How to get data from external pages using http

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#1

Hello everyone! I want a way to retrieve data from this site: https://games.roblox.com/docs#!/Games/get_v1_games
Because I want to keep track of the visits my game has via a script/localscript. I need http service to do that. Can anyone pls help me ? Thank you so much!

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#2 
local http = game:GetService('HttpService')
local url = 'https://games.roblox.com/v1/games?universeIds=UNIVERSEIDHERE'

local data = http:GetAsync(url)
local decoded = http:JSONDecode(data)

print(decoded.data[1].visits)
#3

Thank you! But the thing is, you have to enter your universe id into the website. I have my universe Id, but your code doesn’t seem to use any. There’s an error. Can you help? Thanks you!

#4

My code does. It says UNIVERSEIDHERE.

#5

Oh wait yes I see it. Thank you so much! But I can’t use studio rn because of a server error thing with roblox. I will set as solution when roblox is working again:) thx

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#6

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/class/HttpService

Bare in mind the HttpService does not allow direct requests to any sites belonging to roblox.com, as such you’ll need to proxy any requests you make.

You can host a proxy yourself following the steps & using:

If you’d rather use an online resource (one which you don’t need to host yourself):

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