
	local extrastates = utils.split(frame.args.extra_states or "", ";") -- extra states to add
	local extralines = utils.split(frame.args.extra_lines or "", ";") -- extra raw lines to add
	local excludedstates = utils.split(frame.args.excluded_states or "", ";") -- states to EXCLUDE
	for _, excludedstate in ipairs(excludedstates) do
		for k, state in ipairs(states) do
			if state == excludedstate then
		        table.remove(states, k) -- remove the state from the table. this doesn't remove it if it's included in extra_states
		    end
		end
	end
	local stateoverrides = utils.split(frame.args.state_overrides or "", ";") -- state overrides for links (for example, linking to a recall election)
	local overrides = {} -- overrides should be an array of STATE="Override"
	for _, override in ipairs(stateoverrides) do
		local overridear = utils.split(override,"=")
		overrides[overridear[1]] = " [[" .. overridear[2] .. "]]\r\n\r\n" -- format the same as normal links
	end
	local linktemplatearg = frame.args.link_template or error("error: no link template specified") -- require a link template
	local linktemplate = " [[" .. linktemplatearg .. "]]\r\n\r\n" -- make it a wikilink, also the space is necessary to separate from the shape data
	local imagemap = "\r\n\r\n" -- start the imagemap
	for _, line in ipairs(extralines) do -- for each extra line. these have to come before normal lines to override them (otherwise, special elections for example don't work)
		imagemap = imagemap .. line .. "\r\n\r\n" -- append the extra line
	end
	for _, state in ipairs(extrastates) do -- for each extrastate - do first, in case of conflicts (like special elections, see above)
		statename = statenames[state] or error (state) -- if a state isn't in the list for some reason, this will tell which one
		local link = overrides[state] or string.gsub(linktemplate, "STATE", statenames[state]) -- check for individual state override, if not, swap the state name into the link template
		imagemap = imagemap .. stateshapes[state] .. link -- add the link (which already contains the needed newline)
	end
	for _, state in ipairs(states) do -- for each state
		statename = statenames[state] or error (state) -- if a state isn't in the list for some reason, this will tell which one
		local link = overrides[state] or string.gsub(linktemplate, "STATE", statenames[state]) -- check for individual state override, if not, swap the state name into the link template
		imagemap = imagemap .. stateshapes[state] .. link -- add the link (which already contains the needed newline)
	end
	return imagemap
end

return p