User:BrandonXLF/Citoid

Citoid.js is a utility that returns a valid MediaWiki reference using mw:Citoid. After loading the script, the function getCitoidRef takes a URL, DOI, ISBN, PMID, PMCID, or QID and returns a reference in the format {{cite...}} through a jQuery Promise/Deferred object. The script can be loaded from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:BrandonXLF/Citoid.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript. The source code can be found at User:BrandonXLF/Citoid.js. The output should be used within <ref>...</ref> tags.

Documentation

This utility has one function scoped to the window, getCitoidRef.

getCitoidRef accepts a URL, DOI, ISBN, PMID, PMCID, or QID to get the reference of and returns a jQuery Promise object.

The Promise resolve (.done) calls a function and provides two parameters, the reference and the source of the reference.

The Promise reject (.fail) calls a function and provides one parameter, the text status for why the function failed.

The Promise notify (.progress) calls a function and provides one parameter, the text status of the function.

Example

mw.loader.getScript('https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:BrandonXLF/Citoid.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript').then(function(){
	getCitoidRef('9781857800913').then(function(ref){
		console.log(ref);
	});
});

The example about will output (to the console):

{{Cite book|last=Hengi, B. I.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44395047|title=Airlines remembered : over 200 airlines of the past, described and illustrated in colour|date=2000|publisher=Midland Pub|others=,Lewis, Neil.|isbn=1-85780-091-5|location=Leicester, England|oclc=44395047}}

This is the reference for the book with the ISBN 13 9781857800913.

Loading

The module should be loaded using mw.loader.load or mw.loader.getScript with a then statement that can use the function getCitoidRef to generate a reference (see the example above). If you need to load several different scripts or gadgets, you can use jQuery.when.