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Modem

A part that allows you to send messages cross-region and make HTTP requests to the web.

It is a craftable and spawnable non-flammable solid.

It cannot be resized.

At its default size (4x5x2) it has a durability of 1.

By default, its colour is #444444.

It requires 5 Antenna, 150 Quartz, and 25 Wire to be crafted.

Methods

GetAsync(url, nocache, headers) → response

Identical to HttpService:GetAsync.

The parameters for GetAsync are as follows:

  • The url parameter is a string.
  • The nocache parameter is a boolean. It can also be nil.
  • The headers parameter is a dictionary with keys that are strings and values that are anys. It can also be nil.

The response return is a string.

GetRequest(domain) → response

The domain parameter is a string.

The response return is a string.

PostAsync(url, data, contentType, compress, headers) → response

Identical to HttpService:PostAsync.

The parameters for PostAsync are as follows:

  • The url parameter is a string.
  • The data parameter is a string.
  • The contentType parameter is an Enum.HttpContentType. It can also be nil.
  • The compress parameter is a boolean. It can also be nil.
  • The headers parameter is a dictionary with keys that are strings and values that are anys. It can also be nil.

The response return is a string.

PostRequest(domain, data)

The parameters for PostRequest are as follows:

  • The domain parameter is a string.
  • The data parameter is a string.

RealPostRequest(domain, data, asyncBool, transformFunction, optionalHeaders) → response

The parameters for RealPostRequest are as follows:

  • The domain parameter is a string.
  • The data parameter is a string.
  • The asyncBool parameter is a boolean.
  • The transformFunction parameter is a function of type (...any) -> ().
  • The optionalHeaders parameter is a dictionary with keys that are strings and values that are anys. It can also be nil.

The response return is a dictionary:

  • response is a string.
  • success is a boolean.

RequestAsync(options) → response

Identical to HttpService:RequestAsync.

The options parameter is a ModemRequest.

The response return is a ModemRequestResponse.

SendLocalMessage(...)

The variadic parameter is unknown. It can be anything.

SendMessage(data, id)

The parameters for SendMessage are as follows:

  • The data parameter is a string.
  • The id parameter is a string. It can also be nil.

UrlEncode(input) → encodedUrl

The UrlEncode function percent-encodes a given string so that reserved characters properly encoded with '%' and two hexadecimal characters. Identical to HttpService:UrlEncode.

The input parameter is a string.

The encodedUrl return is a string.

Configurables

NetworkID

The ID of the network this modem should connect to. It is a string.

Events

Loop(deltaTime)

Fires when the object is updated by the game loop.

The deltaTime parameter is the 'time' since the last tick, it does not represent the actual time since the last tick was occurred, rather just how often a game tick should be fired (it will always be precisely 1). It is a number.

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