Add HTTP API to main menu (#9998)

builtin/fstk/dialog.lua

@@ -67,3 +67,22 @@ function dialog_create(name,get_formspec,buttonhandler,eventhandler)
 	ui.add(self)
 	return self
 end
+
+function messagebox(name, message)
+	return dialog_create(name,
+			function()
+				return ([[
+					formspec_version[3]
+					size[8,3]
+					textarea[0.375,0.375;7.25,1.2;;;%s]
+					button[3,1.825;2,0.8;ok;%s]
+				]]):format(message, fgettext("OK"))
+			end,
+			function(this, fields)
+				if fields.ok then
+					this:delete()
+					return true
+				end
+			end,
+			nil)
+end

builtin/fstk/ui.lua

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function ui.update()
 			"box[0.5,1.2;13,5;#000]",
 			("textarea[0.5,1.2;13,5;;%s;%s]"):format(
 				error_title, error_message),
-			"button[5,6.6;4,1;btn_error_confirm;" .. fgettext("Ok") .. "]"
+			"button[5,6.6;4,1;btn_error_confirm;" .. fgettext("OK") .. "]"
 		}
 	else
 		local active_toplevel_ui_elements = 0

builtin/init.lua

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ dofile(commonpath .. "misc_helpers.lua")
 
 if INIT == "game" then
 	dofile(gamepath .. "init.lua")
+	assert(not core.get_http_api)
 elseif INIT == "mainmenu" then
 	local mm_script = core.settings:get("main_menu_script")
 	if mm_script and mm_script ~= "" then

builtin/mainmenu/dlg_contentstore.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 --Minetest
---Copyright (C) 2018 rubenwardy
+--Copyright (C) 2018-20 rubenwardy
 --
 --This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 --it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
@@ -15,8 +15,18 @@
 --with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 --51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 
+if not minetest.get_http_api then
+	function create_store_dlg()
+		return messagebox("store",
+				fgettext("ContentDB is not available when Minetest was compiled without cURL"))
+	end
+	return
+end
+
 local store = { packages = {}, packages_full = {} }
 
+local http = minetest.get_http_api()
+
 -- Screenshot
 local screenshot_dir = core.get_cache_path() .. DIR_DELIM .. "cdb"
 assert(core.create_dir(screenshot_dir))
@@ -171,11 +181,6 @@ local function get_screenshot(package)
 end
 
 function store.load()
-	local tmpdir = os.tempfolder()
-	local target = tmpdir .. DIR_DELIM .. "packages.json"
-
-	assert(core.create_dir(tmpdir))
-
 	local version = core.get_version()
 	local base_url = core.settings:get("contentdb_url")
 	local url = base_url ..
@@ -189,12 +194,13 @@ function store.load()
 		end
 	end
 
-	core.download_file(url, target)
+	local timeout = tonumber(minetest.settings:get("curl_file_download_timeout"))
+	local response = http.fetch_sync({ url = url, timeout = timeout })
+	if not response.succeeded then
+		return
+	end
 
-	local file = io.open(target, "r")
+	store.packages_full = core.parse_json(response.data) or {}
-	if file then
-		store.packages_full = core.parse_json(file:read("*all")) or {}
-		file:close()
 
 	for _, package in pairs(store.packages_full) do
 		package.url = base_url .. "/packages/" ..
@@ -213,9 +219,6 @@ function store.load()
 	store.loaded = true
 end
 
-	core.delete_dir(tmpdir)
-end
-
 function store.update_paths()
 	local mod_hash = {}
 	pkgmgr.refresh_globals()

doc/fst_api.txt

@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ dialog_create(name, cbf_formspec, cbf_button_handler, cbf_events)
 ^ cbf_events: function to handle events
 	function(dialog, event)
 
+messagebox(name, message)
+^ creates a message dialog
+
 Class reference dialog:
 
 methods:

doc/menu_lua_api.txt

@@ -3,18 +3,23 @@ Minetest Lua Mainmenu API Reference 5.3.0
 
 Introduction
 -------------
+
 The main menu is defined as a formspec by Lua in builtin/mainmenu/
 Description of formspec language to show your menu is in lua_api.txt
 
+
 Callbacks
 ---------
+
 core.buttonhandler(fields): called when a button is pressed.
 ^ fields = {name1 = value1, name2 = value2, ...}
 core.event_handler(event)
 ^ event: "MenuQuit", "KeyEnter", "ExitButton" or "EditBoxEnter"
 
+
 Gamedata
 --------
+
 The "gamedata" table is read when calling core.start(). It should contain:
 {
     playername     = <name>,
@@ -25,12 +30,26 @@ The "gamedata" table is read when calling core.start(). It should contain:
     singleplayer   = <true/false>,
 }
 
+
 Functions
 ---------
+
 core.start()
 core.close()
+core.get_min_supp_proto()
+^ returns the minimum supported network protocol version
+core.get_max_supp_proto()
+^ returns the maximum supported network protocol version
+core.open_url(url)
+^ opens the URL in a web browser, returns false on failure.
+^ Must begin with http:// or https://
+core.get_version() (possible in async calls)
+^ returns current core version
+
+
+Filesystem
+----------
 
-Filesystem:
 core.get_builtin_path()
 ^ returns path to builtin root
 core.create_dir(absolute_path) (possible in async calls)
@@ -48,12 +67,6 @@ core.extract_zip(zipfile,destination) [unzip within path required]
 ^ zipfile to extract
 ^ destination folder to extract to
 ^ returns true/false
-core.download_file(url,target) (possible in async calls)
-^ url to download
-^ target to store to
-^ returns true/false
-core.get_version() (possible in async calls)
-^ returns current core version
 core.sound_play(spec, looped) -> handle
 ^ spec = SimpleSoundSpec (see lua-api.txt)
 ^ looped = bool
@@ -67,7 +80,82 @@ core.get_mapgen_names([include_hidden=false]) -> table of map generator algorith
     registered in the core (possible in async calls)
 core.get_cache_path() -> path of cache
 
-Formspec:
+
+HTTP Requests
+-------------
+
+* core.download_file(url, target) (possible in async calls)
+    * url to download, and target to store to
+    * returns true/false
+* `minetest.get_http_api()` (possible in async calls)
+    * returns `HTTPApiTable` containing http functions.
+    * The returned table contains the functions `fetch_sync`, `fetch_async` and
+      `fetch_async_get` described below.
+    * Function only exists if minetest server was built with cURL support.
+* `HTTPApiTable.fetch_sync(HTTPRequest req)`: returns HTTPRequestResult
+    * Performs given request synchronously
+* `HTTPApiTable.fetch_async(HTTPRequest req)`: returns handle
+    * Performs given request asynchronously and returns handle for
+      `HTTPApiTable.fetch_async_get`
+* `HTTPApiTable.fetch_async_get(handle)`: returns HTTPRequestResult
+    * Return response data for given asynchronous HTTP request
+
+### `HTTPRequest` definition
+
+Used by `HTTPApiTable.fetch` and `HTTPApiTable.fetch_async`.
+
+    {
+        url = "http://example.org",
+
+        timeout = 10,
+        -- Timeout for connection in seconds. Default is 3 seconds.
+
+        post_data = "Raw POST request data string" OR {field1 = "data1", field2 = "data2"},
+        -- Optional, if specified a POST request with post_data is performed.
+        -- Accepts both a string and a table. If a table is specified, encodes
+        -- table as x-www-form-urlencoded key-value pairs.
+        -- If post_data is not specified, a GET request is performed instead.
+
+        user_agent = "ExampleUserAgent",
+        -- Optional, if specified replaces the default minetest user agent with
+        -- given string
+
+        extra_headers = { "Accept-Language: en-us", "Accept-Charset: utf-8" },
+        -- Optional, if specified adds additional headers to the HTTP request.
+        -- You must make sure that the header strings follow HTTP specification
+        -- ("Key: Value").
+
+        multipart = boolean
+        -- Optional, if true performs a multipart HTTP request.
+        -- Default is false.
+    }
+
+### `HTTPRequestResult` definition
+
+Passed to `HTTPApiTable.fetch` callback. Returned by
+`HTTPApiTable.fetch_async_get`.
+
+    {
+        completed = true,
+        -- If true, the request has finished (either succeeded, failed or timed
+        -- out)
+
+        succeeded = true,
+        -- If true, the request was successful
+
+        timeout = false,
+        -- If true, the request timed out
+
+        code = 200,
+        -- HTTP status code
+
+        data = "response"
+    }
+
+
+Formspec
+--------
+
 core.update_formspec(formspec)
 core.get_table_index(tablename) -> index
 ^ can also handle textlists
@@ -82,7 +170,10 @@ core.explode_textlist_event(string) -> table
 core.set_formspec_prepend(formspec)
 ^ string to be added to every mainmenu formspec, to be used for theming.
 
-GUI:
+
+GUI
+---
+
 core.set_background(type, texturepath,[tile],[minsize])
 ^ type: "background", "overlay", "header" or "footer"
 ^ tile: tile the image instead of scaling (background only)
@@ -109,7 +200,9 @@ core.get_screen_info()
     window_height   = <current window height>
     }
 
-### Content and Packages
+
+Content and Packages
+--------------------
 
 Content - an installed mod, modpack, game, or texture pack (txt)
 Package - content which is downloadable from the content db, may or may not be installed.
@@ -151,7 +244,9 @@ Package - content which is downloadable from the content db, may or may not be i
         }
 
 
-Favorites:
+Favorites
+---------
+
 core.get_favorites(location) -> list of favorites (possible in async calls)
 ^ location: "local" or "online"
 ^ returns {
@@ -174,14 +269,20 @@ core.get_favorites(location) -> list of favorites (possible in async calls)
 }
 core.delete_favorite(id, location) -> success
 
-Logging:
+
+Logging
+-------
+
 core.debug(line) (possible in async calls)
 ^ Always printed to stderr and logfile (print() is redirected here)
 core.log(line) (possible in async calls)
 core.log(loglevel, line) (possible in async calls)
 ^ loglevel one of "error", "action", "info", "verbose"
 
-Settings:
+
+Settings
+--------
+
 core.settings:set(name, value)
 core.settings:get(name) -> string or nil (possible in async calls)
 core.settings:set_bool(name, value)
@@ -191,7 +292,10 @@ core.settings:save() -> nil, save all settings to config file
 For a complete list of methods of the Settings object see
 [lua_api.txt](https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/lua_api.txt)
 
-Worlds:
+
+Worlds
+------
+
 core.get_worlds() -> list of worlds (possible in async calls)
 ^ returns {
     [1] = {
@@ -203,7 +307,10 @@ core.get_worlds() -> list of worlds (possible in async calls)
 core.create_world(worldname, gameid)
 core.delete_world(index)
 
-Helpers:
+
+Helpers
+-------
+
 core.get_us_time()
 ^ returns time with microsecond precision
 core.gettext(string) -> string
@@ -228,18 +335,10 @@ minetest.encode_base64(string) (possible in async calls)
 minetest.decode_base64(string) (possible in async calls)
 ^ Decodes a string encoded in base64.
 
-Version compat:
-core.get_min_supp_proto()
-^ returns the minimum supported network protocol version
-core.get_max_supp_proto()
-^ returns the maximum supported network protocol version
 
-Other:
+Async
-core.open_url(url)
+-----
-^ opens the URL in a web browser, returns false on failure.
-^ Must begin with http:// or https://
 
-Async:
 core.handle_async(async_job,parameters,finished)
 ^ execute a function asynchronously
 ^ async_job is a function receiving one parameter and returning one parameter
@@ -253,8 +352,10 @@ Limitations of Async operations
     e.g. No access to functions modifying menu like core.start,core.close,
     core.show_path_select_dialog
 
+
 Background music
 ----------------
+
 The main menu supports background music.
 It looks for a `main_menu` sound in `$USER_PATH/sounds`. The same naming
 conventions as for normal sounds apply.

src/script/lua_api/l_http.cpp

@@ -83,6 +83,24 @@ void ModApiHttp::push_http_fetch_result(lua_State *L, HTTPFetchResult &res, bool
 	setstringfield(L, -1, "data", res.data);
 }
 
+// http_api.fetch_sync(HTTPRequest definition)
+int ModApiHttp::l_http_fetch_sync(lua_State *L)
+{
+	NO_MAP_LOCK_REQUIRED;
+
+	HTTPFetchRequest req;
+	read_http_fetch_request(L, req);
+
+	infostream << "Mod performs HTTP request with URL " << req.url << std::endl;
+
+	HTTPFetchResult res;
+	httpfetch_sync(req, res);
+
+	push_http_fetch_result(L, res, true);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 // http_api.fetch_async(HTTPRequest definition)
 int ModApiHttp::l_http_fetch_async(lua_State *L)
 {
@@ -180,11 +198,35 @@ int ModApiHttp::l_request_http_api(lua_State *L)
 
 	return 1;
 }
+
+int ModApiHttp::l_get_http_api(lua_State *L)
+{
+	NO_MAP_LOCK_REQUIRED;
+
+	lua_newtable(L);
+	HTTP_API(fetch_async);
+	HTTP_API(fetch_async_get);
+	HTTP_API(fetch_sync);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 #endif
 
 void ModApiHttp::Initialize(lua_State *L, int top)
 {
 #if USE_CURL
+
+	bool isMainmenu = false;
+#ifndef SERVER
+	isMainmenu = ModApiBase::getGuiEngine(L) != nullptr;
+#endif
+
+	if (isMainmenu) {
+		API_FCT(get_http_api);
+	} else {
 		API_FCT(request_http_api);
+	}
+
 #endif
 }

src/script/lua_api/l_http.h

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ private:
 	static void read_http_fetch_request(lua_State *L, HTTPFetchRequest &req);
 	static void push_http_fetch_result(lua_State *L, HTTPFetchResult &res, bool completed = true);
 
+	// http_fetch_sync({url=, timeout=, post_data=})
+	static int l_http_fetch_sync(lua_State *L);
+
 	// http_fetch_async({url=, timeout=, post_data=})
 	static int l_http_fetch_async(lua_State *L);
 
@@ -40,6 +43,9 @@ private:
 
 	// request_http_api()
 	static int l_request_http_api(lua_State *L);
+
+	// get_http_api()
+	static int l_get_http_api(lua_State *L);
 #endif
 
 public:

src/script/scripting_mainmenu.cpp

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #include "content/mods.h"
 #include "cpp_api/s_internal.h"
 #include "lua_api/l_base.h"
+#include "lua_api/l_http.h"
 #include "lua_api/l_mainmenu.h"
 #include "lua_api/l_sound.h"
 #include "lua_api/l_util.h"
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ void MainMenuScripting::initializeModApi(lua_State *L, int top)
 	ModApiMainMenu::Initialize(L, top);
 	ModApiUtil::Initialize(L, top);
 	ModApiSound::Initialize(L, top);
+	ModApiHttp::Initialize(L, top);
 
 	asyncEngine.registerStateInitializer(registerLuaClasses);
 	asyncEngine.registerStateInitializer(ModApiMainMenu::InitializeAsync);