[Mod] External Commands [2] [external_cmd]

[Menche]

External Commands
This mod allows sending chat commands and messages from outside minetest. I made it so scripts could interact with the server.
A bug: you need to manually create a player named "SERVER" with all privs for some commands to work.

How to use
Write something to a file called "message" in the world folder. When that file is written, external_cmd reads the first line. The syntax is exactly the same as if you were typing it into the in-game chat box.
This is the bash command I use:

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

Code: Select all

echo [message] > ~/.minetest/worlds/[world]/message

License:
LGPL
Some code is from builtin/chatcommands.lua

Dependencies
none

Download
Git: repo
Version 1: download zip
Version 2: download zip
now reads from world folder rather than mod folder
Version 3: download zip
now runs commands as the server admin

[jordan4ibanez]

Neato

[kaeza]

Great idea.
Take a look at this. You may find it interesting.

[Doc]

Awesome! I should dig into my Java and make a gui for this cool mod. I could possibly make networking for it! (things like remote control)

[Menche]

Update: now reads from a file in the world folder rather than the mod folder, so it can be used if you're running multiple servers.
A bug I found: it requires you to manually create a player named "SERVER" with all privs. I can't figure out how to create that player from the mod, and there doesn't seem to be a way around it if I use the builtin chatcommands. Maybe I need to make a custom version of chatcommands.lua.

[Menche]

Updates: Some commands used to fail because of insufficient privs. Now the mod runs commands as the server admin, if set. You should have the server admin set (name = [something]) for all commands to work with this mod.

[sfan5]

IIRC there was already a mod that did this, anyways nice Mod!

[AlexeyPetrov]

Hi all, I realize it is an old thread, but just in case.

I installed the mod and it works, but not all the commands I've tried.

For example '/give' works, but '/teleport' does not. Any ideas why?

[rubenwardy]

Are you teleporting another player with /teleport?

[AlexeyPetrov]

I could not make '/teleport' to work either way (or '/home' for that matter)

[Menche]

I could not make '/teleport' to work either way (or '/home' for that matter)

Did you either set a server admin (the 'name' option in the conf file) or create a special user 'SERVER' with all privs? The mod requires one of those, so it can tell minetest who the commands are being sent by.

If you create the special user, use '/setpassword SERVER <keyboard mashing>' and '/grant SERVER all'. This user is not meant to be logged into.

Unless you set yourself as the admin and are logged in while sending the command, '/teleport' on yourself and '/home' will not work because the sender of the command isn't online.

[Milan*]

fyi SERVER is not needed since it just use the admin account... i wonder how i can add feedback to the issuer?
For example: when i add this somehow into a webpage, i would love to have access to the output of /status for example.