mailbox

A mod that adds mailboxes, based on the "old" xdecor mailboxes.

Original description

Thanks to @SmallJoker AKA Krock for helping me with the minetest.swap_node part of the mod!

Global storage

There is a "global storage" option in mailboxes that shares items between multiple mailboxes. The inventories for these mailboxes are stored in mod storage and temporarily loaded into a player inventory list for online players.

Global storage API

• mailbox.room_for_item(player_or_name, item): Checks if player_or_name's global mailbox inventory can fit item. This may return false for offline players without a global mailbox inventory.
• mailbox.send_to_player(player_or_name, item): Sends item to player_or_name's global mailbox inventory. Returns an ItemStack containing whatever couldn't fit into the mailbox.
• mailbox.get_mailbox_inv_list(name): Similar to player:get_inventory():get_list("mailbox"), however also works with offline players.
• mailbox.set_mailbox_inv_list(name, list): Similar to player:get_inventory():set_list("mailbox", new_list), however also works with offline players and saves the inventory list correctly.

Note that setting a player's mailbox list directly (with inventory:set_list()) will not update the mod storage copy, and if the server crashes or is shut down before the player logs out, the changes will not be stored.

Other mods can use mailbox.get_mailbox_inv_list(name) and mailbox.set_mailbox_inv_list(name, list) to manipulate these inventories. These functions are similar to InvRef:get_list(), however do not take a list parameter, and set_mailbox_inv_list() accepts ItemStrings as well.