node-GameDig - Game Server Query Library

node-GameDig is a game server query library, capable of querying for the status of nearly any game or voice server. If a server makes its status publically available, GameDig can fetch it for you.

GameDig is available as a node.js module, as well as a command line executable.

Usage from Node.js

npm install gamedig

const Gamedig = require('gamedig');
Gamedig.query({
    type: 'minecraft',
    host: 'mc.example.com'
}).then((state) => {
    console.log(state);
}).catch((error) => {
    console.log("Server is offline");
});

Query Options

Typical

• type: string - One of the game IDs listed in the game list below
• host: string - Hostname or IP of the game server
• port: number (optional) - Connection port or query port for the game server. Some games utilize a separate "query" port. If specifying the game port does not seem to work as expected, passing in this query port may work instead. (defaults to protocol default port)

Advanced

• maxAttempts: number - Number of attempts to query server in case of failure. (default 1)
• socketTimeout: number - Milliseconds to wait for a single packet. Beware that increasing this will cause many queries to take longer even if the server is online. (default 2000)
• attemptTimeout: number - Milliseconds allowed for an entire query attempt. This timeout is not commonly hit, as the socketTimeout typically fires first. (default 10000)
• debug: boolean - Enables massive amounts of debug logging to stdout. (default false)

Return Value

The returned state object will contain the following keys:

• name: string - Server name
• map: string - Current server game map
• password: boolean - If a password is required
• maxplayers: number
• players: array of objects
  • Each object may or may not contain name, ping, score, team, address.
  • The number of players online can be determined by players.length.
  • For servers which do not provide player names, this may be an array of empty objects (ex. [{},{},{}]), one for each player without a name.
• bots: array of objects - Same schema as players
• connect: string
  • This will typically include the game's ip:port
  • The port will reflect the server's game port, even if your request specified the game's query port in the request.
  • For some games, this may be a server ID or connection url if an IP:Port is not appropriate for end-users.
• ping: number
  • Round trip time to the server (in milliseconds).
  • Note that this is not the RTT of an ICMP echo, as ICMP packets are often blocked by NATs and node has poor support for raw sockets.
  • This value is derived from the RTT of one of the query packets, which is usually quite accurate, but may add a bit due to server lag.
• raw: freeform object (unstable)
  • Contains all information received from the server in a disorganized format.
  • The content of this field MAY change on a per-protocol basis between GameDig patch releases (although not typical).

Games List

Supported

• 7 Days to Die (7d2d)
• Age of Chivalry (ageofchivalry)
• Age of Empires 2 (aoe2)
• Alien Arena (alienarena)
• Alien Swarm (alienswarm)
• ARK: Survival Evolved (arkse)
• Aliens vs Predator 2 (avp2)
• Aliens vs Predator 2010 (avp2010)
• America's Army (americasarmy)
• America's Army 2 (americasarmy2)
• America's Army 3 (americasarmy3)
• America's Army: Proving Grounds (americasarmypg)
• ArmA (arma)
• ArmA 2 (arma2)
• ArmA 3 (arma3)
• Armagetron (armagetron)
• Baldur's Gate (baldursgate)
• Battalion 1944 (bat1944)
• Battlefield 1942 (bf1942)
• Battlefield Vietnam (bfv)
• Battlefield 2 (bf2)
• Battlefield 2142 (bf2142)
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (bfbc2)
• Battlefield 3 (bf3)
• Battlefield 4 (bf4)
• Battlefield Hardline (bfh)
• Breach (breach)
• Breed (breed)
• Brink (brink)
• Build and Shoot (buildandshoot)
• Call of Duty (cod)
• Call of Duty: United Offensive (coduo)
• Call of Duty 2 (cod2)
• Call of Duty 3 (cod3)
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (cod4)
• Call of Duty: World at War (codwaw)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (codmw2)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (codmw3)
• Call of Juarez (callofjuarez)
• Chaser (chaser)
• Chrome (chrome)
• Codename Eagle (codenameeagle)
• Commandos 3: Destination Berlin (commandos3)
• Command and Conquer: Renegade (cacrenegade)
• Conan Exiles (conanexiles)
• Contact J.A.C.K. (contactjack)
• Counter-Strike 1.6 (cs16)
• Counter-Strike: 2D (cs2d)
• Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (cscz)
• Counter-Strike: Source (css)
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (csgo) [Additional Notes]
• Cross Racing Championship (crossracing)
• Crysis (crysis)
• Crysis Wars (crysiswars)
• Crysis 2 (crysis2)
• Daikatana (daikatana)
• Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (dmomam)
• Darkest Hour (darkesthour)
• DayZ (dayz) [Additional Notes]
• DayZ Mod (dayzmod)
• Deadly Dozen: Pacific Theater (deadlydozenpt)
• Deer Hunter 2005 (dh2005)
• Descent 3 (descent3)
• Deus Ex (deusex)
• Devastation (devastation)
• Dino D-Day (dinodday)
• Dirt Track Racing 2 (dirttrackracing2)
• Dark and Light (dnl)
• Day of Defeat (dod)
• Day of Defeat: Source (dods)
• Day of Infamy (doi)
• Doom 3 (doom3)
• DOTA 2 (dota2)
• Drakan (drakan)
• Enemy Territory Quake Wars (etqw)
• F.E.A.R. (fear)
• F1 2002 (f12002)
• F1 Challenge 99-02 (f1c9902)
• Far Cry (farcry)
• Far Cry (farcry2)
• Fortress Forever (fortressforever)
• Flashpoint (flashpoint)
• Frontlines: Fuel of War (ffow)
• FiveM (fivem)
• Garry's Mod (garrysmod)
• Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (graw)
• Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (graw2)
• Giants: Citizen Kabuto (giantscitizenkabuto)
• Global Operations (globaloperations)
• Geneshift (geneshift)
• GoldenEye: Source (ges)
• Gore (gore)
• Gunman Chronicles (gunmanchronicles)
• Half-Life 1 Deathmatch (hldm)
• Half-Life 2 Deathmatch (hl2dm)
• Halo (halo)
• Halo 2 (halo2)
• Heretic 2 (heretic2)
• Hexen 2 (hexen2)
• The Hidden: Source (hidden)
• Hidden and Dangerous 2 (had2)
• Homefront (homefront)
• Homeworld 2 (homeworld2)
• Hurtworld (hurtworld)
• IGI-2: Covert Strike (igi2)
• IL-2 Sturmovik (il2)
• Insurgency (insurgency)
• Insurgency: Sandstorm (insurgencysandstorm)
• Iron Storm (ironstorm)
• James Bond: Nightfire (jamesbondnightfire)
• Just Cause 2 Multiplayer (jc2mp)
• Killing Floor (killingfloor)
• Killing Floor 2 (killingfloor2)
• Kingpin: Life of Crime (kingpin)
• KISS Psycho Circus (kisspc)
• DMP - KSP Multiplayer (kspdmp)
• KzMod (kzmod)
• Left 4 Dead (left4dead)
• Left 4 Dead 2 (left4dead2)
• Mafia 2 Multiplayer (m2mp)
• Medieval Engineers (medievalengineers)
• Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (mohaa)
• Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (mohpa)
• Medal of Honor: Airborne (mohab)
• Medal of Honor: Spearhead (mohsh)
• Medal of Honor: Breakthrough (mohbt)
• Medal of Honor 2010 (moh2010)
• Medal of Honor: Warfighter (mohwf)
• Minecraft (minecraft) [Additional Notes]
• Minecraft: Pocket Edition (minecraftpe)
• Monday Night Combat (mnc)
• Multi Theft Auto: Vice City (mtavc)
• Multi Theft Auto: San Andreas (mtasa)
• Mumble (mumble) [Additional Notes]
• Mumble (mumbleping) [Additional Notes]
• Mutant Factions (mutantfactions)
• Nascar Thunder 2004 (nascarthunder2004)
• netPanzer (netpanzer)
• No More Room in Hell (nmrih)
• Natural Selection (ns)
• Natural Selection 2 (ns2)
• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (nfshp2)
• Nerf Arena Blast (nab)
• Neverwinter Nights (nwn)
• Neverwinter Nights 2 (nwn2)
• Nexuiz (nexuiz)
• Nitro Family (nitrofamily)
• No One Lives Forever (nolf)
• No One Lives Forever 2 (nolf2)
• Nuclear Dawn (nucleardawn)
• OpenArena (openarena)
• OpenTTD (openttd)
• Operation Flashpoint (operationflashpoint)
• Painkiller (painkiller)
• Postal 2 (postal2)
• Prey (prey)
• Primal Carnage: Extinction (primalcarnage)
• Quake 1: QuakeWorld (quake1)
• Quake 2 (quake2)
• Quake 3: Arena (quake3)
• Quake 4 (quake4)
• Rag Doll Kung Fu (ragdollkungfu)
• Rainbow Six (r6)
• Rainbow Six 2: Rogue Spear (r6roguespear)
• Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (r6ravenshield)
• RalliSport Challenge (rallisportchallenge)
• Rally Masters (rallymasters)
• Red Orchestra (redorchestra)
• Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 (redorchestraost)
• Red Orchestra 2 (redorchestra2)
• Redline (redline)
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein (rtcw)
• Ricochet (ricochet)
• Rise of Nations (riseofnations)
• Rune (rune)
• Rust (rust)
• San Andreas Multiplayer (samp)
• Space Engineers (spaceengineers)
• Serious Sam (ss)
• Serious Sam 2 (ss2)
• Shattered Horizon (shatteredhorizon)
• The Ship (ship)
• Shogo (shogo)
• Shootmania (shootmania) [Additional Notes]
• SiN (sin)
• SiN Episodes (sinep)
• Soldat (soldat)
• Soldier of Fortune (sof)
• Soldier of Fortune 2 (sof2)
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (stalker)
• Star Trek: Bridge Commander (stbc)
• Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force (stvef)
• Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force 2 (stvef2)
• Star Wars: Battlefront (swbf)
• Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (swbf2)
• Star Wars: Jedi Knight (swjk)
• Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 (swjk2)
• Star Wars: Republic Commando (swrc)
• Starbound (starbound)
• StarMade (starmade)
• Starsiege (2009) (starsiege)
• Suicide Survival (suicidesurvival)
• SWAT 4 (swat4)
• Sven Coop (svencoop)
• Synergy (synergy)
• Tactical Ops (tacticalops)
• Team Factor (teamfactor)
• Team Fortress Classic (tfc)
• Team Fortress 2 (tf2)
• Teamspeak 2 (teamspeak2)
• Teamspeak 3 (teamspeak3) [Additional Notes]
• Terminus (terminus)
• Terraria (terraria) [Additional Notes]
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (thps3)
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (thps4)
• Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (thu2)
• Tower Unite (towerunite)
• Trackmania 2 (trackmania2) [Additional Notes]
• Trackmania Forever (trackmaniaforever) [Additional Notes]
• Tremulous (tremulous)
• Tribes 1: Starsiege (tribes1)
• Tribes: Vengeance (tribesvengeance)
• Tron 2.0 (tron20)
• Turok 2 (turok2)
• Universal Combat (universalcombat)
• Unreal (unreal)
• unturned (unturned)
• Unreal Tournament (ut)
• Unreal Tournament 2003 (ut2003)
• Unreal Tournament 2004 (ut2004)
• Unreal Tournament 3 (ut3)
• Urban Terror (urbanterror)
• V8 Supercar Challenge (v8supercar)
• Ventrilo (ventrilo)
• Vietcong (vietcong)
• Vietcong 2 (vietcong2)
• Warsow (warsow)
• Wheel of Time (wheeloftime)
• Wolfenstein 2009 (wolfenstein2009)
• Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (wolfensteinet)
• Xpand Rally (xpandrally)
• Zombie Master (zombiemaster)
• Zombie Panic: Source (zps)

Not supported (yet)

• rFactor Engine (rfactor):
• rFactor
• Arca Sim Racing
• Cube Engine (cube):
• Cube 1
• Assault Cube
• Cube 2: Sauerbraten
• Blood Frontier
• BFRIS
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 (no documentation, may require rcon)
• Counter-Strike 2D
• Freelancer
• Ghost Recon
• GTR2
• Haze
• Hexen 2
• Plain Sight
• Red Faction
• Savage: Battle for Newerth
• Savage 2: A Tortured Soul
• Sum of All Fears
• Teeworlds
• Tribes 2
• Vice City Multiplayer
• World in Conflict

Want support for one of these games? Please open an issue to show your interest! Know how to code? Protocols for most of the games above are documented in the /reference folder, ready for you to develop into GameDig!

Don't see your game listed here?

First, let us know so we can fix it. Then, you can try using some common query protocols directly by using one of these server types:

• protocol-ase
• protocol-battlefield
• protocol-doom3
• protocol-gamespy1
• protocol-gamespy2
• protocol-gamespy3
• protocol-nadeo
• protocol-quake2
• protocol-quake3
• protocol-unreal2
• protocol-valve

Games with Additional Notes

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

To receive a full player list response from CS:GO servers, the server must have set the cvar: host_players_show 2

DayZ

DayZ uses a query port that is separate from its main game port. The query port is usually the game port PLUS 24714 or 24715. You may need to pass this query port into GameDig instead.

Mumble

For full query results from Mumble, you must be running the GTmurmur plugin. If you do not wish to run the plugin, or do not require details such as channel and user lists, you can use the 'mumbleping' server type instead, which uses a less accurate but more reliable solution

Nadeo (ShootMania / TrackMania / etc)

The server must have xmlrpc enabled, and you must pass the xmlrpc port to GameDig, not the connection port. You must have a user account on the server with access level User or higher. Pass the login into to GameDig with the additional options: login, password

TeamSpeak 3

For teamspeak 3 queries to work correctly, the following permissions must be available for the guest server group:

• Virtual Server
• b_virtualserver_info_view
• b_virtualserver_channel_list
• b_virtualserver_client_list
• Group
• b_virtualserver_servergroup_list
• b_virtualserver_channelgroup_list

Terraria

Requires tshock server mod, and a REST user token, which can be passed to GameDig with the additional option: token

Usage from Command Line

Want to integrate server queries from a batch script or other programming language? You'll still need npm to install gamedig:

npm install gamedig -g

After installing gamedig globally, you can call gamedig via the command line:

gamedig --type minecraft mc.example.com:11234

The output of the command will be in JSON format. Additional advanced parameters can be passed in as well: --debug, --pretty, --socketTimeout 5000, etc.

Changelog

2.0.8

• Improve out-of-order packet handling for gamespy1 protocol
• Work-around for buggy duplicate player reporting from bf1942 servers
• Report team names rather than IDs when possible for gamespy1 protocol

2.0.7

• Prevent tcp socket errors from dumping straight to console

2.0.6

• Added support for host domains requiring Punycode encoding (special characters)

2.0.5

• Added support for Counter-Strike: 2D

2.0.4

• Added details about new 2.0 reponse fields to the README.

2.0.3

• Added support for Insurgency: Sandstorm

2.0.2

• Added support for Starsiege 2009 (starsiege)

2.0.1

• Updated readme games list for 2.0
• Fixed csgo default port

2.0.0

Breaking API changes

• Node 8 is now required
• Removed the port_query option. You can now pass either the server's game port or query port in the port option, and GameDig will automatically discover the proper port to query. Passing the query port is more likely be successful in unusual cases, as otherwise it must be automatically derived from the game port.
• Removed callback parameter from Gamedig.query. Only promises are now supported. If you would like to continue using callbacks, you can use node's util.callbackify function to convert the method to callback format.
• Removed query field from response object, as it was poorly documented and unstable.
• Removed notes field from options / response object. Data can be passed through a standard javascript context if needed.

Minor Changes

• Rewrote core to use promises extensively for better error-handling. Async chains have been dramatically simplified by using async/await across the codebase, eliminating callback chains and the 'async' dependency.
• Replaced --output pretty cli parameter with --pretty.
• You can now query from CLI using shorthand syntax: gamedig --type <gameid> <ip>[:<port>]
• UDP socket is only opened if needed by a query.
• Automatic query port detection -- If provided with a non-standard port, gamedig will attempt to discover if it is a game port or query port by querying twice: once to the port provided, and once to the port including the game's query port offset (if available).
• Added new connect field to the response object. This will typically include the game's ip:port (the port will reflect the server's game port, even if you passed in a query port in your request). For some games, this may be a server ID or connection url if an IP:Port is not appropriate.
• Added new ping field (in milliseconds) to the response object. As icmp packets are often blocked by NATs, and node has poor support for raw sockets, this time is derived from the rtt of one of the UDP requests, or the time required to open a TCP socket during the query.
• Improved debug logging across all parts of GameDig
• Removed global Gamedig.debug. debug is now an option on each query.

Protocol Changes

• Added support for games using older versions of battlefield protocol.
• Simplified detection of BC2 when using battlefield protocol.
• Fixed buildandshoot not reading player list
• Standardized all doom3 games into a single protocol, which can discover protocol discrepancies automatically.
• Standardized all gamespy2 games into a single protocol, which can discover protocol discrepancies automatically.
• Standardized all gamespy3 games into a single protocol, which can discover protocol discrepancies automatically.
• Improved valve protocol challenge key retry process

1.0.0

• First official release
• Node.js 6 is now required