MineStat

MineStat is a Minecraft server status checker library for Python, supporting a wide range of Minecraft servers:

• Java Edition since Minecraft version Beta 1.8 (September 2011),
• Bedrock Edition starting with Minecraft version 0.14 (March 2018), maybe earlier.

Supports Minecraft SRV record resolution, which requires the package dnspython. This mechanism allows server operators to use a custom port or host without the player having to type it. One common server utilizing this feature example is 2b2t: The actual server is at connect.2b2t.org, while users simply use 2bt2.org. MineStat supports querying both, if dnspython is installed.

Python example

To use the PyPI package: pip install minestat

import minestat

ms = minestat.MineStat('minecraft.frag.land', 25565)
print('Minecraft server status of %s on port %d:' % (ms.address, ms.port))
if ms.online:
  print('Server is online running version %s with %s out of %s players.' % (ms.version, ms.current_players, ms.max_players))
  # Bedrock-specific attribute:
  if ms.gamemode:
    print('Game mode: %s' % ms.gamemode)
  print('Message of the day: %s' % ms.motd)
  print('Message of the day without formatting: %s' % ms.stripped_motd)
  print('Latency: %sms' % ms.latency)
  print('Connected using protocol: %s' % ms.slp_protocol)
else:
  print('Server is offline!')

Available parameters

The following parameters exist for the MineStat object:

• address: str,
  • Hostname or IP address of the Minecraft server.
• port: int = 0,
  • Optional port of the Minecraft server. Defaults to auto detection (25565 for Java Edition, 19132 for Bedrock/MCPE).
• timeout: int = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
  • Optional timeout in seconds for each connection attempt. Defaults to 5 seconds.
• query_protocol: SlpProtocols = SlpProtocols.ALL,
  • Optional protocol to use. See minestat.SlpProtocols for available choices. Defaults to auto detection.
• resolve_srv: Optional[bool] = None
  • Optional, whether to resolve Minecraft SRV records. Requires dnspython to be installed.

Minimal example with port auto-detection:

import minestat
ms = minestat.MineStat('minecraft.frag.land')
print(f"Is online? {ms.online=}")

Available attributes

The following attributes are available on the MineStat object:

• online: bool
  • Whether the server is online and reachable with the specified protocol. True if online.
• address: str
  • Addresss (domain or IP-address) of the server to connect to.
• port: int
  • Port of the server to connect to.
• version: str
  • String describing the server Minecraft version. In vanilla servers the version number (e.g. 1.18.2), may be modified by the server (e.g. by ViaVersion). On Bedrock servers includes the Edition (MCEE/MCPE) and the server info.
• motd: str
  • The raw MOTD returned by the server. May include formatting codes (§) or JSON chat components.
  • Examples (See https://github.com/FragLand/minestat/issues/84#issuecomment-895375890):
    • With formatting codes: §6~~§r §3§lM§7§lA§2§lG§9§lI§4§lC§r1.16 v3§6~~§r
    • JSON chat components: {"extra": [{"color": "gold", "text": "~~"}, {"text": " "}, {"bold": true, "color": "dark_aqua", "text": "M"}, {"bold": true, "color": "gray", "text": "A"}, {"bold": true, "color": "dark_green", "text": "G"}, {"bold": true, "color": "blue", "text": "I"}, {"bold": true, "color": "dark_red", "text": "C"}, {"text": "1.16 v3"}, {"color": "gold", "text": "~~"}], "text": ""}
• stripped_motd: str
  • The MOTD with all formatting removed ("human readable").
  • Example (See https://github.com/FragLand/minestat/issues/84#issuecomment-895375890)
    • Above MOTD example: ~~ MAGIC1.16 v3~~
• current_players: int
  • Count of players currently online on the server.
• max_players: int
  • Count of maximum allowed players as reported by the server.
• latency: int
  • Time in milliseconds the server took to respond to the information request.
• slp_protocol: minestat.SlpProtocol
  • Protocol used to retrieve information from the server.
• connection_status: minestat.ConnStatus
  • Status of connection ("SUCCESS", "CONNFAIL", "TIMEOUT", or "UNKNOWN").
• srv_record: bool
  • wether the server has a SRV record.

Extra attributes

The following attributes are not availabe with every protocol.

• player_list: list[str] (UT3/GS4 Query specific)
  • List of online players, may be empty even if current_players is over 0.
• plugins: list[str] (UT3/GS4 Query specific)
  • List of plugins returned by the Query protcol.
• map: str (UT3/GS4 Query specific)
  • The name of the map the server is running on.
• gamemode: str (Bedrock specific)
  • Gamemode currently active on the server (Creative/Survival/Adventure).
• favicon_b64: str (SLP 1.7/JSON specific)
  • Base64-encoded favicon.
• favicon: str (SLP 1.7/JSON specific)
  • Decoded favicon data.