FileMedia – Module with functions for Media files (image pages), adjacent description pages and pages with specific content format.

All functions expect one unnamed parameter with file page (which should be provided to get a meaningful answer). Whitespace ahead and after content is ignored. It might be only the title, a description or media page.

The return value is an empty string (“nothing”), if the parameter value does not fulfil the expectations. If there is a result or the query condition is true, at least one visible character will be returned. The result does not begin or end with a space.

getBasePage

Retrieve existing file name without “extension” from file name

getExtension

Retrieve downcased “file name extension” from file name

• nothing – if not recognised

getHeight

Retrieve image height

• nothing – if not recognised

getHeightWidth

Retrieve image height × width like 123x456px

• nothing – if not recognised

getMimeType

Retrieve file MimeType

• nothing – if not recognised

getPageCount

Retrieve number of file pages (paged media fragments)

• 0 – existing, but not paged media
• nothing – if not recognised

getSize

Retrieve file size

• nothing – if not recognised

getTitle

Retrieve file page title from page name, iff it could be a file page with or without namespace.

• nothing – if not recognised

getType

Retrieve supposed file type from guessed “file name extension”

File types are: audio data paged pixel program style vector video

• nothing – if not recognised

getWidth

Retrieve image width

• nothing – if not recognised

isFile

Is this a valid (existing) file title or file name, with or without namespace?

• 1 – yes

isType

Does file name match type expectation 2?

File types 2 are: audio data paged pixel program style vector video as well as file image – file is appropriate for file namespace and image also as single picture.

• 1 – yes

setParSize

Check or set image width (measured on pixel base) as px parameter

Positive integers will be completed by px.

Also for x formats combining image height.

• nothing – if not recognised

failsafe

A test page illustrates practical use.

All functions described above can be used by other modules per require():

local lucky, FileMedia = pcall( require, "Module:FileMedia" )
if type( FileMedia ) == "table" then
 FileMedia = FileMedia()
else
 -- error case; FileMedia contains message
 return "<span class=\"error\">" .. FileMedia .. "</span>"
end

Subsequently there are available:

• FileMedia.getBasePage( s )
• FileMedia.getExtension( s )
• FileMedia.getHeight( s )
• FileMedia.getHeightWidth( s )
• FileMedia.getMimeType( s )
• FileMedia.getPageCount( s )
• FileMedia.getPages( s )

  Retrieve table of file page height and width for each page (paged media fragments)

• FileMedia.getTitle( s )
• FileMedia.getType( s )
• FileMedia.getWidth( s )
• FileMedia.isFile( s )
• FileMedia.isSpacing( space )

  Is presumed space name not conflicting with files?

• FileMedia.isType( s, supposed )
• FileMedia.setParSize( s )

If succeeding, the FileMedia.get*() return a string or number, the FileMedia.is*() true (if no exception mentioned); on failure always false.

commons:Data:FileMediaExt.tab defines mapping of file extensions to file types.

General library; no limitations.

None.