Accounts Service

The Accounts Service for Candella extends the functionality of the Multiuser framework and adds support for managing users in a way that lets other services handle this functionality. This service defines a single class, CAAccountsService, to manage users efficiently.

Backwards Compatibility with AliceOS

To maintain backwards compatibility with AliceOS, the username of the currently logged-in user is set in AliceOS's persistent.playername. This field is commonly used by services and apps for the current player, and it also defines the player's name in games like Doki Doki Literature Club!.

Viewing information about the userspace

Currently, there are two static methods available to get information about the userspace:

CAAccountsService.get_logged_in_user() returns a CAUser object that contains the information about the currently logged-in user.
CAAccountsService.get_all_users() returns a list of CAUser objects that contain information about all users known to Candella in the userspace.

Managing users

While accessing user information is static and does not require instancing, CAAccountsService should be instanced in the service or app that requests these features to manage data more efficiently. Including an instance in your service or app ensures that no other services are using that app's copy, and it helps reduce variables in Ren'Py's store.

Declare user permissions

For an app or service to manage users, the manage_users permission must be enabled for that service or app. This can be defined in the permissions field in an app's manifest and the requisites field in a service's manifest, respectively.

To instantiate an instance of the account manager, you'll need to pass in the service or app instance with the manage_users permission:

class SampleCoreService(CACoreService):
    def __init__(self):
        CACoreService.__init__(self)
        self._accounts = CAAccountsService(self)

`add_user(self, username, pretty_name=None)`

Creates the user file for a given user and adds it to the user list.

Arguments

username (str): The username for the new user.
pretty_name (str): The display name for the new user.

`change_current_user(self, username)`

Change the currently logged-in user.

Arguments

username (str): The username of the user to switch to.

`remove_user(self, username)`

Removes the specified user.

Arguments

username (str): The username of the user to remove.