Using Google Spreadsheets as a Database

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#65

I have just gone through and fixed all the images in the original post.

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#66

What I’ve found, is that when you set the db. It comes up with the 405 error, but still actually works.
:woman_shrugging:.
If anyone can fix it please let me know.
PS: I do pcall the PostAsync.

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Method HTTP 405 Not Allowed error on PostAsync with Google Spreadsheets
#67

Nice.
Maybe I’ll use it as a database one day, sounds cool.

#68

Google :clap: Spreadsheets :clap: is not a database.
Do not treat it like one, you get less of a request budget every time you send one, and if you’re sending a lot you might not get access to your data for a while.

Just use DataStores for now.

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#70

Surprised I actually found this, since I fiddled about with the url, since the url a post was referring to was this post, altho it was a old domain, back when developer.roblox.com was not documentation

#71

Agreed with the fact that spreadsheets is not a database. However, that doesn’t mean we should stick with Datastores. Firebase would be a good alternative, and yes eventually if your game gets super popular you will have to pay some small fees but it might be worth it. It all depends with what you are doing and why you may need an external database.

#72

I feel like using it as a backup could be useful. Oh, your data wasn’t saved? Oh no problemo let me see if you have anything on our spreadsheet!!

#73

Having a backup is good however, using spreadsheets would not be efficient. The more you add to spreadsheets the slower it gets.

#74

What is the key and the value? And what is the scriptID?

#75

for the love of God, do not use google sheets as a database