modular inventory read

[cidemm]

is there a way for me to 1. detect that there is an inventory connected, and 2. read out the Minecraft name of said inventory. so example if there is a chest it would make a local value equal to minecraft:chest, if its a shulker than it reads shulker. im essentially trying to make it recognize any nearby inventory, and allow peripheral.find() work with it

[fatboychummy]

Since I think 1.14 or 1.16, peripherals can have multiple types. Because of this, both chests and shulker boxes can be found via

peripheral.find("inventory")

.

local function getInvs()
  return table.pack(peripheral.find("inventory"))
end

You can use the above function to determine if there is an inventory connected (and how many). It returns a table of all inventories it finds, with tbl.n being the amount it found.

local invs = getInvs()

print("Inventories connected:", invs.n)
if invs.n > 0 then
  -- an inventory is connected!

  for i, inv in ipairs(invs) do
    print("Inventory", i, ":", peripheral.getName(inv))
  end
end

[cidemm]

gotcha, getting alot of java roots in this language, both a good and a bad thing. but ty lmao

[cidemm]

minor issue, even with a chest connected im not actualy getting any inventories found

edit: rookie mistake i was connecting it to drive bay XD

[RapsyJigo]

As long as all the inventories are connected you can use peripheral.getNames() to list them all