Exec Service

Every multiplayer project needs to run the game code on the backend side. Game Master Service perfectly does that task. But sometimes you don’t need that kind of complicity and just to want a simple script that players can connect to and do things here and there. In Javascript!

The service uses Git to host your code on, so you can setup a repository, put your javascript there, configure it on the service, and you’re all set.

See also

Source Code

Javascript support

EcmaScript 8 is supported.

Hello, world

function hello_world(args) {
    return "Hello, world!";
}

hello_world.allow_call = true;

As simple at it looks like. Then you can call it:

POST /call/test/1.0/hello_world
> Hello, world!

Note

Only the functions that defined allow_call = true can be called by the client, thus declaring some functios “API ready”, others private.

Sessions

Calling simple function is not always enough. Often the state between the calls has to be saved, wrapping the whole call sequence in a “session”. That’s what the Sessions are for.

function SessionHelloWorld(args)
{
    // this function is called upon session initialization
    this.name = "unknown";
}

SessionHelloWorld.allow_session = true;

SessionHelloWorld.prototype.my_name_is = function(args)
{
    this.name = args["name"];
    return "Gotcha!"
};

SessionHelloWorld.prototype.hello = function(args)
{
    return "Hello, " + this.name + "!";
};

Sessions are run by WebSockets, with JSON-RPC as transport protocol.

WebSocket /session/test/1.0/SessionHelloWorld

call("hello")
> Hello, unknown!
call("my_name_is", {"name": "world"})
> Gotcha!
call("hello")
> Hello, world!

Note

Only constructor functions (SessionHelloWorld from example above) that define allow_session = true will be allowed to open session on. Also, methods that start with underscore are not allowed to call:

SessionHelloWorld.prototype._internal_method = function(args)
{
    return "I am so internal";
};