How to access player backpack?

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#1

The button (GUI) script doesn’t work when I try to define a player backpack. Look:
(Server script)

local button = script.Parent
local SS = game:GetService("ServerStorage")

button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function(buy)
	local backpack = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Backpack
	if backpack then
		print("Found player backpack")
	end
end)

and then the output is:

Players.UrAnoob991199.PlayerGui.ShopGUI.StrongSwordButton.Script:5: attempt to index nil with 'Backpack'

Any ideas?
(I’m a beginner)

#2

if this is a localscript you can’t access ServerStorage
and if this is a serverscript you should handle the MouseButton1Click Event on the client instead

#3

How would I handle the event on the client?? Edit: Like what does that mean?

#4 
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local button = script.Parent
button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
    local backpack = Player:WaitForChild("Backpack")
    if backpack then
      print("Found Player Backpack")
    end
end)
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#5

if you’re dealing with GUIs you should handle stuff locally using LocalScripts

#6

so should this code be in a localscript? Cause when I try it with a server script it returns

Players.UrAnoob991199.PlayerGui.ShopGUI.StrongSwordButton.Script:4: attempt to index nil with 'WaitForChild'
#7

yes it should be a localscript

#8

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