byond-topic 0.1.1

Sending Topic packets to BYOND servers, and receive responses

byond.topic

A python module for sending packets to BYOND servers, for calling /world/Topic() and receiving a response. In the same vein as BYOND.TopicSender, but in python!

Installation

Open the directory, and pip install .!

Exports

send(address, port, query)

Sends a Topic() packet to the specified server, and (ideally) returns the response from the server.

• address: The address (IP, or DNS) of the target DreamDaemon instance to send the Topic() packet to.
• port: Port that the DreamDaemon instance is serving the world on
• query: Query string to be sent. This is an urlencoded series of keys (and, where required, values.) (...Yeah. it really is just an url query string.)

Returns: A tuple containing the response-type, and the response from the server.

If the response-type is TOPIC_RESPONSE_STRING, the response will be a dict of key-value pairs, parsed out from the URL query-format string returned from the server.

The actual data returned from the server depends on the codebase that the server is running, and the query that was sent.

If the response-type is TOPIC_RESPONSE_FLOAT, the response will be a floating point numeric value.

(send automatically opens a socket, transmits the packet, receives the reply, and then closes the socket again.)

queryStatus(address, port)

Sends a Topic() packet to the specified server, querying the ?status endpoint. This returns a string of JSON, or None for an invalid response.

queryPlayerCount(address, port)

Sends a Topic() packet to the specified server, querying the ?playing endpoint. This should return the number of currently-connected players, or None for an invalid response.

Constants

• TOPIC_PACKET_ID: The signature that identifies a Topic() packet.
• TOPIC_RESPONSE_STRING: Response-type: string
• TOPIC_RESPONSE_FLOAT: Response-type: float/numeric

Examples

Requesting World Status

import byond.topic as Topic

responseType, responseData = Topic.send("localhost", 26200, '?status')
if(responseType == Topic.TOPIC_RESPONSE_STRING):
    print(f"We're currently playing a {responseData['mode'][0]} round on {responseData['map_name'][0]}, with {responseData['players'][0]} players!")

(The values available in your status response data depend on the codebase you're querying. Try it and see, first!)