A javascript function for checking changes in a minecraft server's list of players without using query or a custom plugin.

Options can be an object:

var options = {
  name: 'name',
  ip: 'ip'
}

Or an array of objects:

var options = [
  {
    name: 'name1',
    ip: 'ip1'
  },
  {
    name: 'name2',
    ip: 'ip2'
  }
]

var mcstatus = require('mcserverstatus').mcstatus; // only include if using npm

mcstatus({
  name: 'senious survival', // can be anything
  ip: 'senious.mcph.co' // the IP of the server
}, function response(response) {
  console.log(response);
});

If used in an interval, it will return the current players only once and then return consecutive join and leave messages.

setInterval(function(){
  mcstatus({
    name: 'name',
    ip: 'ip'
  },function(response){
    console.log(response);
  });
},1000);

When first ran it returns:

Currently [list of players] are playing on [server name].

Then if a player joins the server and the function is run again:

[playername] joined [server name]. Now there are [current players]/[max players] on the server, including [list of players].

npm install mcserverstatus

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