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Introduction

Cloud Script is an advanced PlayFab feature, but it only involves basic JavaScript scripting. It's a powerful feature and a useful skill to game developers using PlayFab.

If you are new to JavaScript, then it is a great journey ahead of you. With PlayFab's automation feature, you only need basic JavaScript knowledge to use the scripting feature. There are some learning ahead, however it is a worth it endeavor and investment in your career since you can also use this skill for any development purposes, including using your skill to use Construct 3's Scripting feature, which allows you to do more advanced implementations with your projects.

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The most important things you need to know to get started in writing JavaScript with Cloud Script is the writing structure or syntax. These include comments, variables, operators, arithmetic, assignment, data types, functions, objects... up until you reach arrow functions. You will learn the rest as you go.

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It's not a difficult course to learn, everyone who managed to understand the event sheet system with Construct 3 or Construct 2 can certainly do it.

For further studies, you can lookup CodeAcademy, W3Schools or Tutorialspoint. For video based learning, we highly recommend Derek Banas' complete JavaScript tutorial.

If you already know JavaScript, then it is straightforward to use. You only need to write a handler function in your customized server-side script in the Automation features page of the PlayFab Console. In the server-side script, you can access the Server API and make requests alongside your customized functions. You can call these functions through their handler. You can call the handler function from Construct 3 through the Cloud Script plugin by passing the handler name and the parameters. To get started, please refer to the documentations below:

• Cloud Script documentation

• Server API
  

Make sure to also lookup the Introduction to Cloud Script tutorial, a basic learning guide for Cloud Scripting.

Azure Functions

Reminder!

• There is now a new implementation for Cloud Script in PlayFab, it is called Microsoft PlayFab's Azure Functions, which no longer relies on PlayFab's own hosting of server-side scripts. You will be managing the servers yourself through Microsoft Azure. Fortunately, this is an easy process as well, however you still need to do some technical server management unlike before.
  

• While the previous Cloud Script implementation is now a legacy feature, which only now exists for existing projects or for those who request through email to convert their titles back to the classic Cloud Script feature.
  

• We will be updating the plugin along with the entire PlayFab Master Collection, to accommodate the new Microsoft Azure features, including tutorials to ease the transition. We will announce as soon as this project is finished, and the update made available.

Properties Guide

The Cloud Script plugin has a properties section to easily configure how you want to select and request server-side scripts.

Click to select the Cloud Script object and take a look at the Properties Bar while the Cloud Script object is selected. This will show the 3 configuration properties, the Revision, Specific Version and Generate Play Stream.

There are 3 types of revisions, Live, Latest and Specific. If the property is set to Specific, the specified version in the next property below will be used. The Generate Play Stream Event toggle will enable the log generation in the Play Stream Monitor from the PlayFab Dashboard, if checked.

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You can also read each property's descriptions for more information.