ts-minecraft

Provide several useful function for Minecraft in typescript

Usage

import { NBT, ServerInfo, ...so on...} from 'ts-minecraft'

Getting Started

NBT
World
Server
Minecraft Install
GameSetting
Language
ResourcePack
Forge
TextComponent
Auth
Version
Launch

NBT

import { NBT } from 'ts-minecraft'
const fileData: Buffer;
const compressed: boolean;
const readed: any = NBT.Serializer.deserialize(fileData, compressed).value;

const serial: NBT.Serializer.create()
    .register('server', {
        name: NBT.TagType.String,
        host: NBT.TagType.String,
        port: NBT.TagType.Int,
        icon: NBT.TagType.String,
    });
const serverInfo;
const serialized: Buffer = serial.serialize(serverInfo, 'server');

Serialize/deserialize NBT.

import { NBT } from 'ts-minecraft'
// First create NBT tag like this.
let rootTag: NBT.TagCompound = NBT.TagCompound.newCompound();
rootTag.set('TheEnd', NBT.TagScalar.newString("That's all"));
rootTag.set('key1', NBT.TagScalar.newString('value1'));
// Checks if key exists. Then cast it to string tag.
let key1Tag: NBT.TagString = checkExists(rootTag.get('key1')).asTagString();
function checkExists<T>(t: T | undefined): T {
    if (t === undefined)
        throw new Error('key not exists');
    return t;
}
console.log(key1Tag.value); // print value1
// If list contains list. list those inside forget there element type.
let listTag: NBT.TagList<NBT.TagAnyList> = NBT.TagList.newListList();
rootTag.set('testList', listTag);
let stringListTag: NBT.TagList<NBT.TagString> = NBT.TagList.newStringList();
stringListTag.push(NBT.TagScalar.newString('hello'), NBT.TagScalar.newString('world'));
let doubleListTag: NBT.TagList<NBT.TagDouble> = NBT.TagList.newDoubleList();
// This gives you a way to add different list in.
listTag.push(stringListTag, doubleListTag);
// And still prevent you add other things in it.
// listTag.push(NBT.TagCompound.newCompound()); // Illegal
// You can cast list to whatever list you want after you got a list without element type.
console.log(listTag[0].asTagListString()[0].asTagString().value); // print hello
// You can iterate values in list.
for (let stringTag of stringListTag) {
    console.log(stringTag.value); // print hello then print world
}
// And also entries in compound.
for (let [key, value] of rootTag) {
    if (value.tagType === NBT.TagType.String)
        console.log('[' + key + ' = ' + value.asTagString().value + ']');
}
// Finally you can write root tags to buffer and read root tags from buffer.
let buffer: Buffer = NBT.Persistence.writeRoot(rootTag, { compressed: true } );
let ourTag: NBT.TagCompound = NBT.Persistence.readRoot(buffer, { compressed: true } );
console.log(checkExists(ourTag.get('TheEnd')).asTagString().value); // print That's all

Typed NBT API for structured NBT manipulation.

WorldInfo

import { WorldInfo } from 'ts-minecraft'
const levelDatBuffer: Buffer;
const info: WorldInfo = WorldInfo.parse(levelDatBuffer);

Read a WorldInfo from buffer.

Server

import { Server } from 'ts-minecraft'
const seversDatBuffer: Buffer;
const infos: Server.Info[] = Server.parseNBT(seversDatBuffer);
const info: Server.Info = infos[0]
const promise: Promise<Server.Status> = Server.fetchStatus(info);

Read sever info and fetch its status.

Minecraft Install

import { VersionMeta, VersionMetaList, Version, MetaContainer, MinecraftLocation } from 'ts-minecraft'
const minecraft: MinecraftLocation;
const versionPromise: Promise<Version> = Version.updateVersionMeta()
    .then((metas: MetaContainer) => metas.list.versions[0])
    .then((meta: VersionMeta) => Version.install('client', meta, minecraft))

Fully install vanilla minecraft client including assets and libs.

GameSetting

import { GameSetting } from 'ts-minecraft'
const settingString;
const setting: GameSetting = GameSetting.parse(settingString);
const string: string = GameSetting.stringify(setting);

Serialize/Deserialize the minecraft game setting string.

Language

import { Language, MinecraftLocation } from 'ts-minecraft'
const location: MinecraftLocation;
const version: string;
const langs: Promise<Language[]> = Language.read(location, version)

Read language info from version

ResourcePack

import { ResourcePack } from 'ts-minecraft'
const fileFullPath;
Promise<ResourcePack> packPromise = ResourcePack.read(fileFullPath);

Read ResourcePack from filePath

Forge

import { Forge } from 'ts-minecraft'
const forgeModJarBuff: Buffer;
Promise<Forge.MetaData[]> metasPromise = Forge.meta(forgeModJarBuff);

Read the forge mod metadata

const modConfigString: string;
const config: Forge.Config = Forge.Config.parse(modConfigString);
const serializedBack = Forge.Config.stringify(config);

Read the forge mod config

TextComponent

import { TextComponent } from 'ts-minecraft'
const fromString: TextComponent = TextComponent.str('from string');
const formattedString: string;
const fromFormatted: TextComponent = TextComponent.from(formattedString);

Create TextComponent from string OR Minecraft's formatted string, like '§cThis is red'

Auth

import { Auth } from 'ts-minecraft'
const username: string;
const password: string;
const authFromMojang: Promise<Auth> = Auth.Yggdrasil.login({username, password});
const authOffline = Auth.offline(username);

Using AuthService to online/offline auth

Version

import { Version } from 'ts-minecraft'
const location: MinecraftLocation;
const versionId: string;
const version: Version = Version.parse(location, versionId);

Parse existed version.

Launch

import { Launcher } from 'ts-minecraft'
const version: string;
const javaPath: string;
const gamePath: string;
const proc: Promise<ChildProcess> = Launcher.launch({gamePath, javaPath, version});

Launch minecraft from a version

Future Works

TextComponent to style string

Issue

Really need runtime check for parsed Forge/LiteMod data(Hopefully, more people write this correctly)

Credit

Yu Xuanchi, co-worker, quality control of this project.

Haowei Wen, the author of JMCCC, Authlib Injector, and Indexyz, help me a lot on Minecraft launching, authing.

CharlesQT/ts-minecraft