Custom bridges

dd-cards reaches the rest of your server only through bridge/. That whole directory is listed under escrow_ignore, so it stays readable and editable after purchase — which means adding support for a resource that is not on the shipped list is a matter of copying one file.

Every category works the same way: a dispatcher (bridge/framework.lua and friends) resolves the implementation name from config, requires bridge/<name>/..., and errors clearly if the file is missing.

The pattern

1. Copy the reference file named in the table below to the new path.
2. Adapt each function to your resource.
3. Point the matching config option at your new name.

-- config/shared.lua
Framework = 'my_framework',   -- loads bridge/my_framework/server.lua

The dispatcher checks the file exists before requiring it, so a typo produces no framework bridge at bridge/my_framework/server.lua. Check Config.Framework. rather than a stack trace.

Framework

Copy bridge/qbx_core/server.lua to bridge/<name>/server.lua, then set Config.Framework.

---@class FrameworkBridge
---@field getCitizenId fun(source: number): string?
---@field getMoney fun(source: number, account: string): number
---@field removeMoney fun(source: number, account: string, amount: number, reason: string): boolean
---@field addMoney fun(source: number, account: string, amount: number, reason: string): boolean
---@field resolveSourceByCitizenId fun(citizenid: string): number?

account is 'cash' or 'bank', matching DefaultPaymentMethod. resolveSourceByCitizenId is what lets an order finishing find a player who has since reconnected on a different server id — return nil when they are offline.

Inventory

Copy bridge/ox_inventory/server.lua to bridge/<name>/server.lua, then set Config.Inventory.

---@class InventorySlot
---@field name string
---@field metadata table? normalised: qb-inventory calls this `info`

---@class InventoryBridge
---@field canCarry fun(source: number, item: string, count: number): boolean
---@field addItem fun(source: number, item: string, count: number, metadata: table?): boolean
---@field removeItem fun(source: number, item: string, count: number, slot: number?): boolean
---@field getItemCount fun(source: number, item: string): number
---@field setMetadata fun(source: number, slot: number, metadata: table)
---@field getSlot fun(source: number, slot: number): InventorySlot?
---@field registerUseableItems fun(handlers: table<string, fun(source: number, slot: number)>)

Interaction (targeting)

Copy bridge/ox_target/client.lua to bridge/<name>/client.lua, then set Config.Interaction.

---@class TargetBridge
---@field addFabric fun(entity: number, options: { name: string, icon: string, label: string, distance: number, onSelect: fun() }[])
---@field removeFabric fun(entity: number, names: string[])

Only two functions, because dd-cards attaches a single option per fabric ped and removes it by name when the ped despawns.

Menu

Copy bridge/menu/ox_lib.lua to bridge/menu/<name>.lua, then set Config.Menu.

---@class MenuOption
---@field title string
---@field description string?
---@field icon string?
---@field disabled boolean?
---@field onSelect fun()?

---@class MenuProps
---@field id string
---@field title string
---@field back { menu: string, onSelect: fun() }? a way back to the parent menu
---@field onExit fun()?
---@field options MenuOption[]

---@class MenuBridge
---@field open fun(props: MenuProps)
---@field close fun()
---@field isOpen fun(id: string): boolean
---@field supportsLiveRefresh boolean whether reopening an already-open menu in place is safe

Set supportsLiveRefresh = false if your menu resource cannot report whether the player has closed it. dd-cards then stops refreshing the order list's countdown in place, rather than risking reopening a menu the player just dismissed — this is exactly why qb-menu's countdown only advances on reopen.

Notification

Copy bridge/notify/ox_lib.lua to bridge/notify/<name>.lua, then set Config.Notification.provider.

---@class NotifyTarget
---@field source number? nil when the player is offline
---@field citizenid string

---@class NotifyBridge
---@field send fun(target: NotifyTarget, opts: { title: string, description: string? })

target.source is nil when the player is offline. A phone that addresses mail by citizenid can still deliver in that case; one that addresses by live phone number cannot, and should return without doing anything. See offline delivery.

Where each dispatcher lives

Category	Dispatcher	Reference file to copy	Config option
Framework	bridge/framework.lua	bridge/qbx_core/server.lua	Config.Framework
Inventory	bridge/inventory.lua	bridge/ox_inventory/server.lua	Config.Inventory
Interaction	bridge/target.lua	bridge/ox_target/client.lua	Config.Interaction
Menu	bridge/menu.lua	bridge/menu/ox_lib.lua	Config.Menu
Notification	bridge/notify.lua	bridge/notify/ox_lib.lua	Config.Notification.provider

Each dispatcher carries the same instruction as a comment at the top of the file, so you never have to come back here to remember which file to copy.