How do I filter curse words in a text box

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#1

Dear Developers,
I am currently making a pet naming system and have stumbled to a error.
How do I make curse words filter out with hashtags?

Here is the script:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	local petname = script.Parent.Parent.Showcase.PetName
	local pcpetname = script.Parent.Parent.PetName
	local pet = game.ReplicatedStorage.Pets:WaitForChild(petname.Text)
		if pet ~= nil then
			local opet = character:FindFirstChild("OldPet")
			if opet ~= nil then
		    character.OldPet:Destroy()
			pet:Clone().Parent = character
			wait(0.1)
			local oldpet = character:FindFirstChild(petname.Text)
			oldpet.Name = "OldPet"
			oldpet.NameGui.PName.Text = pcpetname.Text
			elseif opet ~= not nil then
			pet:Clone().Parent = character
			wait(0.1)
			local oldpet = character:FindFirstChild(petname.Text)
			oldpet.Name = "OldPet"
			oldpet.NameGui.PName.Text = pcpetname.Text
		end
	end
end)
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#2

I found this guide just by searching the developer page:

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/articles/Text-and-Chat-Filtering

#3

Yes, I have seen it too, but how do I use it in this specific script and not breaking it?

#4

The TextService Service has a built in function to asynchronously run a given string through the default chat filter: TextServicer:FilterStringAsync() If you are acquiring input locally (client-side), you will need a RemoteEvent to call the function on the Server.

#5

So I would have to do it like this?

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character
local TextService = game:GetService("TextService")

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	local petname = script.Parent.Parent.Showcase.PetName
	local pcpetname = script.Parent.Parent.PetName
	local pet = game.ReplicatedStorage.Pets:WaitForChild(petname.Text)
		if pet ~= nil then
			local opet = character:FindFirstChild("OldPet")
			if opet ~= nil then
		    character.OldPet:Destroy()
			pet:Clone().Parent = character
			wait(0.1)
			local oldpet = character:FindFirstChild(petname.Text)
			oldpet.Name = "OldPet"
            TextServicer:FilterStringAsync(pcpetname)
			oldpet.NameGui.PName.Text = pcpetname.Text
			elseif opet ~= not nil then
			pet:Clone().Parent = character
			wait(0.1)
			local oldpet = character:FindFirstChild(petname.Text)
			oldpet.Name = "OldPet"
            TextServicer:FilterStringAsync(pcpetname)
			oldpet.NameGui.PName.Text = pcpetname.Text
		end
	end
end)
#6

Use a remote to send the text to the server. Call TextService:FilterStringAsync(userId, text), passing in the id of the user who sent it and the text that was sent over. You might want to wrap this in a pcall statement since it is asynchronous and dependent on a service which might fail.

It will return a TextFilterResult object. Since I’m assuming the text will be showed to everyone as a pet’s name you should use TextFilterResult:GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync(). That will return the filtered string.

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How to use FilterStringAsync from TextService
#7

Hello blokav, i used your method and roblox´s, and i tried to put in a curse word to check if it works. And it still gave me the curse word. Do you have any idea how that could happen?

#8

The filter doesn’t work in studio (if you were testing in studio)

#9

okay thanks, didnt know that :smiley: