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PolicyService

Helps you query information regarding policy compliance for players around the world based on age range, location, and platform type.

This class is not replicated. Its interface does not cross the network boundary.
This class is not creatable. Instances of this class cannot be created with Instance.new.
This class is a service. It is a singleton that may be acquired with GetService.
Memory categoryInstances
Tags: [NotCreatable, Service, NotReplicated]

Member index 5

HistoryMember
652CanViewBrandProjectAsync(player: Player, brandProjectId: string): bool
462GetPolicyInfoForPlayerAsync(player: Instance): Dictionary
491GetPolicyInfoForServerRobloxOnlyAsync(): Dictionary
inherited from Instance
553Archivable: bool
635Capabilities: SecurityCapabilities
553Name: string
553Parent: Instance
635Sandboxed: bool
616UniqueId: UniqueId
576AddTag(tag: string): null
573ClearAllChildren(): null
462Clone(): Instance
573Destroy(): null
486FindFirstAncestor(name: string): Instance
486FindFirstAncestorOfClass(className: string): Instance
486FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA(className: string): Instance
486FindFirstChild(name: string, recursive: bool = false): Instance
486FindFirstChildOfClass(className: string): Instance
486FindFirstChildWhichIsA(className: string, recursive: bool = false): Instance
486FindFirstDescendant(name: string): Instance
563GetActor(): Actor
486GetAttribute(attribute: string): Variant
462GetAttributeChangedSignal(attribute: string): RBXScriptSignal
631GetAttributes(): Dictionary
648GetChildren(): Instances
462GetDebugId(scopeLength: int = 4): string
486GetDescendants(): Array
486GetFullName(): string
641GetStyled(name: string): Variant
657GetStyledPropertyChangedSignal(property: string): RBXScriptSignal
576GetTags(): Array
576HasTag(tag: string): bool
486IsAncestorOf(descendant: Instance): bool
486IsDescendantOf(ancestor: Instance): bool
580IsPropertyModified(name: string): bool
573Remove(): null
576RemoveTag(tag: string): null
580ResetPropertyToDefault(name: string): null
573SetAttribute(attribute: string, value: Variant): null
462WaitForChild(childName: string, timeOut: double): Instance
648children(): Instances
553clone(): Instance
573destroy(): null
553findFirstChild(name: string, recursive: bool = false): Instance
648getChildren(): Instances
553isDescendantOf(ancestor: Instance): bool
573remove(): null
462AncestryChanged(child: Instance, parent: Instance)
462AttributeChanged(attribute: string)
462ChildAdded(child: Instance)
462ChildRemoved(child: Instance)
462DescendantAdded(descendant: Instance)
462DescendantRemoving(descendant: Instance)
500Destroying()
657StyledPropertiesChanged()
553childAdded(child: Instance)
inherited from Object
647ClassName: string
647className: string
647GetPropertyChangedSignal(property: string): RBXScriptSignal
647IsA(className: string): bool
650isA(className: string): bool
647Changed(property: string)

Description

PolicyService helps you query information regarding policy compliance for players around the world based on age range, location, and platform type.

History 13

Members 5

CanViewBrandProjectAsync

Parameters (2)
playerPlayer
brandProjectIdstring
Returns (1)
bool
This function yields. It will block the calling thread until completion.
Thread safetyUnsafe

History 1

Tags: [Yields]

GetPolicyInfoForPlayerAsync

Parameters (1)
playerInstance
Returns (1)
Dictionary

Returns policy information about a player which is based on geolocation, age group, and platform. The structure of the returned dictionary is as follows:

NameTypeRequired ForDescription
AreAdsAllowedBooleanAny experience that includes immersive ads.When true, the player might see immersive ads within an experience.
ArePaidRandomItemsRestrictedBooleanAny experience that has paid random items.When true, the player can not interact with paid random item generators, either via in‑experience currency bought with Robux or Robux directly.
AllowedExternalLinkReferencesArrayAny experience that references external links.A list of external link references such as social media links, handles, or iconography that a player is permitted to see. Possible values include "Discord", "Facebook", "Twitch", "YouTube", "X", "GitHub", and "Guilded".
IsContentSharingAllowedBooleanAny experience that allows users to share content off platform.When true, the player is allowed to share content using APIs which open external sharing flows such as PromptShareCapture().
IsEligibleToPurchaseSubscriptionBooleanAny experience that wants to sell subscriptions.When true, the player is eligible to purchase subscriptions within an experience.
IsPaidItemTradingAllowedBooleanAny experience that allows users to purchase virtual items that they can trade with other players.When true, the player can trade virtual items that they purchased with in-experience currency or Robux.
IsSubjectToChinaPoliciesBooleanAny experience that is available in China.When true, an experience should enforce compliance changes. See this forum post for more information.

Exceptions

Like any async call, this method needs to be wrapped in pcall() and error-handled properly. A full list of possible error messages and their reasons is:

MessageReason
Instance was not a playerThe player parameter is not a Player instance.
Players not foundInternal error that the Players object is missing.
This method cannot be called on the client for a non-local playerThis method cannot be called on the client for a non-local Player.
GetPolicyInfoForPlayerAsync is called too many timesInternal error that GetPolicyInfoForPlayerAsync() is called more than 100 (current setting) times before an HTTP response comes back.

See also LocalizationService:GetCountryRegionForPlayerAsync() which returns a country/region code string according to the player's client IP geolocation.

This function yields. It will block the calling thread until completion.
Thread safetyUnsafe

History 2

Tags: [Yields]

GetPolicyInfoForServerRobloxOnlyAsync

Parameters (0)
No parameters.
Returns (1)
Dictionary
This function yields. It will block the calling thread until completion.
SecurityRobloxScriptSecurity
Thread safetyUnsafe

History 1

Tags: [Yields]

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