News

News publishing platform with articles, categories, live broadcasts with real-time chat, reactions, viewer tracking, scaleform overlays, and moderation (mute/remove messages).

Database Tables

Table	Purpose
phone_news	Articles -- identifier, author_name, author_avatar, author_verified, title, content, media_url, media_type, category, is_live, live_viewers, views
phone_snap_accounts	Read -- resolves author profile (display_name, avatar)

Server Callbacks

Callback	Purpose
gcphone:news:getArticles	Fetches articles with optional category filter and pagination
gcphone:news:getLiveNews	Returns currently active live broadcasts
gcphone:news:publishArticle	Publishes an article (job-restricted)
gcphone:news:startLive	Starts a live broadcast with optional scaleform
gcphone:news:joinLive	Joins a live broadcast as a viewer
gcphone:news:leaveLive	Leaves a live broadcast
gcphone:news:sendLiveMessage	Sends a chat message in a live broadcast
gcphone:news:sendLiveReaction	Sends an emoji reaction in a live broadcast
gcphone:news:removeLiveMessage	Host removes a chat message (moderation)
gcphone:news:muteLiveUser	Host mutes a user in a live broadcast
gcphone:news:setScaleform	Updates the live scaleform overlay
gcphone:news:getScaleform	Gets the current scaleform for a live broadcast
gcphone:news:endLive	Ends a live broadcast
gcphone:news:deleteArticle	Deletes own article
gcphone:news:viewArticle	Increments view count on an article
gcphone:news:getCategories	Returns the configured news categories
gcphone:news:getAccount	Returns the Snap account (shared profile system)
gcphone:news:createAccount	Creates a Snap account for news
gcphone:news:updateAccount	Updates the news profile (display name, avatar, bio)

Config Options

Config.News = {
    MaxArticlesPerDay = 20,
    AllowLive         = true,
    MaxLiveDuration   = 3600,
    Categories = {
        { id = 'general', label = 'General', icon = '...' },
        { id = 'urgent',  label = 'Urgente', icon = '...' },
        ...
    },
}

Config.PublishJobs.news = { 'news', 'reporter', 'journalist' }

Config.Security.RateLimits.news = 2500

Exports

None.