How Can I Get Scripts From A GitHub Repo?

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#1

Hello! I have seen this in some scripts that people get scripts from a Github Repo. I was wondering how I could do that.

https://github.com/Roblox/rodux/something.lua

The above will then create a folder somewhere and then a .Lua file in that folder called something will have code in it.
Example Code: print("DevForum Is Sickly Cool")

Is this possible? (Probably. I’ve Seen It In A Lot Of Models)

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Buttton Not working
#2

You can use loadstring to do this, It must be enabled via ServerScriptService tho!

EDIT: Then you would do loadstring(“https://github.com/Roblox/rodux/something.lua”)

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#3

So then it will get the code from it?

#4

Yes, it would get the code from it and then run the script.

#5

Is there anyways for it to create instances of it though?

#6

What do you mean by Instances?

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#7

Like below:

Screen Shot 2020-05-10 at 2.38.20 pm

#8

@HmmBilly
loadstring requires a string of valid Lua code. You need to make a GET request to https://github.com/Roblox/rodux/something.lua to get its contents.

local HttpService = game:GetService("HttpService")
local code = HttpService:GetAsync("https://github.com/Roblox/rodux/something.lua", true)
local f = loadstring(code)
f()

@Aiden_12114 no, but loadstring returns a function. You then call the function to execute the given code.

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What is the best way to load code into studio?
Github loadstring() problem
#9

Ah my bad, Havnt used loadstring in a while. Im used to just requring the code.

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#10

@sjr04 I saw that RoStrap get’s models from GitHub and imports them into Roblox Studio. So it must be possible, right?

(Such As Installing CmdR)

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#11

How can I use this with an access token?