Added in 1.6.0 r22470

This function returns an account type.

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• Method:account:getType(...)

Syntax

​string getAccountType ( ​account theAccount )

Required arguments

• theAccount: An account you want to get info from.

Returns

Returns string containing the type (player, guest or console) of the account if the account is valid, unknown or error otherwise.

• string: account type

Code Examples

Example 1 Example 2 (OOP)

server

This example adds command accountInfo that outputs provided account info.

addCommandHandler("accountInfo", function(player, cmd, accountName)
    if (not accountName) then
        outputChatBox("You have to provide an account's name to get info from!", player)
        return
    end

    local acc = getAccount(accountName)
    if (not acc) then
        outputChatBox("That account doesn't exist!", player)
        return
    end

    local accName = getAccountName(acc)
    local accType = getAccountType(acc)
    outputChatBox('Account name: '..accName..', type: '..accType, player)
end)

server

OOP Required

This example adds command accountInfo that outputs provided account info.

addCommandHandler("accountInfo", function(player, cmd, accountName)
    if (not accountName) then
        player:outputChat("You have to provide an account's name to get info from!")
        return
    end

    local acc = Account(accountName)
    if (not acc) then
        player:outputChat("That account doesn't exist!")
        return
    end

    local accName = acc.name
    local accType = acc:getType()
    player:outputChat('Account name: '..accName..', type: '..accType)
end)

See Also

Account Functions

• addAccount
• copyAccountData
• getAccount
• getAccountByID
• getAccountData
• getAccountID
• getAccountIP
• getAccountName
• getAccountPlayer
• getAccounts
• getAccountsByData
• getAccountsByIP
• getAccountsBySerial
• getAccountSerial
• getAccountTypeNew
• getAllAccountData
• getPlayerAccount
• isGuestAccount
• logIn
• logOut
• removeAccount
• setAccountData
• setAccountName
• setAccountPassword
• setAccountSerialNew

Account Events

• onAccountCreate
• onAccountDataChange
• onAccountRemove

Account Elements

• account

Reference

• Scripting Functions