I want to make something, but I have no idea how.

Natsoup · March 22, 2018

Hi guys,

I have something i want to run on my Minecraft Server PC - I want to make a Discord Bot that will come online when my server is online, and go offline if it is off. Bonus points if I can get the discord bot to say "Playing 9/23 Players" and have that update automatically. I don't have experience making discord bots or anything - But I'd like to try. Is this possible? I want to do this.

Natsoup · March 22, 2018

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2FA · March 23, 2018

Do you know Javascript? Most bots are made using Javascript, though using other languages is possible.

Discord's API is easy enough to integrate into the program, documentation found here. The other part is the Minecraft API, I found this which queries information.

I also found a Github repo for a bot that uses that API but it's command based. What you could do instead of commands is implement a loop which repeats after x amount of time that queries the server info. You could then have if statements that only trigger if the player stats or online/offline status changes.