TextService function ALWAYS returning errorMessage, how can I fix this?

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Firstly the original title was: :GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync() function ALWAYS returning errorMessage, how can I fix this? But Roblox Deems this Unclear even though it’s more specific than the current one.

I want to filter a textbox so I don’t get banned. But every single time the script tries to filter it, it always returns the ErrorMessage. Does anyone know why?

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The code was even based on an Official Roblox Tutorial.

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FYI just post your code instead of screenshots of your code.

If you were to output the errorMessage variable you would see the issue.

Is your text parameter of filter a string or a TextFilterResult? You didn’t post enough code.
It appears to be a string because you are reading the Text property of an instance. GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync is a method of TextFilterResult which is returned when you make a FilterStringAsync call.

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That was all the code but I fixed it because of this nice open sourced game.

And that also explains it aswell.

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If that is all the code then the issue is:

Take another look at the article you posted.

Example usage of `GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync` from the article you posted.

You can see that they’re using a textObject as the parameter to their getFilteredMessage function.

-- Script
 
local TextService = game:GetService("TextService")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
 
local sign = game.Workspace.Sign
local signTop = sign.Top
local signSurfaceGui = signTop.SurfaceGui
local signLabel = signSurfaceGui.SignLabel
 
local setSignText = ReplicatedStorage.SetSignText
 
local function getTextObject(message, fromPlayerId)
	local textObject
	local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
		textObject = TextService:FilterStringAsync(message, fromPlayerId)
	end)
	if success then
		return textObject
	elseif errorMessage then
		print("Error generating TextFilterResult:", errorMessage)
	end
	return false
end
 
local function getFilteredMessage(textObject)
	local filteredMessage
	local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
		filteredMessage = textObject:GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync()
	end)
	if success then
		return filteredMessage
	elseif errorMessage then
		print("Error filtering message:", errorMessage)
	end
	return false
end
 
-- Fired when client sends a request to write on the sign
local function onSetSignText(player, text)
	if text ~= "" then
		-- Filter the incoming message and send the filtered message
		local messageObject = getTextObject(text, player.UserId)
		local filteredText = ""
		filteredText = getFilteredMessage(messageObject)
		signLabel.Text = filteredText
	end
end
 
setSignText.OnServerEvent:Connect(onSetSignText)