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Web Server 📮 ​

Ratchet also runs a tiny internal web server to listen for HTTP requests.

Therefore, you can use it as a REST API to communicate with Ratchet.

Be it for controlling plugins or calling events.

By default, web server is accessible on: http://localhost:5460

Port can be changed in the configuration file.

DANGER

Make sure the web server's port is NOT publicly accessible from the internet, as that would allow malicious actors to disable your plugins remotely.

Plugin Management ​

/plugins GET API endpoint ​

Returns a JSON formatted list of all available plugins.

http://localhost:5460/plugins

/reloadall GET API endpoint ​

Unload all running plugins and load those listed in plugins.txt file.

http://localhost:5460/reloadall

/reload GET API endpoint ​

Load (enable) or reload a plugin (if it's already running).

http://localhost:5460/reload?plugin=myfirstplugin

/unload GET API endpoint ​

Unload (disable) a plugin.

http://localhost:5460/unload?plugin=myfirstplugin

/watch GET API endpoint ​

Activate hot reload for a plugin.

http://localhost:5460/watch?plugin=myfirstplugin

/refresh-schedule GET API endpoint ​

Refresh scheduler to apply new planned events.

http://localhost:5460/refresh-schedule

/refresh-plugins GET API endpoint ​

Refresh the list of plugins (after adding or removing a plugin).

http://localhost:5460/refresh-plugins

Logs ​

/logs GET API endpoint ​

Read the current Ratchet console log. Last 20 lines will be displayed by default. This can be changed with n parameter.

http://localhost:5460/logs?n=20

Debugging ​

/debug GET API endpoint ​

Change the setting of debugFocus during runtime.

http://localhost:5460/debug/:focus

Focus value can be empty to disable logging of hooks completely, or * to enable it for all (this is resource intensive and should be used sparsely).

Events ​

/event POST API endpoint ​

http://localhost:5460/event

Example:

bat
curl -d "event=onTestEvent" -X POST http://localhost:5460/event

Custom API ​

You can create a file called restapi.lua in your root plugins folder to make use of built-in web server and create your own REST API that can communicate with your Ratchet plugins.

Functions will be called by their name and any output will be passed back to the caller as a JSON response. Restarts are not needed, the file is executed anew with every request.

WARNING

Do not declare any global variables in this file, as it may have unforeseen effects.

Example:

lua
local Router = {}

function Router.Announcement(data)
    local message = data.msg
    if(message)then
        TotChat.Broadcast(message)
        return { status = "OK" }
    end
    return { status = "FAIL", reason = "No message provided" }
end

return Router

/call POST API endpoint ​

http://localhost:5460/call/:function

Any parameters can be attached with this request and they will be present as a Lua table input in the callback function.

Example:

bat
curl -d "msg=Hello world" -X POST http://localhost:5460/call/Announcement