RemoteFunction returns string as "Instance"

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#1

Hello! I’ve been learning a bit about RemoteFunctions and Text Filtering via. TextService, and I’ve been trying to make a little system for fun where you can enter in text, and then have it filtered and displayed on the “OutputText” TextLabel beside the Textbox.

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After finding out that using the filter functions requires them to be used on the server, I decided that a RemoteFunction would probably be handy for filtering the sent text, and then returning it back to the client. The main problem I’ve stumbled upon is that whenever I invoke the RemoteFunction with the player and text, all it returns is an “Instance” according to the output. Is there a reason for this?

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Here’s the code below by the way:


-- Localscript inside the TextBox

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local function onFocusLost(enterPressed, inputObject)
	if enterPressed then

		local TextEntered = script.Parent.Text

		local FilteredSuccess = game.ReplicatedStorage.Events.Data.GetFilteredName:InvokeServer(Player, script.Parent.Text)

		print(FilteredSuccess)

		script.Parent.Parent.FilteredText.Text = FilteredSuccess

	else
		-- The player stopped editing without pressing Enter
		script.Parent.EditName.Text = ""
	end
end

script.Parent.FocusLost:Connect(onFocusLost)


--ServerScript, where RemoteFunction code is handled

function ReturnTextFiltered(player, text)
	
	local FilteredNameAttempt = TextService:FilterStringAsync(text, player.UserId, 1)

	local FilterSuccess = FilteredNameAttempt:GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync()

	return FilterSuccess
	
	--local FilteredNameAttempt = TextService:FilterStringAsync(text, player.UserId, 1)

	--local FilterSuccess
	
	--local success, fail = pcall(function()
	--	FilterSuccess = FilteredNameAttempt:GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync()
	--end)
	
	--if success then
	--	return FilterSuccess
	--else
	--	warn("Couldn't filter text that was sent!")
	--end	
	
end

game.ReplicatedStorage.Events.Data.GetFilteredName.OnServerInvoke = ReturnTextFiltered

Here’s also the place file.
textthingy.rbxl (29.8 KB)

#2

I would look into the page below, that behavior is correct.

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https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/function/TextService/FilterStringAsync

Try: tostring(result)

#3

Still didn’t work unfortunately, unless this line isn’t how you do it?

script.Parent.Parent.FilteredText.Text = tostring(FilteredSuccess)

Here’s the place file if you’re interested
textthingy.rbxl (29.8 KB)

#4

Update: Unfortunately I didn’t realize that I didn’t need to send a player object at all since it’s auto-referenced when Invoking. Thanks to everyone who helped anyway!

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