MessagingService:PublishAsync(): Cannot publish Instance, can only accept valid UTF-8 characters

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I’m trying to filter a string, which is the text for a global announcement, whenever I try it throws this error:
“MessagingService:PublishAsync(): Cannot publish Instance, can only accept valid UTF-8 characters.”
Here’s the code in server script service:

local filteredText
recieveMessage.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, message)
	local success, err = pcall(function()
		filteredText = textService:FilterStringAsync(message, player.UserId)
	end)
	messageService:PublishAsync("GlobalAnnouncement", filteredText)
end)```
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Does it work without the text being filtered?

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Yeah it just stopped working when I tried to filter it.

4

Try printing the filtered string and see what comes out.

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5

It prints Instance, I don’t think :FilterStringAsync() returns a string, I have no idea how I would convert it to a string.

6

That would be your answer. You would need to use this: TextFilterResult | Roblox Creator Documentation

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