# Registering Papers

## 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](https://fontawesome.com/icons) 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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```lua
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)

```


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