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netrequire

computer utility LDDestroier github

Description

A collection of all my ComputerCraft programs and the APIs they use. This is mostly just to get them the fuck off of pastebin, and also to ensure that API owners don't change things to break my precious programs...!

Installation

Copy one of these commands into your ComputerCraft terminal:

wget:wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LDDestroier/CC/master/netrequire.lua netrequire
Archive:wget https://cc.shobie.xyz/cc/get/gh-LDDestroier-CC-netrequire netrequire
Quick Install: wget https://cc.shobie.xyz/cc/get/gh-LDDestroier-CC-netrequire netrequire

Usage

Run: netrequire

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Source

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local function netrequire(_name, alwaysDownload, ...)
	assert(type(_name) == "string", "API name must be a string")
	local DL_path = ".netrequire_storage"
	
	local name
	if _name:sub(-4, -1) == ".lua" then
		name = _name:sub(1, -5)
	else
		name = _name
	end
	
	if (not alwaysDownload) and fs.exists(fs.combine(DL_path .. "/require", name)) then
		return loadfile(fs.combine(DL_path .. "/require", name))(...)
		
	elseif (not alwaysDownload) and fs.exists(fs.combine(DL_path .. "/loadAPI", name)) then
		os.loadAPI(fs.combine(DL_path .. "/loadAPI", name))
		return _ENV[fs.getName(name)]
		
	else
		local url = "https://github.com/LDDestroier/CC/raw/master/netrequire/" .. name
		local net = http.get(url)
		local description, creator
		if net then
			url = net.readLine()
			local useLoadAPI = net.readLine():sub(1, 4) == "true"
			creator = net.readLine()
			description = net.readAll()
			net.close()
			net = http.get(url)
			if net then
				local contents = net.readAll()
				net.close()
				if useLoadAPI then
					local file = fs.open(fs.combine(DL_path .. "/loadAPI", name), "w")
					file.write(contents)
					file.close()
					os.loadAPI(fs.combine(DL_path .. "/loadAPI", name))
					return _ENV[fs.getName(name)]
				else
					local file = fs.open(fs.combine(DL_path .. "/require", name), "w")
					file.write(contents)
					file.close()
					return loadstring(contents)(...)
				end
			else
				error("Couldn't connect to '" .. url .. "'")
			end
		else
			error("Cannot find any such API '" .. name .. "'")
		end
	end
end

return netrequire