PlayCanvas Tools

This package wraps the PlayCanvas REST API providing scripting support tools for interacting with the playcanvas server.

The GitHub URL for this project is https://github.com/nfactorial/playcanvas-tools

Installation

Install the package using npm with:

npm install --save @nfactorial/playcanvas-tools

Configuration

By default, PlayCanvas-Tools communicates with the PlayCanvas server located at https://playcanvas.com however you may change this address via the HOST_ADDRESS property of the PlayCanvas-Tools library if needed:

const PlayCanvasTools = require('@nfactorial/playcanvas-tools');

PlayCanvasTools.HOST_ADDRESS = 'alternate-server.com';

PlayCanvas tools communicates via the SSL port 443, if your server expects communication via a different port you may configure this with the HOST_PORT property:

const PlayCanvasTools = require('@nfactorial/playcanvas-tools');

PlayCanvasTools.HOST_PORT = 80;

Usage

Most usage of the PlayCanvas REST API requires an organisation account, within your organisation create an access token. This is required in order to access the REST API.

Examples

Downloading a Project Package

PlayCanvas Tools provides support for downloading a project package from the playcanvas service using the asynchronous download method.

// Download a Project from PlayCanvas as my_package.zip.
// You will need to know the projectID for your project, and the accessToken.
// The scenes you wish to download should be specified in the [scenes] array.
const PlayCanvasTools = require('@nfactorial/playcanvas-tools');

await PlayCanvasTools.download('my_package.zip', projectId, 'my_project_name', accessToken, [scenes]);