How can I filter this text on a ban GUI?

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#1

I have a ban GUI and i want to filter the reason text but no scripts i try work.
Script in serverscriptservice:

local admins = {1822194589, 883317228} -- Add your id here
local ds = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("Bans/Unbans")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)

	local data = ds:GetAsync(plr.UserId)

	local IsAdmin = false
	for i,v in pairs(admins) do
		if v == plr.UserId then
			IsAdmin = true
			local clone = script.BanGui:Clone()
			clone.Parent = plr.PlayerGui
		end
	end

	if data then
		if IsAdmin == false then
			if data[1] == true then
				plr:Kick("You have been banned from this experience. Reason: "..data[2])
			end
		end
	end
end)

game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Ban/Unban").OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, plrtoban, reason, ban)
	if ban == "Ban" then
		for i,v in pairs(admins) do
			if plr.UserId == v then
				if game.Players:FindFirstChild(plrtoban) then
					if game.Players[plrtoban].UserId ~= plr.UserId then
						print(plrtoban.." has been banned!")
						game.Players[plrtoban]:Kick("You have been banned from this experience. Reason: "..reason)
						ds:SetAsync(game.Players[plrtoban].UserId, {true, reason})
					else print("This player is an admin!")
					end
				else
					local players = game:GetService("Players")
					local Id = players:GetUserIdFromNameAsync(plrtoban)
					if Id ~= plr.UserId then
						ds:SetAsync(Id, {true, reason})
						print(plrtoban.." has been banned!")
					end
				end
			end
		end
	elseif ban == "Unban" then
		local players = game:GetService("Players")
		local Id = players:GetUserIdFromNameAsync(plrtoban)
		ds:RemoveAsync(Id)
		print(plrtoban.." has been unbanned!")
		
		
	end
end)
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#3

I used that and other tutorials but it broke my script

#4

If this GUI is only to be used by moderators which must be trusted personnel then clearly its not a huge deal if it’s not filtered as you can trust they won’t put a bad reason. Also log all admin actions so if a mod does abuse then you can show roblox it was the person and not you.

#5

This is unsafe and is a dangerous practice. Just because someone is “trusted” does not mean you should not moderate the input they may be sending to other players.

#6

Its just for me and my friend who is a developer and i trust him but i want to see if it is possible just to be safe since roblox says the games will be taken down for review if the text isnt filtered and i want to take action now to keep myself safe in the future

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#7

I understand but roblox filter is bad and makes it difficult to convey a message.

#8

Have you tried this:

#9

yea I had it filter the reason string right before the kick the player code but it just broke the whole GUI
oh wait I used filterstringasync lemme try this one

#10

Filter function. Note: does not work in studio test.

function filter(sourceplayer, stringToFilter)

return game:GetService("Chat"):FilterStringForBroadcast(stringToFilter, sourceplayer)

end

source player is the player that is making the filtered string, i.e the mod.

#11

could I put that above the kicking part if game.Players[plrtoban].UserId ~= plr.UserId then print(plrtoban.." has been banned!") game.Players[plrtoban]:Kick("You have been banned from this experience. Reason: "..reason) ds:SetAsync(game.Players[plrtoban].UserId, {true, reason}) and then set reason as the filtered thing

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#12

When you set the ban reason, make sure to pcall the function then set the reason in the datastore. If the filter fails then just set the reason to ERROR.

#13 
local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
							filteredreason = game:GetService("TextService"):FilterStringAsync(reason, plr.UserId)
							filteredreason = filteredreason:GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync()
						end)
						if success then
						game.Players[plrtoban]:Kick("You have been banned from this experience. Reason: "..filteredreason)
						ds:SetAsync(game.Players[plrtoban].UserId, {true, reason})
						end

would that work

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#14

it worked but then the filter sometimes didnt work and the ban sometimes didnt save and then I received old bans on my alt so it doesnt work properly

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#15

This works.

local String --  Used for later.

local FilterSuccess, FilterResult = pcall(function()
   return TextService:FilterStringAsync(
      StringToFilter, 
      PlayerUserId
   )
end)

if (FilterSuccess)
then
   String = FilterResult:GetNonChatStringForUserAsync(PlayerUserId) or ''
   print(String)
end
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#16

Did local String – Used for later.

local FilterSuccess, FilterResult = pcall(function()
return TextService:FilterStringAsync(
StringToFilter,
PlayerUserId
)
end)

if (FilterSuccess)
then
String = FilterResult:GetNonChatStringForUserAsync(PlayerUserId) or ‘’
print(String)
end
And it broke the gui

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#17

Send me your current code.
Also state if you are doing this on the client side, FilterStringAsync should be handled on the server.

#18

I’m doing it within the admin script which is in serverscriptservice that I provided in the original post I’ll link the code when I can bc I’m not at my computer rn