MCStatus
Mcstatus provides an API and command line script to fetch publicly available data from Minecraft servers. Specifically, mcstatus retrieves data by using these protocols: Server List Ping and Query. Because of mcstatus, you do not need to fully understand those protocols and can instead skip straight to retrieving minecraft server data quickly in your own programs.
Installation
Mcstatus is available on PyPI, and can be installed trivially with:
python3 -m pip install mcstatus
Usage
Python API
Java Edition (1.7+)
from mcstatus import JavaServer
# You can pass the same address you'd enter into the address field in minecraft into the 'lookup' function
# If you know the host and port, you may skip this and use JavaServer("example.org", 1234)
server = JavaServer.lookup("example.org:1234")
# 'status' is supported by all Minecraft servers that are version 1.7 or higher.
# Don't expect the player list to always be complete, because many servers run
# plugins that hide this information or limit the number of players returned or even
# alter this list to contain fake players for purposes of having a custom message here.
status = server.status()
print(f"The server has {status.players.online} player(s) online and replied in {status.latency} ms")
# 'ping' is supported by all Minecraft servers that are version 1.7 or higher.
# It is included in a 'status' call, but is also exposed separate if you do not require the additional info.
latency = server.ping()
print(f"The server replied in {latency} ms")
# 'query' has to be enabled in a server's server.properties file!
# It may give more information than a ping, such as a full player list or mod information.
query = server.query()
print(f"The server has the following players online: {', '.join(query.players.names)}")
Java Edition (Beta 1.8-1.6)
from mcstatus import LegacyServer
# You can pass the same address you'd enter into the address field in minecraft into the 'lookup' function
# If you know the host and port, you may skip this and use LegacyServer("example.org", 1234)
server = LegacyServer.lookup("example.org:1234")
# 'status' is supported by all Minecraft servers.
status = server.status()
print(f"The server has {status.players.online} player(s) online and replied in {status.latency} ms")
Bedrock Edition
from mcstatus import BedrockServer
# You can pass the same address you'd enter into the address field in minecraft into the 'lookup' function
# If you know the host and port, you may skip this and use BedrockServer("example.org", 19132)
server = BedrockServer.lookup("example.org:19132")
# 'status' is the only feature that is supported by Bedrock at this time.
# In this case status includes players.online, latency, motd, map, gamemode, and players.max. (ex: status.gamemode)
status = server.status()
print(f"The server has {status.players.online} players online and replied in {status.latency} ms")
See the documentation to find what you can do with our library!
Command Line Interface
The mcstatus library includes a simple CLI. Once installed, it can be used through:
python3 -m mcstatus --help
License
Mcstatus is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE for full text.
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