Alternative to deeplinks?

[luucc_ss (luc)]

Note: A deeplink is an URL protocol used by Roblox to join games, example: roblox://experiences/start?placeId=PLACEID&gameInstanceId=GAMEID, if you paste this into your browser with a valid place ID, it’ll start that game, if you also paste in a valid game ID, it’ll take you to the exact game.

What I’m trying to do is make an URL button on Discord that redirects you to a game. Sadly, Discord doesn’t approve this due to the URL protocol not being http/https, so are there any alternatives to it? Creating a redirect page is an option, but I wonder if there is a better alternative, like the share links Roblox creates (https://www.roblox.com/share?code=...&type=Server), and yes, I do need to use the gameInstanceId query.

[Brylan_Leske (Brylan)]

Its pretty simple, and is actually explained in the original deeplinking announcement.

All you have to do, instead of using roblox://experiences/ use https://www.roblox.com/games/

So the full url would be https://www.roblox.com/games/start?placeId=PLACEID

ex. Roblox

[luucc_ss (luc)]

It does work, however, it seems it doesn’t take in the gameInstanceId query, I tried inputing the instance ID of a server one of my friends were in, but it kept being teleported to a random server, and no, the server wasn’t full, it wasn’t a restricted place nor was it a private server, plus, I tried the deeplink itself and it worked. Are there still any other alternatives?

[luucc_ss (luc)]

Seems like the only way around this was to create a redirect. Wasn’t hard to, if anyone would like to use it, it can be found in my GitHub - luluwaffless/deepblox: a simple and lightweight app that redirects to roblox deeplinks on HTTP