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Is the API usable by players or just DMs?

Title says it all. I've poked around the site looking for an answer, and did a search, and didn't find a clue.
Depends on what you mean by "usable". Scripts are installed by the campaign creator, and cannot be installed by players or co-GMs. However, once a script is installed, what it does is up to the script. It is possible to make a script only respond to commands from a GM, but many (possibly most) will respond to commands from anyone.
Thank you.
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The Aaron
Roll20 Production Team
API Scripter
(Minor correction. Co-GMs can install scripts.)
Oh, neat. I've never been or had a co-GM, but I figured script installation was lumped in with the other mentor stuff like the transmogrifier.
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DXWarlock
Sheet Author
API Scripter
Long as the founding GM of the campaign is a mentor, all players/co-GMs can use the results of the API scripts the GM/co-GM has installed. None of the others need to have mentor to take advantage of them. And a co-GM can do most everything a GM can, can see the tabletop the same, add/remove tokens, characters, handouts, music, rollable tables, and so on like a normal GM. Only options they are locked out of is campaign settings like name, character sheet selection and such. But they can install and update the API scripts window also even if they aren't a mentor (assuming the GM that created the campaign is one).