WebExtExamples.ejs

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/*
The "examples.json" file from the https://github.com/mdn/webextensions-examples
repository contains information about the examples living in that repository.

This macro must be embedded in a WebExtensions API page, either of:

* a "module" page (for example: "/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/alarms" or "/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/tabs")
* an "API" page (for example: "/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/alarms/create" or "/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/tabs/executeScript")

If it's embedded in a module page, it fetches all the examples that use any
of the APIs in the given module, and outputs a list of links to those examples.

If it's embedded in an API page, it fetches all the examples that use the
given API, and outputs a list of links to those examples.

It prepends this list with a header. By default the header is <h3>.
The macro takes one optional argument, which is the name of the tag to use
for the header. So if you want the header to be an <h2>, call it with "h2".
*/

const allExamples = await MDN.fetchJSONResource("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn/webextensions-examples/master/examples.json");
const examplesBaseURL = "https://github.com/mdn/webextensions-examples/tree/master/";
const desiredHeading = $0 || "h3";
const lang = env.locale;

const s_example_addons = mdn.localString({
    "en-US": "Example extensions"
});

/*
The `module` argument is the name of a JavaScript API module, like "alarms"
or "tabs".

This function returns an array of JSON objects representing examples which use
any of the APIs under the given module.
*/
function getExamplesForModule(module) {
  let examplesForModule = [];
  for (let example of allExamples) {
    for (let jsAPI of example.javascript_apis) {
      jsAPI = jsAPI.split(".")[0];
      if (jsAPI === module) {
        examplesForModule.push(example);
        break;
      }
    }
  }
  return examplesForModule;
}

/*
The `module` argument is the name of a JavaScript API module, like "alarms"
or "tabs".

The `api` argument is the name of a JavaScript API in that module, like "create"
or "executeScript".

This function returns an array of JSON objects representing examples which the
given API, like "alarms.create" or "tabs.executeScript".
*/
function getExamplesForAPI(module, api) {
  let examplesForAPI = [];
  let moduleAndAPI = `${module}.${api}`;
  for (let example of allExamples) {
    for (let jsAPI of example.javascript_apis) {
      if (moduleAndAPI === jsAPI) {
        examplesForAPI.push(example);
        break;
      }
    }
  }
  return examplesForAPI;
}

/*
Given an array of JSON objects representing example add-ons,
this function outputs:
* a header
* a list of links to the example source in GitHub
*/
function writeExampleLinks(examples) {
  let output = "";
  if (examples.length > 0) {
    output = `<${desiredHeading}>${s_example_addons}</${desiredHeading}>`;
    output += "<ul>";
    for (let example of examples) {
      output += `<li><a href="${examplesBaseURL}${example.name}">${example.name}</a></li>`;
    }
    output += "</ul>";
  }
  return output;
}

let output = "";
let pieces = env.slug.split("/");
let leaf = pieces[pieces.length-1];
let parent = pieces[pieces.length-2];

// If the immediate parent of this page is named "API", assume we are in a module page, like "alarms" or "tabs".
if (parent == "API") {
  output = writeExampleLinks(getExamplesForModule(leaf));
}
// Otherwise, assume we are in an API page, like "alarms.create" or "tabs.executeScript".
else {
  output = writeExampleLinks(getExamplesForAPI(parent, leaf));
}

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