Registering Papers

From this section, you can learn how to create papers and use them.

Types

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PaperContext

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique id of the paper
label	string	Label of the paper
price	number?	Price of the paper
icon	string?	Fontawesome icon to use in menus.
canPublish	function(source: number): boolean	Function that determines is player allowed to publish article from this paper.
canDelete	function(source: number): boolean	Function that determines is player allowed to delete article from this paper.
onPurchased	function(source: number)?	Function that executes when someone purchased a newspaper from this paper.

How to Register Paper?

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You can register paper using API.RegisterPaper. You can find default WeazelNews paper in

no-newspaper/newspapers/sh_weazelnews.lua You can copy this file and edit variables to create a new paper or you can register paper from another resource using API. API examples can be found in no-newspaper/api/server/examples.lua

Examples

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local API = exports["no-newspaper"]
local WeazelNews = API:RegisterPaper({
    id = "weazelnews",
    label = "Weazel News",
    canPublish = function(source)
        local player = ESX.GetPlayerFromId(source)
        return player and player.job.name == "weazelnews"
    end,
    canDelete = function(source)
        local player = ESX.GetPlayerFromId(source)
        return player and player.job.name == "weazelnews"
    end
})

local function PrintArticles(articles)
    for _, article in pairs(articles) do
        print(article.id)
        print(article.header)
        print(article.author)
        print(article.content)
        print(article.image)
        print(article.date)
    end
end

local function PrintAllArticles()
    local articles = WeazelNews:GetAllArticles()

    PrintArticles(articles)
end

local function PrintArticlesByDate(date)
    local articles = WeazelNews:GetArticles(date)

    PrintArticles(articles)
end

RegisterNetEvent("jail:player", function(source, months)
    local player = ESX.GetPlayerFromId(source)

    if not player then return end

    local fullname = player.get("firstname") .. " " .. player.get("lastname")

    WeazelNews:Publish({
        header = "Jail Sentence",
        author = "Bolingbroke Penitentiary",
        content = fullname .. " sentenced for " .. months .. " months in jail!"
    })
end)