Embedding Lua Scripts in Go with Shopify/go-lua (original) (raw)

• Getting Started
• Conclusion

👋 Welcome Gophers! In this tutorial, we are going to be taking a look at how we can embed lua scripts in our Go applications.

Getting Started

You can use the Shopify/go-lua package to embed Lua in Go. Here’s an example of how to do it:

package main

import (
    "fmt"

    "github.com/Shopify/go-lua"
)


func main() {
    // Create a new Lua state
    l := lua.NewState()
    // Load the standard libraries
    lua.OpenLibraries(l)
    
    // Load and run a Lua script
    if err := lua.DoFile(l, "script.lua"); err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
        return
    }
}

This example loads and runs a Lua script called “script.lua”. You can also execute Lua code directly by using the DoString function:

Conclusion

Hopefully this helps!