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A powerful websocket library to interact with MCBE WebSocket Protocol
Requires Node.js v18 or later.
npm install socket-be
If you use this inside same device, allow the loopback connection.
CheckNetIsolation.exe LoopbackExempt -a -n="Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe"
You can use /wsserver or /connect command to connect with websocket server.
EX: /wsserver <IP Address>:<PORT>
import { Server, ServerEvent } from 'socket-be';
const server = new Server({ port: 8000 })
server.on(ServerEvent.Open, () => {
console.log('Server started')
});
server.on(ServerEvent.PlayerChat, async ev => {
const { sender, message, world } = ev;
if (sender.name === 'External') return; // prevents spam loop
console.log(`<${sender.name}> ${message}`);
if (message === 'ping') {
await world.sendMessage('Pong!');
}
});
This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.
FAQs
This is a tool to connect with MinecraftBE via websocket easier.
The npm package socket-be receives a total of 33 weekly downloads. As such, socket-be popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that socket-be demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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