move

Starts or stops bot movement and rotations.

// See "LSL Helper Functions" page for this function
smartbotsAPI("move", [
  "instruction", "FORWARD",
  "param1", "START"
]);

Variables

The following table shows input values (you send them with the API call) and returned output values.

Input basic parameters

Variable

Required

Description

action

yes

= move

apikey

yes

Your personal developer's API key

botname

yes

Your bot's SL login

secret

yes

Bot access code of your bot

dataType

optional

Set to "json" to get JSON reply instead of URL-encoded string

custom

optional

The custom data (string) to be passed back to caller script. This value will be returned back to the caller in HTTP response

Input

Variable

Required

Description

instruction

yes

The movement instruction. One of the following:
FORWARD — start/stop forward movement
BACKWARD — start/stop backward movement
LEFT — start/stop turning left
RIGHT — start/stop turning right
FLY — start/stop flying
STOP — stops all movements

param1

yes

Value which controls the instructioncompletion:

START — starts instruction
STOP — stops instruction

(This value is ignored for theSTOP instruction.)

Output

(To be received in *http_response* LSL event, see docs for details)

Variable

Description

result

OK - command completed successfully
FAIL - command failed

resulttext

Detailed reason for the failure

custom

The value from input "custom" parameter. See above

Examples

Bot starts moving forward:

action=move&instruction=FORWARD&param1=START

Bot stops moving forward:

action=move&instruction=FORWARD&param1=STOP

Bot stops all movements and turns:

action=move&instruction=STOP