Messaging API documentation

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Functions for passing messages and constructing URL objects.

FUNCTION
msg.post()	posts a message to a receiving URL
msg.url()	creates a new URL
msg.url()	creates a new URL from a string
msg.url()	creates a new URL from separate arguments

Functions

msg.post()

msg.post(receiver,message_id,[message])

Post a message to a receiving URL. The most common case is to send messages to a component. If the component part of the receiver is omitted, the message is broadcast to all components in the game object.

The following receiver shorthands are available:

"." the current game object
"#" the current component

There is a 2 kilobyte limit to the message parameter table size.

PARAMETERS

`receiver`	string \| url \| hash The receiver must be a string in URL-format, a URL object or a hashed string.
`message_id`	string \| hash The id must be a string or a hashed string.
`[message]`	table \| nil a lua table with message parameters to send.

EXAMPLES

Send "enable" to the sprite "my_sprite" in "my_gameobject":

msg.post("my_gameobject#my_sprite", "enable")

Send a "my_message" to an url with some additional data:

local params = {my_parameter = "my_value"}
msg.post(my_url, "my_message", params)

msg.url()

msg.url()

This is equivalent to msg.url(nil) or msg.url("#"), which creates an url to the current script component.

PARAMETERS

RETURNS

url

url a new URL

EXAMPLES

Create a new URL which will address the current script:

local my_url = msg.url()
print(my_url) --> url: [current_collection:/my_instance#my_component]

msg.url()

msg.url(urlstring)

The format of the string must be [socket:][path][#fragment], which is similar to a HTTP URL. When addressing instances:

socket is the name of a valid world (a collection)
path is the id of the instance, which can either be relative the instance of the calling script or global
fragment would be the id of the desired component

In addition, the following shorthands are available:

"." the current game object
"#" the current component

PARAMETERS

urlstring

string string to create the url from

RETURNS

url

url a new URL

EXAMPLES

local my_url = msg.url("#my_component")
print(my_url) --> url: [current_collection:/my_instance#my_component]

local my_url = msg.url("my_collection:/my_sub_collection/my_instance#my_component")
print(my_url) --> url: [my_collection:/my_sub_collection/my_instance#my_component]

local my_url = msg.url("my_socket:")
print(my_url) --> url: [my_collection:]

msg.url()

msg.url([socket],[path],[fragment])

PARAMETERS

`[socket]`	string \| hash socket of the URL
`[path]`	string \| hash path of the URL
`[fragment]`	string \| hash fragment of the URL

RETURNS

url

url a new URL

EXAMPLES

local my_socket = "main" -- specify by valid name
local my_path = hash("/my_collection/my_gameobject") -- specify as string or hash
local my_fragment = "component" -- specify as string or hash
local my_url = msg.url(my_socket, my_path, my_fragment)

print(my_url) --> url: [main:/my_collection/my_gameobject#component]
print(my_url.socket) --> 786443 (internal numeric value)
print(my_url.path) --> hash: [/my_collection/my_gameobject]
print(my_url.fragment) --> hash: [component]