TheMobileGames wrote:

…Am I really supposed to make 10 connections and a function that takes in “event.var” and sets it to the last used connection? If there isn’t one already, there should be a function in Scratchattach that can “just” handle setting 5-10 cloud variables with each being changed 10 times a second. Maybe there could be one that opens as many connections as it needs and automatically closes them, all internally, so all someone has to do is use it and it works even when it’s setting a lot quickly.

TheMobileGames wrote:

If there isn’t one already, there should be a function in Scratchattach that can “just” handle setting 5-10 cloud variables with each being changed 10 times a second.

import scratchattach as scratch3
session = scratch3.login("TheMobileGames", os.environ["PASSWORD"])
conn1 = session.connect_cloud("project_id")
events = scratch3.CloudEvents("project_id")
@events.event
def on_set(event):
    conn1.set_var("event.var", "0")
@events.event
def on_ready():
   print("Event listener ready!")
events.start()

    if str(event.value) != "0":
        ...

Eason_9 wrote:

(#2276)

EpicCoderGamer1000 wrote:

(#2268)

Eason_9 wrote:

I already installed scratchattach but it says I haven't. Can anyone help?

Picture here btw: https://u.cubeupload.com/eason_9_lol/Screenshot2024012015.png

(also cloud logs are up!!!! )

What are you using to code

Also you don't need to use the cloud emoji to set a var

I used VS Code for coding and cmd for downloading

TimMcCool wrote:

I think in the use case you described, the gain in speed wouldn't justify the effort to code something like that.

TimMcCool wrote:

TheMobileGames wrote:

If there isn’t one already, there should be a function in Scratchattach that can “just” handle setting 5-10 cloud variables with each being changed 10 times a second.

That's an interesting idea tho. This feature doesn't exist atm, but I might add something like this to scratchattach in the future

TimMcCool wrote:

When coding something like this, beware that the on_set event will also be called when the cloud variable is set to 0 by the Python script. To prevent an infinite loop of on_set events caused by the Python script itself, add something like this to the on_set event:

    if str(event.value) != "0":
        ...

import scratchattach as scratch3
session = scratch3.login("TheMobileGames", os.environ["PASSWORD"])
conn_list = [session.connect_cloud("project_id") for i in range(10)]
print(conn_list) # yep it works
next_conn_to_use = 0
def set_var_with_old_conn(var_name):
    global next_conn_to_use
    conn_list[next_conn_to_use].set_var(var_name, “0")
    if next_conn_to_use == 9:
        next_conn_to_use = 0
    else:
        next_conn_to_use += 1
events = scratch3.CloudEvents("project_id")
@events.event
def on_set(event):
    if str(event.value) != "0":
        set_var_with_old_conn(event.var)
@events.event
def on_ready():
   print("Event listener ready!")
events.start()

Eason_9 wrote:

Eason_9 wrote:

(#2276)

EpicCoderGamer1000 wrote:

(#2268)

Eason_9 wrote:

I already installed scratchattach but it says I haven't. Can anyone help?

Picture here btw: https://u.cubeupload.com/eason_9_lol/Screenshot2024012015.png

(also cloud logs are up!!!! )

What are you using to code

Also you don't need to use the cloud emoji to set a var

I used VS Code for coding and cmd for downloading

bump for my post

Mooaus2940 wrote:

Hello, im austin and im wondering, do you use the scratches api, or did you make your own?

Air_heads wrote:

Mooaus2940 wrote:

Hello, im austin and im wondering, do you use the scratches api, or did you make your own?

Scratchattach utilizes the API provided by Scratch.

EpicCoderGamer1000 wrote:

(#2283)
Hey I also use vs code for all of my coding using scratch attach and I used the terminal inside vs code to install scratchattach. I did not use the cmd to install scratch attach. Hope this helps!

Mooaus2940 wrote:

Air_heads wrote:

Mooaus2940 wrote:

Hello, im austin and im wondering, do you use the scratches api, or did you make your own?

Scratchattach utilizes the API provided by Scratch.

Ok, how did they get the Auth token?

Eason_9 wrote:

EpicCoderGamer1000 wrote:

(#2283)
Hey I also use vs code for all of my coding using scratch attach and I used the terminal inside vs code to install scratchattach. I did not use the cmd to install scratch attach. Hope this helps!

Is it required to use the terminal inside vs code to install scratch attach for it to work?

ajskateboarder wrote:

(#2288)
It doesn't matter what terminal you use, but the terminal in VSCode is recommended since it opens alongside code

Eason_9 wrote:

(#2267)
I already installed scratchattach but it says I haven't. Can anyone help?

Picture here btw: https://u.cubeupload.com/eason_9_lol/Screenshot2024012015.png

Eason_9 wrote:

ajskateboarder wrote:

(#2288)
It doesn't matter what terminal you use, but the terminal in VSCode is recommended since it opens alongside code

umm then how about this?

Eason_9 wrote:

(#2267)
I already installed scratchattach but it says I haven't. Can anyone help?

Picture here btw: https://u.cubeupload.com/eason_9_lol/Screenshot2024012015.png

TimMcCool wrote:

RandomPerson13764 wrote:

bro, remove the module. delete it now. people are hacking with it like crazy!

Just like every useful tool, scratchattach can be abused. However, deleting the library would harm Scratch's Python dev community while it wouldn't stop hackers at all: There are plenty of other libraries that support setting cloud variables (many of these existed before scratchattach). Hackers could just use one of these libraries instead.

caftingdead261 wrote:

TimMcCool wrote:

RandomPerson13764 wrote:

bro, remove the module. delete it now. people are hacking with it like crazy!

Just like every useful tool, scratchattach can be abused. However, deleting the library would harm Scratch's Python dev community while it wouldn't stop hackers at all: There are plenty of other libraries that support setting cloud variables (many of these existed before scratchattach). Hackers could just use one of these libraries instead.

I don't get it what is so bad about scratch attach?
can someone tell me?

Eason_9 wrote:

(#2290)

ajskateboarder wrote:

(#2288)
It doesn't matter what terminal you use, but the terminal in VSCode is recommended since it opens alongside code

umm then how about this?

Eason_9 wrote:

(#2267)
I already installed scratchattach but it says I haven't. Can anyone help?

Picture here btw: https://u.cubeupload.com/eason_9_lol/Screenshot2024012015.png

Eason_9 wrote:

Eason_9 wrote:

(#2290)

ajskateboarder wrote:

(#2288)
It doesn't matter what terminal you use, but the terminal in VSCode is recommended since it opens alongside code

umm then how about this?

Eason_9 wrote:

(#2267)
I already installed scratchattach but it says I haven't. Can anyone help?

Picture here btw: https://u.cubeupload.com/eason_9_lol/Screenshot2024012015.png

bump for my post

EpicCoderGamer1000 wrote:

(#2281)
So you must have downloaded the file onto your pc when you ran the command in the cmd. To use scratchattach in vs code download scratchattach using the terminal in vs code.

ajskateboarder wrote:

caftingdead261 wrote:

TimMcCool wrote:

RandomPerson13764 wrote:

bro, remove the module. delete it now. people are hacking with it like crazy!

Just like every useful tool, scratchattach can be abused. However, deleting the library would harm Scratch's Python dev community while it wouldn't stop hackers at all: There are plenty of other libraries that support setting cloud variables (many of these existed before scratchattach). Hackers could just use one of these libraries instead.

I don't get it what is so bad about scratch attach?
can someone tell me?

People are using it for various “exploits” by setting cloud variables to values so they can show up on the leaderboard. Deleting the module is pointless – what really should be done on Scratch's part is securing their cloud variable interfaces