From 8749995750ac1006d91069770d6ad274d0d6479f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew <22198949+MafewTM@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 11:05:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat(server/player): support getting/setting nested metadata

---
 server/player.lua | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/player.lua b/server/player.lua
index 0baa6342c..8517bb12f 100644
--- a/server/player.lua
+++ b/server/player.lua
@@ -1124,9 +1124,23 @@ function SetMetadata(identifier, metadata, value)
 
     if not player then return end
 
-    local oldValue = player.PlayerData.metadata[metadata]
+    local oldValue
 
-    player.PlayerData.metadata[metadata] = value
+    if metadata:match('%.') then
+        local metaTable, metaKey = metadata:match('([^%.]+)%.(.+)')
+
+        if metaKey:match('%.') then
+            lib.print.error('cannot get nested metadata more than 1 level deep')
+        end
+
+        oldValue = player.PlayerData.metadata[metaTable][metaKey]
+
+        player.PlayerData.metadata[metaTable][metaKey] = value
+    else
+        oldValue = player.PlayerData.metadata[metadata]
+
+        player.PlayerData.metadata[metadata] = value
+    end
 
     UpdatePlayerData(identifier)
 
@@ -1170,7 +1184,17 @@ function GetMetadata(identifier, metadata)
 
     if not player then return end
 
-    return player.PlayerData.metadata[metadata]
+    if metadata:match('%.') then
+        local metaTable, metaKey = metadata:match('([^%.]+)%.(.+)')
+
+        if metaKey:match('%.') then
+            lib.print.error('cannot get nested metadata more than 1 level deep')
+        end
+
+        return player.PlayerData.metadata[metaTable][metaKey]
+    else
+        return player.PlayerData.metadata[metadata]
+    end
 end
 
 exports('GetMetadata', GetMetadata)