Module:InfoboxExtractor

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local p = {}

local function extractInfobox(wikitext)
    local startInfobox = string.find(wikitext, "{{[^}]*Infobox")
    if not startInfobox then
        return nil
    end

    local braceCount = 0
    local endInfobox = startInfobox

    for i = startInfobox, #wikitext do
        local char = wikitext:sub(i, i)
        if char == '{' then
            braceCount = braceCount + 1
        elseif char == '}' then
            braceCount = braceCount - 1
        end

        if braceCount == 0 then
            endInfobox = i
            break
        end
    end

    return wikitext:sub(startInfobox, endInfobox)
end

local function getLabelValue(infobox, label)
    local pattern = "|" .. label .. " *= *"
    local matchStart, matchEnd = string.find(infobox, pattern)
    if not matchStart then
        return nil
    end

    local value = ""
    local braceCount = 0
    local i = matchEnd + 1

    while i <= #infobox do
        local char = infobox:sub(i, i)

        if char == '{' then
            braceCount = braceCount + 1
        elseif char == '}' then
            braceCount = braceCount - 1
        end

        if braceCount == 0 and (char == '\n' or char == '|') then
            break
        else
            value = value .. char
        end

        i = i + 1
    end

    return value
end

function p.extract(frame)
    local pageTitle = frame.args[1]
    if not pageTitle then
        return "Error: Please provide a page title."
    end

    local page = mw.title.new(pageTitle)
    if not page or not page.exists then
        return "Error: Page not found."
    end

    local wikitext = page:getContent()
    local infobox = extractInfobox(wikitext)

    if not infobox then
        return "Error: Infobox not found."
    end

    local label = frame.args[2]
    if not label then
        return "Error: Please provide a label."
    end

    local value = getLabelValue(infobox, label)

    if not value then
        return "Error: Label not found in infobox."
    end

    return value
end

return p