GlobalServices - Vircadia API Docs

Description

Supported Script Types: Interface Scripts • Client Entity Scripts • Avatar Scripts

The GlobalServices API provides functions that give information on user connectivity, visibility, and asset download progress.

Deprecated: This API is the same as the AccountServices API and will be removed.

Properties

Name	Type	Summary
username	string	The user name of the user logged in. If there is no user logged in, it is `"Unknown user"`. Read-only.
loggedIn	boolean	`true` if the user is logged in, otherwise `false`. Read-only.
findableBy	string	The user's visibility to other users: `"none"` — user appears offline. `"friends"` — user is visible only to friends. `"connections"` — user is visible to friends and connections. `"all"` — user is visible to everyone.
metaverseServerURL	string	The metaverse server that the user is authenticated against when logged in — typically `"https://metaverse.highfidelity.com"`. Read-only.

Methods

Name	Return Value	Summary
`checkAndSignalForAccessToken`	boolean	The function returns the login status of the user and prompts the user to log in (with a login dialog) if they're not already logged in.
`getDownloadInfo`	AccountServices.DownloadInfoResult	Gets information on the download progress of assets in the domain.
`isLoggedIn`	boolean	Checks whether the user is logged in.
`logOut`	None	Logs the user out.
`updateDownloadInfo`	None	Triggers a downloadInfoChanged signal with information on the current download progress of the assets in the domain.

Signals

Name	Summary
`connected`	Not currently used.
`disconnected`	Triggered when the user logs out.
`downloadInfoChanged`	Triggered when the download progress of the assets in the domain changes.
`findableByChanged`	Triggered when the user's visibility to others changes.
`loggedInChanged`	Triggered when the login status of the user changes.
`myUsernameChanged`	Triggered when the username logged in with changes, i.e., when the user logs in or out.

Method Details

(static) checkAndSignalForAccessToken( ) → {boolean} Returns: `true` if the user is logged in, `false` if not.
The function returns the login status of the user and prompts the user to log in (with a login dialog) if they're not already logged in.

(static) getDownloadInfo( ) → {AccountServices.DownloadInfoResult} Returns: Information on the download progress of assets.
Gets information on the download progress of assets in the domain.

(static) isLoggedIn( ) → {boolean} Returns: `true` if the user is logged in, `false` if not.
Checks whether the user is logged in. Example Report whether you are logged in. `var isLoggedIn = AccountServices.isLoggedIn(); print("You are logged in: " + isLoggedIn); // true or false`

(static) isLoggedIn( ) → {boolean}
Returns: true if the user is logged in, false if not.

Checks whether the user is logged in.

Example

Report whether you are logged in.

var isLoggedIn = AccountServices.isLoggedIn();
print("You are logged in: " + isLoggedIn);  // true or false

(static) logOut( )
Logs the user out.

(static) updateDownloadInfo( )
Triggers a downloadInfoChanged signal with information on the current download progress of the assets in the domain.

Signal Details

connected( ) Returns: Signal
Not currently used.

disconnected( reason )
Returns: Signal

Triggered when the user logs out.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`reason`	string	Has the value, `"logout"`.

downloadInfoChanged( downloadInfo )
Returns: Signal

Triggered when the download progress of the assets in the domain changes.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`downloadInfo`	AccountServices.DownloadInfoResult	Information on the download progress of assets.

findableByChanged( findableBy )
Returns: Signal

Triggered when the user's visibility to others changes.

Parameters

Name Type Description

findableBy

string

The user's visibility to other people:

"none" — user appears offline.
"friends" — user is visible only to friends.
"connections" — user is visible to friends and connections.
"all" — user is visible to everyone.

Example

Report when your visiblity changes.

AccountServices.findableByChanged.connect(function (findableBy) {
    print("Findable by changed: " + findableBy);
});

var originalFindableBy = AccountServices.findableBy;
Script.setTimeout(function () {
    // Change visiblity.
    AccountServices.findableBy = originalFindableBy === "none" ? "all" : "none";
}, 2000);
Script.setTimeout(function () {
    // Restore original visibility.
    AccountServices.findableBy = originalFindableBy;
}, 4000);

loggedInChanged( loggedIn )
Returns: Signal

Triggered when the login status of the user changes.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`loggedIn`	boolean	`true` if the user is logged in, `false` if not.

Example

Report when your login status changes.

AccountServices.loggedInChanged.connect(function(loggedIn) {
    print("Logged in: " + loggedIn);
});

myUsernameChanged( username )
Returns: Signal

Triggered when the username logged in with changes, i.e., when the user logs in or out.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`username`	string	The user name of the user logged in. If there is no user logged in, it is `""`.

Example

Report when your username changes.

AccountServices.myUsernameChanged.connect(function (username) {
    print("Username changed: " + username);
});