Community Resources

Community calls documentation

only use:

callRemote()

community.mtasa.com/mta/verify.php

Calls:

User validation:

player thePlayer, string Username, string Serial

Returns: an integer, 1 if user is valid, 0 otherwise

Example

addEventHandler ( "onPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), function()
  local username = getPlayerUserName ( source )
  local serial = getPlayerSerial ( source )
  callRemote ( "http://community.mtasa.com/mta/verify.php", validatePlayer, source, username, serial )
end )

function validatePlayer ( player, result )
  local valid = "invalid"
  if ( result == 1 ) then valid = "valid" end
  outputChatBox ( getPlayerName ( player ).."'s username is "..valid )
end

community.mtasa.com/mta/groups.php

Calls:

Info:

string "info", int groupID

Returns 5 values:
1. Group name
2. Owner username
3. Number of members
4. Public. Integer: 1 if the group is public, 0 otherwise
5. Registration time

Members list:

string "members", int groupID

Returns: a table of usernames in the group

Examples

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Group Example

This outputs the servers group name, if the group is public or private, and the registration time.

addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin",getRootElement(),function()
   callRemote("http://community.mtasa.com/mta/groups.php",info,"info",1) --When the player joins, call the site for the info
end)

function info(groupName,ownerUser,members,public,registrationTime) --Define all the values
   if(groupName)and(public)and(registrationTime)then --check if the info came through
      outputChatBox("Our group is in the MTA Community Site, it's called: "..groupName..", our groups is "..public.." and was registered in"..registrationTime..".",source,0,100,100) --output about the servers new/existing group
   end
end

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Members Example

This outputs the members in the servers group, which is found on the MTA Community Site.

addCommandHandler("members",function(player)
   callRemote("http://community.mtasa.com/mta/groups.php",members,"members",1)--Call after the command goes through
end)

function members(player,members)
   if(members)then
      outputChatBox("Members in this servers group: "..members..".",player,255,255,255) --Outputs the members to the player who typed in the command
   end
end

community.mtasa.com/mta/resources.php

Calls:

PLEASE NOTE: The resource that uses this, needs to be added to the ACL.xml in the Admin Group. Latest resource version:

string "version", string resourceName

Returns: a string, resource version in format of "x.x.x". Integer 0 if an error has occurred

Exmaple

addEventHandler("onResourceStart",getResourceRootElement(getThisResource()),function(startedRes)
   ver = getResourceInfo(startedRes,"version") --Get the resource version
   name = getResourceName(startedRes) -- Get the name of the resource
   callRemote("http://community.mtasa.com/mta/resources.php",resource,ver,name) --Call the site to see if the resource if the latest
end)

function resource(version)
   if(version==getResourceInfo(getThisResource(),"version"))then --Check if the resource is the latest
      outputChatBox("This resource is the latest resource available.",root,0,100,0) --if it is, then output this
   else
      outputChatBox("This resource is old, get the latest resource at community.mtasa.com",root,100,0,0) --if it's not, then output this
   end
end