This repository contains an archive of versions of the Roblox Lua API.

Files in this repository can be accessed through HTTP via the following URL:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RobloxAPI/build-archive/master/

The data directory contains builds grouped by certain properties of the content. Additionally, the groups.json file contains an array of strings, where each string indicates the name of a group.

A group directory contains the following files:

• builds: A directory containing build files.
• metadata.json: Contains metadata about each build.
• latest.json: Contains metadata about the latest build.

Within the builds directory, each subdirectory is named according to the Version GUID of the build. Contained within each build directory are the files of the build. The exact files included depend on the group.

Summary:

data/groups.json
data/<group>/builds/<version-guid>/<file>
data/<group>/metadata.json
data/<group>/latest.json

Example:

data/groups.json
data/legacy/builds/version-6b060bf0723c4a04/API-Dump.json
data/legacy/metadata.json
data/legacy/latest.json

The metadata.json file contains an object with the following fields:

Build is an object with the following fields:

Note that multiple Builds within the array can have the same GUID. They will have differing dates in this case, indicating that the same build was produced multiple times.

MissingFiles is an object where each field name is a GUID corresponding to a build, and the value is an array of strings. Each string indicates the name of a file that is missing from the build.

Example:

{
	"Files": [
		"API-Dump.json",
		"API-Dump.txt",
		"ReflectionMetadata.xml"
	],
	"Builds": [
		{
			"GUID": "version-87de5333d4254860",
			"Date": "2011-10-25T23:33:20-07:00",
			"Version": "0.47.0.380"
		}
	],
	"Missing": {
		"version-87de5333d4254860": [
			"ReflectionMetadata.xml"
		]
	}

The latest.json file contains a single Build object, indicating the latest produced build. This is updated if the latest build changes.

This repository has the following build groups:

The legacy directory contains builds that did not originally have API dumps in JSON format. Each build contains the following files:

• API-Dump.txt: API dump in the original format.
• API-Dump.json: Translated from the original dump format. Content may change over time as accuracy is improved.
• ReflectionMetadata.xml: Reflection metadata file.

The production directory contains builds that are added as they are released by Roblox. Each build contains the following files:

• API-Dump.json: API dump in JSON format.
• Full-API-Dump.json: Like API-Dump, but describes the full API.
• ReflectionMetadata.xml: Reflection metadata file.

Some files, such as ReflectionMetadata.xml, are missing from many builds. Missing files will be added if recovered.