Config API - Easily make user editable configs! [V1.0]

• World-wide usage (any computer in the world/server can use the API)
• Copy the document into "modsComputerCraftluaromapis" naming it as "config".
• Per-computer usage (only the computer installed on can use the API)
• Use cc-get or copy the document into the computer that needs to use its file system.

config.load("foo","bar") --[[ Finds the file at "/foo/bar" ]]

config.writeVal("foo","bar") --[[ Writes the value "bar" with the name "foo" in the config, it will look like "foo = bar" in the file. ]]
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[i]config.readVal(key)[/i]
This method allows you to read a value from the loaded config.
[i]key [/i]- The name of the value to be read.
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var = config.readVal("foo") --[[ Going off the last example, this will return the value "bar" into the variable. ]]

config.save() --[[ Going off the last example, the file "/foo/bar" will have "foo = bar" written to it on the top line. ]]
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[b][size=5]Notes[/size][/b]

Please feel free to use the API, but if you need people to download it, please link to this page, or at least credit
me in your post, a little recognition is all I ask!

Also, any bugs or errors, give me a shout in this topic and i'll do my best to help you out!
Finally, i'd love for anyone to give me suggestions on anything you'd like added to the API.

Kilandor, on 10 September 2012 - 09:04 PM said:

I am working on a users api, also a auth server/client to go with it. So I started to handle things myself then remember I had seen this so I would give it a go.
It works great.

I would like to see a unLoad() this way you can unload a file without having to save() it
Example for users api there are various bits of data i want to read without any need for saving.

Kilandor, on 14 September 2012 - 08:47 PM said:

Yea I realize that, but I don't know what someone else using the api my want to do. They might try modifying my loaded data. So the idea of unload is just for simply when you don't need to save() to save a write operation

API config is already beign loaded
parrallel:22: login.als:35:  attempt to index ? (a nil value)

--START>Load files--
startInterface=function()
local function reprintLoadAnim(anim)
  term.clear()
  term.setCursorPos(1,1)
  print("Loading local user account database...")
  write(anim)
  sleep(0.1)
end
term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1,1)
textutils.slowPrint("Loading local user account database...")
write("-")
sleep(0.2)
local counter=0
while true do
  reprintLoadAnim("\\")
  reprintLoadAnim("|")
  reprintLoadAnim("/")
  reprintLoadAnim("-")
  if counter==20 then
   break
  end
  counter=counter+1
end
term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1,1)
end
--START>End of first part--
--START>Second part>load files--
load=function()
os.loadAPI("/apis/config")
config.load("cfg","test.cfg")
config.writeVal("loaded",true)
config.writeVal("Guest","1234")
config.save()

end
--START>End of script--

--TODO>MULTITASK>Run startInterface() & load() functions at the same time, wait for completion--
parallel.waitForAny(startInterface, load)


--Set variables--
local w,h=term.getSize()

viluon, on 20 September 2012 - 12:34 PM said:

cool! Great idea but im having this problem:

API config is already beign loaded
parrallel:22: login.als:35:  attempt to index ? (a nil value)

my code:

Spoiler

--START>Load files--
startInterface=function()
local function reprintLoadAnim(anim)
  term.clear()
  term.setCursorPos(1,1)
  print("Loading local user account database...")
  write(anim)
  sleep(0.1)
end
term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1,1)
textutils.slowPrint("Loading local user account database...")
write("-")
sleep(0.2)
local counter=0
while true do
  reprintLoadAnim("")
  reprintLoadAnim("|")
  reprintLoadAnim("/")
  reprintLoadAnim("-")
  if counter==20 then
   break
  end
  counter=counter+1
end
term.clear()
term.setCursorPos(1,1)
end
--START>End of first part--
--START>Second part>load files--
load=function()
os.loadAPI("/apis/config")
config.load("cfg","test.cfg")
config.writeVal("loaded",true)
config.writeVal("Guest","1234")
config.save()

end
--START>End of script--

--TODO>MULTITASK>Run startInterface() & load() functions at the same time, wait for completion--
parallel.waitForAny(startInterface, load)


--Set variables--
local w,h=term.getSize()

function read(directory,fileName)
dir = directory
file = fileName
path = dir.."/"..file
create(path)
local file = fs.open(path, "r")
repeat
line = file.readLine()
if(line ~= nil) then
local asWords = line:gsub(":","")
local parts = {}
for word in asWords:gmatch("%w+") do table.insert(parts,word) end
internal[parts[1]] = parts[2]
end
until line == nil
loaded = true
file.close()
end

Marikc0, on 24 November 2013 - 12:02 PM said:

Does this still work or are there any alternatives APIs available?

Freack100, on 24 November 2013 - 05:12 PM said:

Marikc0, on 24 November 2013 - 12:02 PM said:

Does this still work or are there any alternatives APIs available?

BIT made one, but I don't have the link to it…