LuaSdk README

1. Overview:

The PlayFab LuaSdk includes the files needed to make PlayFab HTTPS API calls within a Lua Project.

Current supported platforms:

• LuaDist console for Windows - Useful for evaluating/debugging
• Defold - See our Defold Readme
• Corona - See our Corona Readme
• If your favorite Lua-engine/environment is not listed, let us know on the Forums.

2. Prerequisites:

• Users should be very familiar with the topics covered in our getting started guide.

To connect to the PlayFab service, your machine must be running TLS v1.2 or better.

• For Windows, this means Windows 7 and above
• Official Microsoft Documentation
• Support for SSL/TLS protocols on Windows

3. Contents:

• PlayFabClientSDK - All files neccessary to make API calls to the PlayFab Client API
• This is the SDK you should include in your game, and distribute to your players
• PlayFabServerSdk - All files neccessary to make API calls to the PlayFab Server and Matchmaker API
• This is the sdk you should optionally include in your live-server (if you have one)
• For the security of your title, do not distribute any build which contains your devSecretKey
• PlayFabSdk - Contains all API methods
• Generally for evaluation or debugging, and some special case live-servers
• For the security of your title, do not distribute any build which contains your devSecretKey

4. LuaDist Example Instructions:

• Download PlayFab LuaSdk, copy PlayFabClientSDK/PlayFab into your project folder
• Specifically, your PlayFabClientApi.lua file should be located: {YourLuaProjectFolder}/PlayFab/PlayFabClientApi.lua
• Add the following code in your main project (such as: {YourLuaProjectFolder}/main.lua)

local json = require("PlayFab.json")
local PlayFabClientApi = require("PlayFab.PlayFabClientApi")
-- Always set your titleId first, before making any API calls
PlayFabClientApi.settings.titleId = nil -- TODO: Set this to your string titleId you created on PlayFab Game Manager website

-- After the above setup is complete, you can make a Login API call
local loginRequest = {
    -- https://api.playfab.com/Documentation/Client/method/LoginWithCustomID
    CustomId = "TestCustomId",
    CreateAccount = true
}
PlayFabClientApi.LoginWithCustomID(loginRequest, function(result) print("Login Successful: " .. result.PlayFabId) end, function(error) print("Login Failed: " .. error.errorMessage) end)

-- After login, the full client API will fuction properly
-- PlayFabClientApi.GetTitleData( etc etc etc )

Alternately, from the console, you can run the playfab API tests by runing the following console command from windows (Lua.exe must be in your path environment variable):

lua PlayFabTesting/TestPlayFabConsole.lua

5. Defold Example Instructions:

• Download and install defold
• Set a project-dependency to our Defold Client Example
• Details here: https://github.com/PlayFab/LuaSdk/tree/master/Defold
• The following example script sets up PlayFab to a GUI element:

local PlayFabClientApi = require("PlayFab.PlayFabClientApi")
local IPlayFabHttps = require("PlayFab.IPlayFabHttps")
local PlayFabHttps_Defold = require("PlayFab.PlayFabHttps_Defold")

IPlayFabHttps.SetHttp(PlayFabHttps_Defold) -- The auto import magic doens't work if you set the name, so you have to set the reference
PlayFabClientApi.settings.titleId = "6195"

function init(self)
    local loginRequest = {
        -- https://api.playfab.com/Documentation/Client/method/LoginWithCustomID
        CustomId = "TestCustomId",
        CreateAccount = true
    }
    PlayFabClientApi.LoginWithCustomID(loginRequest, function(result) print("Login Successful: " .. result.PlayFabId) end, function(error) print("Login Failed: " .. error.errorMessage) end)
end

-- After login, the full client API will fuction properly
-- PlayFabClientApi.GetTitleData( etc etc etc )
-- Try linking more api calls to buttons!

• Link the file to a gui script and run!

6. Troubleshooting:

For a complete list of available APIs, check out the online documentation.

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7. Copyright and Licensing Information:

Apache License -- Version 2.0, August 2016 http://www.apache.org/licenses/ Full details available within the LICENSE file.