Getting UUIDs | SpigotMC | Page 1

ornate meteor Oct 10, 2021, 11:49 PM

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Heyo, newbie to spigot, please excuse my ignorance lol

I've managed to obtain the UUID of a given player via the Minecraft API- the reason I dont grab it from a player object in game is because I'm sourcing the username from a discord command- but when I try to convert that UUID into an OfflinePlayer object via getOfflinePlayer(), it gives me an error saying the UUID is invalid.

Relevant code:

OfflinePlayer player = plugin.getServer().getOfflinePlayer(java.util.UUID.fromString(resUUID)

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid UUID string: cbf8d615b44049cc90de9e66d7c8ac53

sinful sparrow Oct 10, 2021, 11:49 PM

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Pretty sure you need the -'s

ornate meteor Oct 10, 2021, 11:50 PM

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oh hell DX

celest grail Oct 10, 2021, 11:50 PM

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It does need the -'s, yes

ornate meteor Oct 10, 2021, 11:50 PM

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the api doesnt provide those 😭

celest grail Oct 10, 2021, 11:50 PM

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so format the string

ornate meteor Oct 10, 2021, 11:51 PM

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uh, i dont know how 😬 what's the format of a UUID?

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is there a set number of characters between each -?

celest grail Oct 10, 2021, 11:51 PM

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8 chars - 4 chars - 4 chars - 4 chars - 12 chars

ornate meteor Oct 10, 2021, 11:51 PM

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wow, alright cool

celest grail Oct 10, 2021, 11:52 PM

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069a79f4-44e9-4726-a5be-fca90e38aaf5 just like that

ornate meteor Oct 11, 2021, 12:04 AM

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so i've managed to format it, but it's still giving me a problem

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well first here's the screenshot showing i formatted it

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the player shows as null

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whitelist.yml also does not include the username of the player

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so it lets the whitelisted user onto the server but the file never updates with the username 🤔

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is that a minecraft bug lmao

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other than that weird bug, it seems to be working just fine 🤷‍♂️

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im gonna keep this thread open just in case someone has a solution but otherwise im good to go

celest grail Oct 11, 2021, 10:07 AM

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I keep a cache of the last username associated with each UUID and use that for UUID -> name translation

#Getting UUIDs