game-server-watcher

The goals of this repo:

1. create a (very simple, but capable) bot to monitor game servers
   1. get gamedig server info
   2. get steam api server info
2. should be able to host on a free service (target atm: cloudno.de (nodejs v12.20.1))
3. show and refresh server info via bots (eg.: discord, telegram, slack etc.)

Self host on cloudno.de

Part 1: create and setup github repo

//TODO: fork this repo

Part 2: create and setup cloudno.de repo

//TODO: create app, copy git url & append with login:token@ // on github: goto settings --> secrets [actions], setup CLOUDNODE_REPO_URL

Part 3 (optional): create and invite discord bot and get token

//TODO: create discord bot; invite to server(guild) with permissions: view channels, send messages, message history, embed stuff, create bot auth token and setup DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN in cloud app env

Part 4 (optional): create telegram bot and get token

//TODO: talk to botfather, get chat id: https://t.me/getidsbot, setup bot token as TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN in cloud app env

Part 5 (optional): create steam web api key

//TODO: submit form and create key, setup web key as STEAM_WEB_API_KEY in cloud app env

Part 6: create cloud branch, configure and deploy the service

//TODO: create a custom.config.json file, and setup GSW_CONFIG in cloud app env to point to it. //git branch cloud && git add . && git commit -m :shipit: && git push origin cloud

Manage

A few web endpoints are available to clear out service data.
Make sure to configure a proper SECRET env var to enable these!

Servers /flush/servers/SECRET

Removes the stored game server data. (population history)

Telegram /flush/telegram/SECRET

The bot has no cleanup functionality atm. If the original message created by the bot gets deleted, you need to flush the bot data to reinitialize the message.

Discord /flush/discord/SECRET

The bot has no cleanup functionality atm. If the original message created by the bot gets deleted, you might need to flush the bot data to reinitialize the message.

Development

Running locally

npm i
npm run dev

Nodejs v12 dependency limitations

• node8-gamedig
• discord.js v12 (discord API v8)
• got v11