Rate-limited text inputs

This example shows how to implement a rate limit of 1 minute on a text input field that allows players to post notes to a community bulletin board.

Add the following to a Script in ServerScriptService:

Server

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
-- Create RemoteEvent for communication
local postNoteEvent = Instance.new("RemoteEvent")
postNoteEvent.Name = "PostNoteEvent"
postNoteEvent.Parent = ReplicatedStorage
-- Rate limit of one note per minute per player
local COOLDOWN_TIME = 60 -- Time in seconds
local lastPostTime = {}
local function canPlayerPost(player)
local userId = player.UserId
local currentTime = tick()
if lastPostTime[userId] then
local timeSinceLastPost = currentTime - lastPostTime[userId]
if timeSinceLastPost < COOLDOWN_TIME then
return false, COOLDOWN_TIME - timeSinceLastPost
end
end
return true, 0
end
-- Handle post requests with rate limit and text filtering
postNoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, noteData)
local canPost, cooldown = canPlayerPost(player)
if not canPost then
postNoteEvent:FireClient(player, "cooldown", math.ceil(cooldown))
return
end
-- All text shared publicly must go through a text filter
local filterResult = getFilterResult(noteData.text, player.UserId)
if filterResult then
local success, filteredText = pcall(function()
return filterResult:GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync()
end)
if success then
-- Create the note
local note = {
text = filteredText
}
-- Update last post time
lastPostTime[player.UserId] = tick()
-- Send success response
postNoteEvent:FireClient(player, "success", note)
-- Broadcast new note to all players
postNoteEvent:FireAllClients("newNote", note)
else
warn("Error filtering text!")
end
end)
-- Clean up when player leaves
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
lastPostTime[player.UserId] = nil
end)
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