Filtering Strings (FilterStringAsync)

[L3AGLE]

Hello,
right now I am trying to figure out how to filter a message sent by someone by using the TextService:FilterStringAsync but I don’t actually know how to use it as the wiki doesn’t show any code samples.

Can someone help please?

[PMGDesigns (Liam)]

How to use FilterStringAsync()?

:FilterStringAsync() expects three parameters, the first is the string to be filtered, second is the UserId of the player and third is an optional context enum. You are passing the player instance as the second parameter instead of the UserId, explaining the “Unable to cast Instance to int64” error. Exchange player with player.UserId. The above method also returns an instance, not a string, which explains the concatenation error ( tag.Text = "["..filteredTextResult.."]" ). Use one of the follow…

[AbiZinho (Abi)]

As @PMGDesigns points out, there has already been a post made with your question in mind. Please look around the Forum before you make a post please.

[L3AGLE]

Noted but I searched for the relevant topic for a good amount of time and still didn’t get across that post.

Sorry though.

[PMGDesigns (Liam)]

Just a tip, just search it in it’s simplist form, example I searched filterstringasync devforum.