Check if the user owns a asset inside a plugin?

[MatkeFTW]

Hello everyone,

Currently I am making a plugin and I need to check whether the logged in user (StudioService:GetUserId()) owns a certain asset or not.

I’ve encountered a roadblock with the MarketplaceService:PlayerOwnsAsset() function, which would be ideal if it took a UserId, however it requires a Player Instance, which might or might not be available in Edit mode.

Any ideas or workarounds on how to check whether the local user owns an asset inside a plugin, ideally with the user’s Id and ideally without HttpService?

Thanks!

[DapperMitch0 (Mitch)]

There is actually a player instance under players when your logged in, also You can use Players: GetPlayerByUserId().

[MatkeFTW]

@DapperMitch0

There is actually a player instance under players when your logged in, also You can use Players: GetPlayerByUserId().

Not sure if the info I’m giving out here is fully correct, but:

There is a player instance under Players only when you’re connected to a Team Create editing session or whatever it is called nowadays, even if session is empty. Solo editing sessions don’t create those player instances.

This is why I’ve said:

@MatkeFTW

however it requires a Player Instance, which might or might not be available in Edit mode.

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However, I’ve found a pretty decent workaround to this limitation, you can just call game:GetObjects() in a protected call and check if the call errors out or not.

If it does, that most likely means that the user either doesn’t own that asset, there is a network issue or the asset type is not supported by :GetObjects()

So if anybody else runs into this issue, you could just use :GetObjects() as a workaround;

Note that this doesn’t necessarily confirm asset ownership, but yet again, that depends on the asset you’re checking on. ALSO, make sure to handle different outcomes appropriately.

[DapperMitch0 (Mitch)]

Glad you found the answer to your problem!