I’m talking about using InsertService:LoadAsset on the ID given by the player, seeing if the returned asset has a Decal on it, if yes, the ID given is a Decal Id, grab the Image Id from it, if not, the Id is an Image one, use that one
I’ll admit, I probably should have tried this. I misinterpreted the “location” as solely being the image binary. Thank you, this works.
Would still like a more tact way of getting the image id though
This is how I’m currently doing it on my game:
local insertService = game:GetService("InsertService")
local id = 1234567890
local success, model = pcall(insertService.LoadAsset, insertService, id)
if success and model then
local decal = model:FindFirstChildOfClass("Decal")
if decal then
id = string.gsub(decal.Texture, "%D", "")
end
end
print(`rbxassetid://{id}`)
It seems to yield for about the same time it does when you use the ID on explorer and it auto-changes, you could probably cache it on the same server if anything to make it faster for same-ids
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I assume this is what is causing my issue(s) mentioned in this post?
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FAQS:
When did this change go live?
This change went live on April 2, 2025. Any request to an AssetDelivery endpoint without authentication now returns a 401 Unauthorized error.
> curl https://assetdelivery.roblox.com/v1/asset/?id=xxxxxxxxxx
{"errors":[{"code":0,"message":"Authentication required to access Asset."}]}
Does this affect experiences or Studio plug-ins using engine APIs such as InsertService?
No. Those APIs continue to work exactly as before.
Some asset requests still seem to work without authentication - why?
To ease the transition, we temporarily exempted some asset IDs to be fetched without authentication. We will shrink this exception list over time, so we strongly recommend moving to authenticated requests as soon as possible.
Does this change block access to public or free assets?
No. Logged-in users can still access public and free assets, and inserting assets in-game or in Studio behaves exactly the same.
I’m using a web proxy to get image IDs from Decals and it no longer works. What should I do?
Good news: you can now fetch Decals you do not own directly from in-game code by using InsertService. See the announcement here: link
If you need to read assets outside the engine - for example from a custom tool - see the next question.
My proxy or tool can’t fetch assets anymore. What should I do?
We have released two new OpenCloud endpoints for fetching assets. Documentation is available here : docs. These endpoints are on apis.roblox.com, not assetdelivery.roblox.com.
The quickest fix is to pass an api key with each request to these new endpoints. An api key created for any user is sufficient if you only need publicly-available assets. Be aware, however, that heavy use could throttle requests for that user.
Here’s an example curl command and output (with the api key removed).
> curl https://apis.roblox.com/asset-delivery-api/v1/assetId/1818 -H "x-api-key: $apikey"
{"location":"https://sc2.rbxcdn.com/3531bd1e0747fccbf5df1aea7e3fc903?__token__=exp=1746044686~acl=/3531bd1e0747fccbf5df1aea7e3fc903*~hmac=aff1f6ba8f5a8daae71eeee80899a82fe0b1afa1c1a123fc18bd6445546a0d8e&Expires=1746044686&Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zYzIucmJ4Y2RuLmNvbS8zNTMxYmQxZTA3NDdmY2NiZjVkZjFhZWE3ZTNmYzkwMyoiLCJDb25kaXRpb24iOnsiRGF0ZUxlc3NUaGFuIjp7IkFXUzpFcG9jaFRpbWUiOjE3NDYwNDQ2ODZ9fX1dfQ__&Signature=kUohXX01Gcn2RfY4jNp0aEAp09e8LX+/6wqHksvSE1ibkipVhJA6SwgxhUudAFfiuPLGFdpRb3E243R9zXpjNZWoekl6aW/0DTBnrVKTGBkfaMaB6PnraIX4Po7TeZnM3qZ+J3/Zy4wWJf266Lk9M1FUBpAuouwe67bPKEX+rIcxK0lBSeZXcvQGhmYbWQTZKaEEhis9EONkh8hLLhgM+X2wl9cd6ICIYqg+C40elgp3ke6BGiP4kMSFuvoIWTdOjTUG8E9Hokki4NFHxBqhV6CTAF0Cw6gDnJYXR2G9KDOF38+Hb0BSEFfSPTqeTRmqj7kQWcP3ZAmVnHx2Z+JXJg==&Key-Pair-Id=K1NHM9527CRDAW","requestId":"638814685640776121","IsHashDynamic":true,"IsCopyrightProtected":false,"isArchived":false,"assetTypeId":9}
Note that these endpoints return back a JSON payload with the URL for the asset content in the “location” field. Your application will need to make another http request to the “location” URL to download the asset content.
I want to use the new OpenCloud AssetDelivery endpoints to fetch my group’s private assets, but the legacy-asset API system is not selectable. What should I do?
The error message you see when trying to select the legacy-asset API system is “Legacy APIs with community API keys are currently not supported”.
At the moment, the new endpoints accept API keys created for individual users only, not a group. We are aware of this issue and we’re working towards a better experience for groups and legacy APIs. The current workaround is to create an API key for a user who is a member of the group and is in a role with permissions to download assets. The particular group permissions can be added on the website Group configure page:
- Configure avatar items - for avatar items, like body parts and clothing
- Create and edit community experiences - for places and game development assets
Sending up that user’s API key with your requests to the new OpenCloud endpoints will allow you to fetch the group’s assets.
Will there be a batch asset request endpoint?
We are happy to add this if creators want it! Please let us know you’re interested. Note that this would respect the same per-asset rate limits as single fetch requests though.
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What should I use for a plugin trying to retrieve public models (mainly module scripts from #resources:community-resources)? Currently I am using game:GetObjects(), but it is deprecated, and doesn’t provide the version of the asset, which I would like
https://assetdelivery.roblox.com/v1/assetId/{BassetId} would be perfect (well, if I can figure out the url to get the versions), and using it in the browser works, the rbxm can then retreive with HttpService and be deserialized with SerializationService, problem is, https://assetdelivery.roblox.com/v1/assetId/{BassetId} cannot be used with HttpService because of “HttpService is not allowed to access ROBLOX resources”. It would be simple enough to make a localhost proxy thing, but that’s is annoying
InsertService requires the asset to be in your inventory, which is imo more annoying than making a localhost proxy
And I think that’s all the options?
Why is it so hard to get public assets?
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this is an absolutely ridiculous and useless change and should be reverted
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