Lua, Sync Webrequest?

Hi guys,

I'm pretty new to rust modding, and I'm not planning on cooking anything hardcore either, just trying to get a quick basic feature done.

I got a neat hook: CanClientLogin, in which I run a webrequest.
The only problem is, the webrequest is async, and regardless of what I do in that scope, any player will be auto allowed in. (Since the main scope ends and therefore allows the connection.)

Any idea on how to solve this issue?

Code:

function PLUGIN:CanClientLogin(connection)
    local steamId = rust.UserIDFromConnection(connection)
    if debug then print(connection.username .. " (" .. steamId .. ") connected") end
  
    local flag = false
// get to my web based whitelist solution
    webrequests.EnqueueGet(("fancy nice url" .. steamId), function(code, response)
//unnecessary debug stuff
        print(code)
        if code == 200 then
            flag = true
        end
      
        if flag then
            return
        else
            return self.Config.Messages.Rejected
        end
    end, self.Plugin)
end

Any help would be much appreciated!
Cheers!

 

Hmm, alright let me see if I can solve this.

Another question if I may?
xml parsing by any chance?

If I can get my hands on that, off we go and I can release an experimental compatible steamgroup whitelist plugin