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Snippets

Edit place metadata

A user had trouble editing icons and thumbnails of places in an experience. Apparently, the create.roblox.com interface doesn’t allow them to. I’m not the owner of the group to try troubleshooting this. However, I found a workaround in the form of a JavaScript snippet, which seems to have work? I’m not sure why it still works. It has been working for years, and we still don’t have an elegant solution.

These snippets are to be evaluated on www.roblox.com using the browser’s JavaScript console. To update place icon:

const request = { "assetId": 16180728229, "icon": "assets/17834257611" }
const requestData = JSON.stringify(request)
$.ajax({
    method: "PATCH",
    url: `https://apis.roblox.com/assets/user-auth/v1/assets/${request.assetId}?updateMask=icon`,
    data: `------WebKitFormBoundaryzjvow1gvD1jQHkba\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="request"\r\n\r\n${requestData}\r\n------WebKitFormBoundaryzjvow1gvD1jQHkba--\r\n`,
    headers: {
        "content-type": "multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundaryzjvow1gvD1jQHkba",
    }
}).then(data => {
    console.log(data)
}).fail(error => {
    console.error(error)
})

And for thumbnails.

const request = {"assetId":16180728229,"previews":[{"asset":"assets/17834257611","altText":"A bird is using a tool to create blocks."}]}
const requestData = JSON.stringify(request)
$.ajax({
    method: "PATCH",
    url: `https://apis.roblox.com/
/assets/user-auth/v1/assets/${request.assetId}?updateMask=previews`,
    data: `------WebKitFormBoundaryzjvow1gvD1jQHkba\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name="request"\r\n\r\n${requestData}\r\n------WebKitFormBoundaryzjvow1gvD1jQHkba--\r\n`,
    headers: {
        "content-type": "multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundaryzjvow1gvD1jQHkba",
    }
}).then(data => {
    console.log(data)
}).fail(error => {
    console.error(error)
})

Filter testing

I moderate models. Part of that means I test out filters to make sure that they work. Roblox’s text filters always filters these three private-use characters: . These UI elements are not intended for use in chat, so these are perfect for not violating community guidelines.

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