Official List of Deprecated Web Endpoints

Kairomatic · October 12, 2020, 6:20pm

Hi developers!

We will be removing the already-deprecated HasBadge.ashx web endpoint on October 19th, 2020

To offer a brief explanation, we’re removing this endpoint since it is part of a deprecated Badges system that is no longer being actively maintained on the platform.

For game developers, please note that there are no in-game Lua code changes required going forward, as both the HasBadge and HasBadgeAsync Lua functions will remain operational after the shutdown of the old HasBadge.ashx web endpoint - https://assetgame.roblox.com/Game/Badge/HasBadge.ashx

This announcement is mainly for informational purposes, as well as to potentially notify any third party services or sites that are using the HasBadge.ashx endpoint of this upcoming removal.

For any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to reach out! We would be happy to offer any clarification on what to expect moving forward. Thank you!

Kairomatic · October 29, 2020, 4:35pm

Hello Developers,

We will be removing avatar shop search functionality from the following roblox.com endpoint on November 4th, 2020:

https://search.roblox.com/catalog/json

This endpoint will default to searching the library catalog, and you can continue using it for library catalog search.

For avatar shop search, please update any browser plugins or tools to use the new endpoint: External Catalog Queries | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub.

Iron_Legion · January 20, 2021, 3:30am

We are removing group-related endpoints from api.roblox.com shortly. Please update any browser plugins or tools that might be using these urls.

You can find new endpoints here:
https://groups.roblox.com/docs

Iron_Legion · January 22, 2021, 9:31pm

We are moving friend and following endpoints from api.roblox.com soon. Please update any browser plugins or tools that might be using these urls.

You can find new endpoints here:
https://friends.roblox.com/docs

Iron_Legion · February 23, 2021, 12:15am

Hi developers,

We are removing the following endpoint soon.

https://www.roblox.com/Game/GetCurrentUser.ashx

Please use this endpoint instead.

https://users.roblox.com/v1/users/authenticated (docs)

BitwiseAndrea · April 8, 2021, 4:18pm

So this is a story all about how
The traffic to these endpoints, we will disallow
So I’d like to take a minute and list right here
All the endpoints we plan on making disappear

Deleted some endpoints, about seven or eight
But not without providing new ones that are greater
Check out games api, replacements are finally there
To serve this traffic, as the designated heir

automobill311 · October 26, 2021, 5:37pm

Hey Developers

We are planning to remove this API endpoint in a few weeks, if you are using these endpoints please switch the newer endpoint as recommended below:

Deprecated endpoints:
/Thumbs/GameIcon.ashx
/Thumbs/Avatar.ashx
bust-thumbnail/image
/asset-thumbnail/json
/asset-thumbnail/image
/bust-thumbnail/json
/headshot-thumbnail/json
/headshot-thumbnail/image
/asset-thumbnail-animated/json
/asset-thumbnail-3d/json
/avatar-thumbnails
/avatar-thumbnail/image
/avatar-thumbnail-3d/json
/outfit-thumbnail-3d/json
/thumbnail/place-thumbnails
/Thumbs/RawAsset.ashx
/Thumbs/Asset.ashx
/Game/Tools/ThumbnailAsset.ashx

Please use thumbnail API. For more details on usage see: https://thumbnails.roblox.com/docs

BitwiseAndrea · March 31, 2022, 1:32am

say goodbye to these endpoints
http://www.roblox.com/asset/toggle-profile
http://www.roblox.com/game/toggle-profile

and hello to these
https://inventory.roblox.com/docs#/Collections

have a lovely day everyone

BitwiseAndrea · April 1, 2022, 4:40am

Whats that?? Five more endpoints to deprecate???

http://www.roblox.com/games/getgameinstancesjson
http://www.roblox.com/games/getfriendsgameinstances
http://www.roblox.com/private-server/instance-list-json
http://www.roblox.com/private-server/purchase
http://www.roblox.com/private-server/renew

your new best friend Games Api will have all the ~~answers~~ responses to your ~~questions~~ requests

BitwiseAndrea · June 17, 2022, 5:37pm

Hi Developers,

We should have announced this earlier, so we apologize for any inconveniences that we have caused. We removed the Publish API endpoint https://publish.roblox.com/v1/game-passes/{gamePassId}/icon

We are currently working on a substitute for uploading images (& assets) which will be supported via Open Cloud. We will keep you all updated when this API is released. Please see our Open Cloud documentation for more info.

Hazeiheart · September 28, 2022, 8:29pm

Hey Developers,

We are planning to remove the following API endpoint(s) on October 5, 2022.

If you are using these endpoints, please switch to the newer endpoints as recommended below:

Old APIs:

https://roblox.com/account/settings/app-chat-privacy
https://roblox.com/account/settings/game-chat-privacy
https://roblox.com/account/settings/private-message-privacy

New APIs:

https://accountsettings.roblox.com/v1/app-chat-privacy
https://accountsettings.roblox.com/v1/game-chat-privacy
https://accountsettings.roblox.com/v1/private-message-privacy

Docs: https://accountsettings.roblox.com/docs

Thank you

Radicalius · December 16, 2022, 9:25pm

Hey Developers,

We are planning on removing the following endpoint on January 3rd, 2023

https://games.roblox.com/v1/games/{placeId}/servers/vip

Please switch over to the replacement endpoint:

https://games.roblox.com/v1/games/{placeId}/private-servers

Docs: Swagger UI

Please direct your questions or feedback here.

Thank you!

Radicalius · January 19, 2023, 8:42pm

Hey Developers,

We will be removing the api proxy online status endpoint on January 31st, 2023:

https://api.roblox.com/users/{userId}/onlinestatus

Please switch over to the following replacement endpoints on presence api:

Thank you all for raising concerns about the incorrect last online time field in /v1/presence/users. Due to technical constraints, we have decided to deprecate the last online field in /v1/presence/users and introduce a supplementary endpoint which exposes last online date information (/v1/presence/last-online).

Presence Api Documentation

Thank you!

burstlimite · February 3, 2023, 10:18pm

Hello Developers,

We will be deprecating the following endpoints on develop API on February 17, 2023. They have all been moved to new endpoints with identical functionality.

Old APIs:

[https://develop.roblox.com/v1/universes/{universeId}/developerproducts/{productId}/update]
[https://develop.roblox.com/v1/universes/{universeId}/developerproducts]
[https://develop.roblox.com/v1/developerproducts/{developerproductid]
https://develop.roblox.com/v1/gameUpdateNotifications/
https://develop.roblox.com/v1/gameUpdateNotifications/filter

New APIs:

[https://apis.roblox.com/developer-products/v1/universes/{universeId}/developerproducts/{productId:long}/update]
[https://apis.roblox.com/developer-products/v1/universes/{universeId}/developerproducts]
[https://apis.roblox.com/developer-products/v1/developer-products/{developerProductId]
[https://apis.roblox.com/game-update-notifications/v1/history/{universeId] - for fetching the history of game updates for a universe
[https://apis.roblox.com/game-update-notifications/v1/publish/{universeId] - for publishing a new game update to a universe
https://apis.roblox.com/game-update-notifications/v1/filter

Please let us know if there are any regressions or changes in behavior.

OfcMeowMeowFuzzyface · February 22, 2023, 6:08pm

Hello Developers,

We will be deprecating the following endpoint on March 8. It has been moved to a new endpoint.

Please let us know if there are any problems or regressions.

Old API:

http://www.roblox.com/build/universes

Optional parameters include:

activeOnly: Only returns active universes
startRow: Pagination value which specifies the group of universes to show
groupId: The group universes to use

New API:

Programmatic access can be found in the Develop API.

For the user’s universes, use:

https://develop.roblox.com/v1/user/universes

For a group’s universes, use:

https://develop.roblox.com/v1/groups/{groupId}/universes

The new APIs differ in the following ways:

User and group universes are split into different endpoints
The pagination scheme uses a cursor instead of rows
activeOnly filter option is removed

You can also get this information in the new Creator Dashboard!

Thank you.

OfcMeowMeowFuzzyface · March 2, 2023, 8:03pm

Hello Developers,

We will be deprecating the following endpoint on March 16. It has been moved to a new endpoint.

Please let us know if there are any problems or regressions.

Old API

https://www.roblox.com/universes/get-universe-places

Required parameters include:

universeId: The universe Id

startRow: Pagination value which specifies the group of universes to show

isUniverseCreation: True if this is a new universe creation

New API

Programmatic access can be found in the Develop API.

Use:

https://develop.roblox.com/docs#!/Universes/get_v1_universes_universeId_places

The new APIs differ in the following ways:

The pagination scheme uses a cursor instead of rows.
isUniverseCreation is removed.

You can also get this information in the new Creator Dashboard.

Thank you.

OfcMeowMeowFuzzyface · April 24, 2023, 9:43pm

Hello Developers,

We will be deprecating the following endpoint on May 8. It has been moved to a new endpoint.

Old API

https://www.roblox.com/build/GamesbyContext

Required parameters include:

creationContext

Optional parameters include:

universeId
startRow
assetLinksEnabled
fetchUniversePlaces
showActiveOnly
groupId

New API

Programmatic access can be found in Games API

Consider /v2/users/{userId}/games and /v2/groups/{groupId}/games

There are a couple of differences between the two APIs. This includes:

Differences in pagination styles
Explicit split by group and user
Loss of most optional parameters

Please let us know if there are any problems or regressions.

Thank you.

OfcMeowMeowFuzzyface · September 28, 2023, 5:57pm

Hello Developers,

We will be deprecating the following endpoint on October 12. It has been moved to a new endpoint.

Old API

https://apis.roblox.com/universes/v1/owned-places-by-creation-context

New API

https://apis.roblox.com/universes/v2/owned-places-by-creation-context

The primary difference is that V2 version supports pagination through enumeration.

Please let us know if there are any problems or regressions.

Thank you.

LuaCow · October 2, 2023, 10:00pm

Hello Developers,

We will be deprecating the following endpoint on October 16. It has been moved to a new endpoint.

Old API

https://develop.roblox.com/v1/search/universes

New API

https://apis.roblox.com/universes/v1/search?CreatorType={creatorType}&CreatorTargetId={creatorTargetId}&IsArchived={isArchived}&PageSize={pageSize}&SortParam={sortParam}&SortOrder={sortOrder}

The primary difference is that the new version takes in different url parameters:

CreatorType: User | Team | Group required
CreatorTargetId: long required
IsArchived: bool
- Default is null (will include both true and false)
PageSize: integer
- Default: 10
SortParam: GameCreated | GameName | LastUpdated
- Default: LastUpdated
SortOder: Asc | Desc
- Default: Desc

Please let us know if there are any problems or regressions.

Thank you.

ilovemambo234 · November 6, 2023, 6:05pm

Hello Developers,

To mitigate system risk, we will be reducing the batch size limit for the following endpoints (i.e. to 10 per request) on Monday, November 13. These endpoints will still be live and maintained.

Please let us know if there are any problems or regressions.