ProfileManager - A free, open source add-on module for ProfileService

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ProfileManager - Making Data Saving Possible for Beginners

ProfileManager simplifies ProfileService further with self-explanatory functions, making data saving easier than ever.

Disclaimer: This is all possible thanks to @loleris ProfileService. I am not claiming I did all this work, its thanks to his constant support of the module that any of this is possible, I am simply making functions to save you time and make it easy to beginners that want to save data.

  • Free!
  • Easy!
  • Beginner-friendly!
  • Open-source!

DataManager download:
Download the module!

Its on github too!
Github repo

Here is a quick example, utilizing all of the functions in ProfileManager:
– NOTE: The way I use these functions is not necessarily ideal,
– they are just examples of how you could use them

-- NOTE: The way I use these functions is not necessarily ideal, 
-- they are just examples of how you could use them
local ProfileManager = require(game.ServerScriptService.ProfileManager)

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	local plrProfile = ProfileManager:LoadPlayerProfile(plr)
	local plrData = ProfileManager:GetDataFromProfile(plrProfile)
	
	print("This should print a table with atleast the default player values:")
	print(plrData)
	
	local bansProfile = ProfileManager:LoadCustomProfile("Custom", "Custom_"..game.PlaceId)
	local bansData = ProfileManager:GetDataFromProfile(bansProfile)
	
	print("This should print a table with the banned people:")
	print(bansData)
	
	bansData.bans[plr.Name] = true
	ProfileManager:ReleaseProfile(bansProfile)
	
	plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
		local requestedPlrId = game.Players:GetUserIdFromNameAsync(msg)
		local requestedPlr = game.Players:GetPlayerByUserId(requestedPlrId)
		
		if requestedPlr and requestedPlr:IsDescendantOf(game.Players) then
			local key = "Player_"..requestedPlr.UserId
			local requestedPlrProfile = ProfileManager:GetProfile(key)
			local requestedPlrData = ProfileManager:GetDataFromProfile(requestedPlrProfile)
			
			print(requestedPlrData)
			
			ProfileManager:ReleaseProfile(requestedPlrProfile)
		end
	end)
end)

game:BindToClose(function()
	ProfileManager:ReleaseAllProfiles()
end)

Thanks! I hope you find this module helpful. I just want to say though, this does not support more advanced things you may want to do with ProfileService, its simply just something that I wish I had when I started, to save basic, basic, data. Once again, this is just a further simplification of ProfileService.

This is my first time ever making a post like this, I hope you find it useful! Please leave anything I need to fix down in the description.

Thanks,
p1ckL

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#2

Hey! Try making a git hub for this, and I’m excited to see any progress!

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#3

Super epic! Works really well, thanks!

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#4

Can you try making the source code available in the github repo too?

#5

I’m not sure what you mean by this, sorry.

#6

He’s asking if you can upload the module onto the github repository

#8

I know this is just a simplification of ProfileService but it doesn’t support global updates, it’s not really that customisable, it also doesn’t support Server-Client replication, some functions aren’t that useful such as ProfileManager:GetDataFromProfile() when you can just do profile.Data. A lot could be improved but it’s not that bad. I had this idea a month ago and two people already made something like this. :sweat_smile:

#9

I made :GetDataFromProfile incase people aren’t aware how ProfileService stores data. But thanks for the feedback!

#10

I recommend adding a profile:IsActive() condition to ProfileManager:GetDataFromProfile just to make sure the profile hasn’t been released yet

function ProfileManager:GetDataFromProfile(profile)
	if profile and profile:IsActive() then
		return profile.Data
	end
end
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#11

I released a minor update to profile manager.

Fixed/Improved :LoadCustomProfile()

Added an additional safety measure to :GetDataFromProfile() as suggested by @ATrashScripter (thanks!)