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storage-net/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ This is an implementation of a centralized storage network architecture that use
 
 ## Deployment
 
+First, consider using [someone else's project](https://github.com/lewark/inv.lua) instead of this one. It's liable to be a lot better than mine.
+
 1. Deploy a Smart Computer
 2. Connect the computer to at least 1 chest and 1 hopper via physical modem lines. Chests need to be attached from the bottom and hoppers from their output direction
 3. Put a chest on top of the Smart Computer

storage-net/common.lua

@@ -54,9 +54,31 @@ function pushDepositsToChests()
         end
     end
 end
+function requestItem(name, count)
+    -- Pull a number of an item into the output chest above the machine
+    remaining = count
+    local chests = getConnectedChests()
+    -- For each chest on the network...
+    for k,chest in ipairs(chests) do
+        -- For each slot in that chest...
+        for cslot,citem in pairs(chest.list()) do
+            if
+                citem["name"] == name and
+                citem["count"] > 0
+            then
+                desired = math.max(remaining, citem["count"])
+                output.pullItems(peripheral.getName(chest),cslot,desired)
+                remaining = remaining - desired
+            end
+            if remaining <= 0 then return true end
+        end
+    end
+    if remaining > 0 then return false end
+end
 
 -- Application entrypoint
 function main()
+    requestItem("minecraft:sandstone", 12)
     while true do
         -- Manage inventory cleanup tasks
         pushDepositsToChests()                  -- Take all deposit terminals and push them into the inventory network