prismarine-chat

prismarine-chat

A parser for a minecraft chat message

Usage

const registry = require('prismarine-registry')('1.16')
const ChatMessage = require('prismarine-chat')(registry)

const msg = new ChatMessage({"text":"Example chat mesasge"})
console.log(msg.toString()) // Example chat message

API

ChatMessage(message,[displayWarning])

• message - Can be either text or a minecraft chat JSON object
• displayWarning - Display warnings if true, default to false

chat.toString([lang])

Flattens the message in to plain-text

• lang - (optional) - Set a custom lang (defaults to mcData.language)

chat.toMotd([lang], parent)

Converts to motd format

• lang - (optional) - Set a custom lang (defaults to mcData.language)
• parent - Set a custom lang (defaults to mcData.language)

chat.getText(idx, [lang])

Returns a text part from the message

• idx - Index of the part
• lang - (optional) - Set a custom lang (defaults to mcData.language)

chat.toAnsi([lang])

Converts to ansi format

• lang - (optional) - Set a custom lang (defaults to mcData.language)

chat.length()

Returns the count of text extras and child ChatMessages Does not count recursively in to the children

chat.append(ChatMessage)

Appends another ChatMessage or a string

chat.clone()

Returns a clone of the ChatMessage

const registry = require('prismarine-registry')('1.16')
const { MessageBuilder } = require('prismarine-chat')(registry)

const msg = new MessageBuilder().setText('Example chat mesasge')
console.log(JSON.stringify(msg)) // The string as a message component

static ChatMessage.fromNotch(msg)

Returns a prismarine-chat representation of the message recieved from the 'chat' packet, example shown here

static ChatMessage.fromNetwork(messageType, messageParameters)

(1.19+) Loads a chat message sent by server that needs to be formatted on client side.

MessageBuilder()

setBold (val: boolean) : this

setItalic (val: boolean) : this

setUnderlined (val: boolean) : this

setStrikethrough (val: boolean) : this

setObfuscated (val: boolean) : this

setColor (val: string) : this

setText (val: string) : this

check code for examples (and explanations) from here on

setFont (val: string) : this

setTranslate (val: string) : this

setInsertion (val: string) : this

setKeybind (val: string) : this

setScore (name: string, objective: string) : this

setClickEvent (action: string, value: object) : this

setHoverEvent (action: string, data: object, type?: 'contents'|'value') : this

addExtra (...val: MessageBuilder | string) : this

addWith (...val: MessageBuilder | string) : this

resetFormatting () : void

sets every one of the formatting options to false and sets text to reset type

toJSON () : object

builder.toJSON() is the same thing as JSON.stringify(builder)

toString () : string

runs JSON.stringify() on this

static MessageBuilder.fromString(str, {colorSeparator = '&'}) : MessageBuilder

convert string with color codes like &4Hello&cWorld to a MessageBuilder object