# Services **Noir.Services**: `table` A module of Noir that allows you to create organized services. These services can be used to hold methods that are all designed for a specific purpose. *** **Noir.Services.CreatedServices**: `table` A table containing created services. You probably do not need to modify or access this table directly. Please use `Noir.Services:GetService(name)` instead. *** ```lua Noir.Services:CreateService(name, isBuiltIn, shortDescription, longDescription, authors) ``` Create a service. This service will be initialized and started after `Noir:Start()` is called. ### Parameters * `name`: string * `isBuiltIn`: boolean|nil * `shortDescription`: string|nil * `longDescription`: string|nil * `authors`: table\|nil ### Returns * `NoirService` *** ```lua Noir.Services:GetService(name) ``` Retrieve a service by its name. This will error if the service hasn't initialized yet. ### Parameters * `name`: string ### Returns * `NoirService` *** ```lua Noir.Services:RemoveService(name) ``` Remove a service. ### Parameters * `name`: string *** ```lua Noir.Services:FormatService(service) ``` Format a service into a string. Returns the service name as well as the author(s) if any. ### Parameters * `service`: NoirService ### Returns * `string` *** ```lua Noir.Services:GetBuiltInServices() ``` Returns all built-in Noir services. ### Returns * `table` *** ```lua Noir.Services:RemoveBuiltInServices(exceptions) ``` Removes built-in services from Noir. This may give a very slight performance increase. **Use before calling Noir:Start().** ### Parameters * `exceptions`: table\ - A table containing exact names of services to not remove --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://cuhhub.gitbook.io/noir/api-reference/services.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.