Minecraft Server Status Bot for Discord

Requirements

• NodeJS
• Minecraft JAVA Server
• Discord Bot Token (obtainable through the discord developer portal)

Setup

• Download this git repository
• Rename config.example.json > config.json
• Edit config.json with your minecraft server info + discord bot token
• CD to repo directory & install dependancies through npm:
  • npm install
• Run using: node app.js or if you use pm2: pm2 start app.js
• Invite the bot to your discord server with permisions to:
  • Send Messages
  • Manage Messages
  • Attach Files
  • Read Message History

Useage

• By default the bot command prefix is mc!, this can be changed in config.json

• Available commands are:

  • help replies with list of bot commands
  • ip replies with minecraft server address listed in your config file
  • status|stat [serveraddress:port] responds with status of minecraft server. If no server address given, bot will use the one set in your config file. Port will default to 25565 if not specified.
  • online|on [serveraddress:port] responds with list of online players. Pulls from player sample array, may have limitation on number of results.
  • force-update|fu forces the bot to update it's status with server player count. Can only be run by server moderators.
  • pin posts the status of your mc server + pins it to the Discord channel. status/pin will be auto updated at the interval set in your config.json file
  • set <address|port|name|prefix|pinupdate|showPlayerSample> [value] updates the value for the specified setting in the config. if no value is set, it will return the current value

• Examples:

  • mc!set address mc.hypixel.net
  • mc!status
  • mc!on
  • mc!status mc.hypixel.net

  

Notes

• This bot uses the mcapi.us API.
  • mcapi.us is ratelimited to 600 requests per 10 minutes.
  • Try not to exceed this limit. If you do, your bots IP address could be blocked for abuse.

Updated Dec 08th 2021