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Domi
Domi

Reputation: 24628

How to add custom data files to Roblox DataModel?

I don't seem to be able to add textual data (e.g. in CSV, JSON or XML files) to the Roblox DataModel, Workspace, ServerStorage or anywhere really?

Any hints on how to do this efficiently? Ideally, Roblox should just give me the contents of the file as a table. But if there is a way to get a raw string from a file that I have to parse manually, I could cope, too.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1994

Answers (2)

ZombieSpy
ZombieSpy

Reputation: 1376

As already said you cannot add "files" to the DataModel. However you can use the HttpService to load the data from a webserver (also decode and encode JSON). If you do not want to load it that way, you can use a Script or ModuleScript to store data.

To make it easy, you can use multiline strings (make sure to read about the "Nesting quotes") like so:

local data = [[Here is your
data that can
span over multiple lines,
so just copy-paste the content]]

print("My data: " .. data)

With ModuleScript:

return [[Here is your
data that can
span over multiple lines,
so just copy-paste the content]]

Usage of ModuleScript:

local data = require(game.ServerStorage.your.module.script.text.file)
print("My data: " .. data)

And if you want a JSON text to be decoded into a table:

local data = game:GetService("HttpService"):JSONDecode(require(game.ServerStorage.your.module.script.text.file))

Or in a ModuleScript:

return game:GetService("HttpService"):JSONDecode([[Here is your
data that can
span over multiple lines,
so just copy-paste the content]])

You could also store the text in a StringValue

Upvotes: 3

MagisterTech
MagisterTech

Reputation: 107

If I recall correctly, Roblox only allows for their files(RBXM, RBLX, etc.) to be inserted into studio. If it's a text file you want, I recommend just creating a new script instance and then copying the text over to that script.

Upvotes: 0

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