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Source: Roblox Creator Hub · CC BY 4.0 · View source · Code samples: MIT Imported 2026-10-03. Formatting adapted for this site.

GET /v1/universes/{universeId}/standard-datastores — datastores-api/v1

List data stores in an experience

Returns a list of an experience's data stores.

Endpoint

Method: GET

Path: /v1/universes/{universeId}/standard-datastores

Servers:

Parameters

NameLocationRequiredDescription
universeIdpathtrueThe identifier of the experience with data stores that you want to access. You can find your experience's universe ID on Creator Hub.
cursorqueryfalseProvide to request the next set of data.
limitqueryfalseThe maximum number of items to return. Each call only reads one partition, so it can return fewer than the given value when running out of objectives on one partition.
prefixqueryfalseProvide to return only data stores with this prefix.
[
  {
    "name": "universeId",
    "in": "path",
    "required": true,
    "description": "The identifier of the experience with data stores that you want to access. You can find your experience's universe ID on Creator Hub.",
    "schema": {
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int64"
    }
  },
  {
    "name": "cursor",
    "in": "query",
    "description": "Provide to request the next set of data.",
    "schema": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": true
    }
  },
  {
    "name": "limit",
    "in": "query",
    "description": "The maximum number of items to return. Each call only reads one partition, so it can return fewer than the given value when running out of objectives on one partition.",
    "schema": {
      "type": "integer",
      "format": "int32",
      "default": 1
    }
  },
  {
    "name": "prefix",
    "in": "query",
    "description": "Provide to return only data stores with this prefix. ",
    "schema": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": true
    }
  }
]

Responses

StatusDescription
200
{
  "200": {
    "description": "",
    "content": {
      "application/json": {
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "data": {
              "type": "array",
              "description": "An array of data stores in the target experience.",
              "items": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DataStore"
              }
            },
            "nextPageCursor": {
              "type": "string",
              "nullable": true,
              "description": "Indicates that there is more data available in the requested result set."
            }
          },
          "example": "{\n  \"datastores\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"PlayerInventory\",\n      \"createdTime\": \"2022-02-18T22:38:59.9244932Z\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"PlayerExperience\",\n      \"createdTime\": \"2022-02-18T23:00:10.4773508Z\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"PlayerWeapons\",\n      \"createdTime\": \"2022-02-18T23:00:22.3725681Z\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"PlayerArmor\",\n      \"createdTime\": \"2022-02-18T22:59:33.8472882Z\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"PlayerHP\",\n      \"createdTime\": \"2022-02-18T22:58:47.6904028Z\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"nextPageCursor\": \"...\"\n}\n"
        },
        "encoding": {
          "metadata": {
            "contentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8; content-length=388;"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Authentication

{
  "security": [
    {
      "roblox-api-key": [
        "universe-datastores.control:list"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "securitySchemes": {
    "roblox-api-key": {
      "type": "apiKey",
      "description": "A configurable key that allows granular access to Roblox resources. See https://create.roblox.com/docs/cloud/auth/api-keys for more information.",
      "in": "header",
      "name": "x-api-key"
    }
  }
}

Complete Operation Definition

{
  "tags": [
    "Datastores"
  ],
  "summary": "List data stores in an experience",
  "description": "Returns a list of an experience's data stores.",
  "operationId": "Datastores_ListDatastoresAsync",
  "x-roblox-cloud-api-operation-name": "List Data Stores",
  "x-roblox-stability": "BETA",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "universeId",
      "in": "path",
      "required": true,
      "description": "The identifier of the experience with data stores that you want to access. You can find your experience's universe ID on Creator Hub.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "integer",
        "format": "int64"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "cursor",
      "in": "query",
      "description": "Provide to request the next set of data.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "nullable": true
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "limit",
      "in": "query",
      "description": "The maximum number of items to return. Each call only reads one partition, so it can return fewer than the given value when running out of objectives on one partition.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "integer",
        "format": "int32",
        "default": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "prefix",
      "in": "query",
      "description": "Provide to return only data stores with this prefix. ",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "nullable": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "data": {
                "type": "array",
                "description": "An array of data stores in the target experience.",
                "items": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DataStore"
                }
              },
              "nextPageCursor": {
                "type": "string",
                "nullable": true,
                "description": "Indicates that there is more data available in the requested result set."
              }
            },
            "example": "{\n  \"datastores\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"PlayerInventory\",\n      \"createdTime\": \"2022-02-18T22:38:59.9244932Z\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"PlayerExperience\",\n      \"createdTime\": \"2022-02-18T23:00:10.4773508Z\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"PlayerWeapons\",\n      \"createdTime\": \"2022-02-18T23:00:22.3725681Z\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"PlayerArmor\",\n      \"createdTime\": \"2022-02-18T22:59:33.8472882Z\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"PlayerHP\",\n      \"createdTime\": \"2022-02-18T22:58:47.6904028Z\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"nextPageCursor\": \"...\"\n}\n"
          },
          "encoding": {
            "metadata": {
              "contentType": "application/json; charset=utf-8; content-length=388;"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "roblox-api-key": [
        "universe-datastores.control:list"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "x-roblox-scopes": [
    {
      "name": "universe-datastores.control:list"
    }
  ],
  "x-roblox-cloud-api-operation": true,
  "x-roblox-lua-equivalent": "DataStoreService:ListDataStoresAsync",
  "x-roblox-cloud-api-operation-code-samples": [
    {
      "language": "curl",
      "script": "curl --include --location --request GET \"https://apis.roblox.com/datastores/v1/universes/3310576216/standard-datastores\" \\\n--header \"x-api-key: ${API_KEY}\" \\\n--get \\\n-d \"prefix=Player\" \\\n-d \"limit=5\""
    }
  ],
  "x-roblox-rate-limits": {
    "description": "See [Throttling](/cloud/guides/data-stores/throttling.md)."
  },
  "x-roblox-recommended-alternatives": [
    {
      "url": "https://apis.roblox.com/cloud/v2/universes/{universe_id}/data-stores",
      "httpMethod": "GET"
    }
  ]
}