source-rcon-client

A simple RCON client written in ES2018 with the isotropic utilities library.

API

new SourceRCONClient(hostname, port = 27015, password, timeout = 5000, logEnabled = false)

Returns a fresh client instance for the given server and credentials.

Arguments

• hostname - The hostname or IP of the RCON server.
• port - The TCP port of the RCON server. Defaults to port 27015.
• password - The admin password for the RCON server.
• timeout - The timeout for command responses. Defaults to 5000 ms (5 seconds.)
• logEnabled - Whether logging (via pino) is enabled. Defaults to false.

Example

import SourceRCONClient from 'source-rcon-client';

const client = new SourceRCONClient('hostname', 27015, 'password');

NOTE: source-rcon-client is a ES2015+ module. If you're using CommonJS on Node.js < 12 or are not using Babel to transpile, you're going to want to require source-rcon-client by the default property:

const SourceRCONClient = require('source-rcon-client').default,
    client = new SourceRCONClient('hostname', 27015, 'password');

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connect()

Connects with the credentials provided at instantiation time. Returns a Promise that is resolved if the connection is successful and rejects if it fails.

Example

import SourceRCONClient from 'source-rcon-client';

const client = new SourceRCONClient('hostname', 27015, 'password');

client.connect().then(() => {
    console.log('Connected!');
}).catch(error => {
    console.error(error);
});

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disconnect()

Disconnects from the RCON server and resets the client, making it ready for a new connection. Returns a Promise that is resolved if the client disconnects cleanly or rejects if it does not.

Example

import SourceRCONClient from 'source-rcon-client';

const client = new SourceRCONClient('hostname', 27015, 'password');

client.connect().then(() => {
    console.log('Connected!');
    return client.disconnect();
}).then(() => {
    console.log('Disconnected!');
}).catch(error => {
    console.error(error);
});

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send(command[, packetType])

Sends the provided command to the connected server for execution. Returns a Promise that resolves with the server response on successful execution, or rejects with an error if there is a failure.

Arguments

• command - The command sent to the server.
• packetType - An optional PacketType definition. Defaults to PacketType.SERVERDATA_EXECCOMMAND.

Example

import SourceRCONClient from 'source-rcon-client';

const client = new SourceRCONClient('hostname', 27015, 'password');

client.connect().then(() => {
    console.log('Connected!');
    return client.send('listplayers'); // Assuming an ARK/ATLAS server...
}).then(response => {
    console.log(response); // Print the server response to console
    return client.disconnect();
}).then(() => {
    console.log('Disconnected!');
}).catch(error => {
    console.error(error);
});