How do I check if a module script is coming from the server or the client?

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#1

How do I check if a module script is coming from the server or the client?
I need this to make sure an API I’m developing doesn’t get used by the client.

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#2

At this point just leave it in ServerScriptService so clients won’t be able to access it?

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#3

Fair point.
I was going to put it in Replicated Storage, but I’ll see what I do now.

#4

You could also use

RunService:IsClient()

if you want to keep it in ReplicatedStorage.

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#6

You can do script.ClassName to see if it is a LocalScript or a ServerScript before using the Modulescript and then send it as an argument.

--localscript
local Module = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").Module
if script.ClassName == "LocalScript" then
  --Module.doSomething(script.ClassName)
end

--Modulescript
local module = {}

function module.doSomething(className)
   if className == "LocalScript" then
      return
   end
   --code
end

return module

(Don’t use this, look at comment below)

#7

Hello from the future, please do not use this method that I have given. I was ignorant about a much better way of approaching this problem. Here is the solution:

local RS = game:GetService("RunService")
local module = {}

function module.doSomething(something)
  if RS:IsClient() then return end
  --code in this function can never be run on the client
end

return module