Client & Server API

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Jacob Merrette asked Jun 1, '21

Client & Server API

Hi,

I am currently working on a project using playfab and discovered that the Server needs to use Server API and Client API is for, well, the clients.

I am wondering is there's a way to know if a function is called by the Server or by a Client? Asking since at the moment I don't seem to find one and it seems that I would need 1 function dedicated for Client and one for Server.

Example of what I would like:

//If Client 
PlayFabClientAPI.GetCatalogItems(request, OnGetCatalogSuccess, OnPlayFabErrorCallback);
//If Server
PlayFabServerAPI.GetCatalogItems(request, OnGetCatalogSuccessAdmin, OnPlayFabErrorCallback);

Context:
I am working on a card game and the Server acts as a referee to make sure everything is legal. The current way that we have our code set-up is both clients and the server want to fetch the catalog from Playfab.

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Jacob Merrette commented · Jun 01, 2021 at 02:39 PM

Note that I have tried to use the documentation, but it is abysmally unclear and half the links leads me to "Page does not exist".

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Answer 1 · 2021-06-02T06:14:32Z

Ivan Cai answered Jun 2, '21

For calling client apis, it need sessionticket retrieved from any client login function. For calling server apis, it requires secretkey and execute on something you specify. For server apis, they are used in cloudscript or a dedicated game server. Assuming that games are made in unity, client side can call executecloudscript to call server apis of cloudscript. The difference between client apis and server apis is preventing cheat. Not only does you call server apis to prevent cheat, you also need to add some validation logic on server-side. You can navigate to API Feature in the title settings and to find out whether to allow the customer some operation options. If the doc you mentioned on comment is related to apis, please refer to Server APIs and Client APIs.

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RippleYeller commented · Sep 05, 2022 at 08:13 PM

Getting this error when using ValidatePlayer method.

This is being run on dedicated server with local multiplayer agent inside docker. Is it possible that the problem is a firewall issue? The client api for logging in on the client side works just fine. Cant seem to get any of the Server api to work.

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RippleYeller RippleYeller commented · Sep 05, 2022 at 08:16 PM

Woops, here is Validate player and the error from server.

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