Returns a Client
instance and connects to the server.
options
is an object containing the properties :
Parameter | Optionality | Description |
---|---|---|
host | Conditional | Not required if realms is set. host to connect to, for example 127.0.0.1 . |
port | optional | port to connect to, default to 19132 |
version | optional | Version to connect as. If not specified, automatically match server version. |
offline | optional | default to false. Set this to true to disable Microsoft/Xbox auth. |
username | Conditional | Required if offline set to true : Username to connect to server as. |
connectTimeout | optional | default to 9000ms. How long to wait in milliseconds while trying to connect to server. |
onMsaCode | optional | Callback called when signing in with a microsoft account with device code auth, data is an object documented here |
profilesFolder | optional | Where to store cached authentication tokens. Defaults to .minecraft, or the node_modules folder if not found. |
autoInitPlayer | optional | default to true, If we should send SetPlayerInitialized to the server after getting play_status spawn. |
skipPing | optional | Whether pinging the server to check its version should be skipped. |
conLog | optional | Where to log connection information (server join, kick messages to). Defaults to console.log, set to null to not log anywhere. |
useNativeRaknet | optional | Whether to use the C++ version of RakNet. Set to false to use JS. |
compressionLevel | optional | What zlib compression level to use, default to 7 |
batchingInterval | optional | How frequently, in milliseconds to flush and write the packet queue (default: 20ms) |
realms | optional | An object which should contain one of the following properties: realmId , realmInvite , pickRealm . When defined will attempt to join a Realm without needing to specify host/port. The authenticated account must either own the Realm or have been invited to it |
realms.realmId | optional | The id of the Realm to join. |
realms.realmInvite | optional | The invite link/code of the Realm to join. |
realms.pickRealm | optional | A function which will have an array of the user Realms (joined/owned) passed to it. The function should return a Realm. |
The following special events are emitted by the client on top of protocol packets:
- 'status' - When the client's login sequence status has changed
- 'join' - When the client has joined the server after authenticating
- 'spawn' - When the client has spawned into the game world, as it is getting chunks
- 'kick' - The server has kicked the client
- 'close' - The server has closed the connection
- 'error' - An recoverable exception has happened. Not catching will throw an exception
- 'connect_allowed' - Emitted after the client has pinged the server and gets version information.
- 'heartbeat' - Emitted after two successful tick_sync (keepalive) packets have been sent bidirectionally
- 'packet' - Emitted for all packets received by client
- 'session' - When the client has finished authenticating and connecting
Returns a Server
instance and starts listening for clients. All clients will be
authenticated unless offline is set to true.
options
is an object containing the properties :
Parameter | Optionality | Description |
---|---|---|
host | Required | The host to bind to. use 0.0.0.0 to bind all IPv4 addresses. |
port | optional | the port to bind to, default 19132 |
version | optional | Version to run server as. Clients below this version will be kicked, clients above will still be permitted. |
offline | optional | default to false. Set this to true to disable Microsoft/Xbox auth enforcement. |
maxPlayers | optional | default to 3. Set this to change the maximum number of players connected. |
kickTimeout | [Future][1] | How long to wait before kicking a unresponsive client. |
motd | optional | The "message of the day" for the server, the message shown to players in the server list. See usage below. |
advertisementFn | optional | optional. Custom function to call that should return a ServerAdvertisement, used for setting the RakNet server PONG data. Overrides motd . |
conLog | optional | Where to log connection information (server join, kick messages to). Default to log only in DEBUG mode. |
Ping a server and get the response. See type definitions for the structure.
See the type defintions for this library for more information on methods.
Both Client and Server classes have write(name, params)
and queue(name, params)
methods. The former sends a packet immediately, and the latter queues them to be sent in the next packet batch. Prefer the latter for better performance and less blocking.
You can use .close()
to terminate a connection, and .disconnect(reason)
to gracefully kick a connected client.
You can create a server as such:
const bedrock = require('bedrock-protocol')
const server = bedrock.createServer({
host: '0.0.0.0', // the host to bind to, use '0.0.0.0' to bind all hosts
port: 19132, // optional, port to bind to, default 19132
offline: false, // default false. verify connections with XBL
motd: {
motd: 'Funtime Server', // Top level message shown in server list
levelName: 'Wonderland' // Sub-level header
}
})
Then you can listen for clients and their events:
// The 'connect' event is emitted after a new client has started a connection with the server and is handshaking.
// Its one paramater is the client class instance which handles this session from here on out.
server.on('connect', (client) => {
// 'join' is emitted after the client has authenticated & connection is now encrypted.
client.on('join', () => {
// Then we can continue with the server spawning sequence. See examples/serverTest.js for an example spawn sequence.
})
})
Server event emissions:
- 'connect' - emitted by
Server
after a client first joins the server. Second paramater is aServerPlayer
instance.
'error' event is emitted when a catchable exception happens with a client (for example receiving a bad encrypted packet).
A ServerPlayer instance also emits the following special events:
- 'join' - the client is ready to recieve game packets after successful server-client handshake/encryption
- 'login' - emitted by client after the client has been authenticated by the server
- 'spawn' - emitted after the client lets the server know that it has successfully spawned
- 'packet' - Emitted for all packets received by client
You can create a server as such:
const bedrock = require('bedrock-protocol')
const client = bedrock.createClient({
host: '127.0.0.1', // the host to bind to, use '0.0.0.0' to bind all hosts
port: 19132, // optional, port to bind to, default 19132
username: 'Notch' // Any profile name, only used internally for account caching when in online mode. In offline mode, the username to connect with.
})
// The 'join' event is emitted after the player has authenticated
// and is ready to recieve chunks and start game packets
client.on('join', client => console.log('Player has joined!'))
// The 'spawn' event is emitted. The chunks have been sent and all is well.
client.on('spawn', client => console.log('Player has spawned!'))
// We can listen for text packets. See proto.yml for documentation.
client.on('text', (packet) => {
console.log('Client got text packet', packet)
})
Order of client event emissions:
- 'connect' - emitted after a client first joins the server
- 'login' - emitted after the client has been authenticated by the server
- 'join' - the client is ready to recieve game packets after successful server-client handshake
- 'spawn' - emitted after the client has permission from the server to spawn
To make joining a Realm easier we've added an optional realm
property to the client. It accepts the following options realmId
, realmInvite
, and pickRealm
, supplying one of these will fetch host/port information for the specified Realm and then attempt to connect the bot.
realmId
- The id of the Realm to join.realmInvite
- The invite code/link of the Realm to join.pickRealm
- A function that will be called with a list of Realms to pick from. The function should return the Realm to join.
const bedrock = require('bedrock-protocol')
const client = bedrock.createClient({
realms: {
pickRealm: (realms) => realms[0] // Function which recieves an array of joined/owned Realms and must return a single Realm. Can be async
}
})
For documentation on the protocol, and packets/fields see the the protocol doc (the emitted event names are the Packet types in lower case without the "packet_" prefix). More information on syntax can be found in CONTRIBUTING.md. When sending a packet, you must fill out all of the required fields.
You can create a proxy ("Relay") to create a machine-in-the-middle (MITM) connection to a server. You can observe and intercept packets as they go through. The Relay is a server+client combo with some special packet handling and forwarding that takes care of the authentication and encryption on the server side. You'll be asked to login if offline
is not specified once you connect.
const { Relay } = require('bedrock-protocol')
const relay = new Relay({
version: '1.16.220', // The version
/* host and port to listen for clients on */
host: '0.0.0.0',
port: 19132,
/* Where to send upstream packets to */
destination: {
host: '127.0.0.1',
port: 19131
}
})
relay.listen() // Tell the server to start listening.
relay.on('connect', player => {
console.log('New connection', player.connection.address)
// Server is sending a message to the client.
player.on('clientbound', ({ name, params }) => {
if (name === 'disconnect') { // Intercept kick
params.message = 'Intercepted' // Change kick message to "Intercepted"
}
})
// Client is sending a message to the server
player.on('serverbound', ({ name, params }) => {
if (name === 'text') { // Intercept chat message to server and append time.
params.message += `, on ${new Date().toLocaleString()}`
}
})
})
'Relay' emits 'clientbound' and 'serverbound' events, along with the data for the outgoing packet that can be modified. You can send a packet to the client with player.queue()
or to the backend server with player.upstream.queue()
.