Powder Toy Lua API

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The Powder Toy Lua API is a set of objects and functions that allow control over most aspects of the game, including graphics, element interactions, and interfaces.

If you are new to the Lua programming language, you should familiarize yourself with how to code in Lua. A great beginner's tutorial is available here

boxmein made a massive reference to most parts of the API, including some that are not added to this wiki yet. Regardless, this reference is extremely outdated and hasn't been updated in years. You can find it here.

The API is split into several categories

Interface
Includes UI components such as buttons, labels and checkboxes, access to the very primitive window manager and input events
Renderer
Methods and constants for interacting with the display mode
Elements
Methods and constants for modifying and creating elements
Simulation
Methods for modifying the state of the simulation
Graphics
Methods for drawing simple shapes and text on screen.
File System
Functions for creating, deleting, modifying and enumerating files and folders.
Platform
Functions for doing OS-level things like opening URLs or interacting with the clipboard.
Event
Listen for events, such as mouseclicks or key presses.
Socket
Built-in LuaSocket library available as the socket global.
HTTP
Provides access to basic HTTP functionality in the form of request objects.
Bit
Doesn't actually provide any interaction with the game, but provides some functions for performing bitwise operations on integer numbers.
Legacy
Old Lua API with the tpt.* prefix