# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 ash_lua contributors <https://github.com/ash-project/ash_lua/graphs/contributors>
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
defmodule AshLua do
@moduledoc """
AshLua exposes Ash actions to Lua scripts evaluated through the [`lua`](https://hex.pm/packages/lua)
Elixir package, ensuring a consistent actor / tenant / context are propagated into every Ash call.
The Lua surface is derived from `Ash.Info.Manifest.generate/1` — every public action becomes a
callable at `<domain>.<resource>.<action>` (names overridable via the `AshLua.Domain` and
`AshLua.Resource` DSL extensions).
## Example
defmodule MyApp.Accounts do
use Ash.Domain, otp_app: :my_app, extensions: [AshLua.Domain]
resources do
resource MyApp.Accounts.User
end
end
defmodule MyApp.Accounts.User do
use Ash.Resource,
domain: MyApp.Accounts,
extensions: [AshLua.Resource]
# ... attributes / actions ...
end
AshLua.eval!(\"""
local user, err = accounts.user.create({ name = "Zach" })
assert(err == nil)
return user.id
\""", otp_app: :my_app, actor: current_user)
Action callables always return `(result, nil)` on success and `(nil, err_table)` on failure.
Wrap a call in Lua's built-in `assert()` for raise semantics:
local user = assert(accounts.user.create({ name = "Zach" }))
## Actor / tenant / context
All three are host-supplied via the eval opts and are never reflected to or mutable from the
script — there is no way for a Lua script to read or change the actor, tenant, or context.
"""
@doc """
Evaluates a Lua script in a freshly-built VM and returns `{results, %Lua{}}`.
## Options
* `:otp_app` (required unless `:manifest` is given) — passed to `Ash.Info.Manifest.generate/1`.
* `:actor`, `:tenant`, `:context` — host-supplied; merged into every Ash call.
* `:manifest` — a pre-built `%Ash.Info.Manifest{}` to skip regeneration.
* `:lua` — a pre-built `%Lua{}` to install bindings on (e.g. with extra `Lua.set!/3` callbacks).
* `:decode` — forwarded to `Lua.eval!/3`; defaults to `true`.
"""
@spec eval!(String.t(), keyword()) :: {list(), Lua.t()}
def eval!(script, opts) when is_binary(script) and is_list(opts) do
AshLua.Runtime.eval!(script, opts)
end
@doc """
Builds a `%Lua{}` VM with Ash bindings installed, ready for repeated `Lua.eval!/2` calls.
Accepts the same `:otp_app` / `:actor` / `:tenant` / `:context` / `:manifest` / `:lua`
options as `eval!/2`.
"""
@spec new(keyword()) :: Lua.t()
def new(opts \\ []) do
AshLua.Runtime.build(opts)
end
end