Module:Sandbox/Smsingh34/Wikidata

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-- smsingh Task 9, Using Wikidata in Wikipedia
local p = {}
p.wikidata = function(frame)
	entityid = frame.args.entityid
	request = frame.args.request
	if request == 'given name' then
		property = 'P735'
	elseif request == 'family name' then
		property = 'P734'
	elseif request == 'place of birth' then
		property = 'P19'
	elseif request == 'occupation' then
		property = 'P106'
	elseif request == 'spouse' then
		property = 'P26'
	end
	statementstbl = mw.wikibase.getBestStatements(entityid, property)
	if not (statementstbl[1] == nil) then
		--datatoprint = mw.wikibase.getSitelink(statementstbl[1].mainsnak.datavalue.value.id)
		datatoprint = mw.wikibase.getSitelink(statementstbl[1].mainsnak.datavalue.value.id)
	else
		return
	end
	return datatoprint
end
return p