What does Roblox API used for?

[Zadakianu28 (Kianu)]

Hello fellows! im kianu, and im confused what does Roblox API used for? and how it works, and what is an API keys?

this is what i mean :

i’d appriciate any help!
thank you!

[BendsSpace]

It allows you to access in-game things like data stores and the messaging service from outside a game. For example, you could have a website to modify your game’s data stores.

You can search open cloud for more information.

Announcing Messaging Service API for Open Cloud

Hey developers, Over the past few months, we’ve been working hard on adding more of the features you have requested to Open Cloud, and we’re excited to announce that the Messaging Service API is now available to everyone! We believe that making the Messaging Service API accessible outside of experiences will be incredibly valuable to the developer community. Before this release, all messages sent within an experience had to be persisted within code, which would require a subsequent update for …

Announcing Datastore APIs for Open Cloud

I think you have misunderstood the point of the system I am talking about. There is large community of technology groups on Roblox that make scripts/products(for Roblox) and sell virtual licenses to these products using Robux(via devproducts in a game), when these products load up in a game the script contacts an external server to ask if the owner of the game has the license to the product. One of the biggest pains of these “purchasing hubs” is that if you want to purchase multiple products y…

[Zadakianu28 (Kianu)]

have any other example? still confused. and what is open cloud

[BendsSpace]

Open cloud is the name of their project that is “opening” up the cloud. It allows developer to access things in Roblox’s cloud – like datastores, server messaging, publishing, etc – through web APIs.

You can use any code to do these functions, not just code running on Roblox’s servers in a game. It could be a python script on your laptop, a website, a button connected to a raspberry pi pico w, or basically anything that can access the internet.

You can search it up on the internet to answer any other questions you might have.

Unlock Your Productivity with Roblox's Open Cloud

https://blog.roblox.com/2021/11/unleashing-creator-productivity-open-cloud/

It’s also documented:

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