node-GameDig - Game Server Query Library

node-GameDig is a game server query library, capable of querying for the status of nearly any game or voice server. If a server makes its status publically available, GameDig can fetch it for you.

GameDig is available as a node.js module, as well as a command line executable.

Support is available on the GameDig Discord (for questions), or GitHub Issues (for bugs).

Usage from Node.js

npm install gamedig

const Gamedig = require('gamedig');
Gamedig.query({
    type: 'minecraft',
    host: 'mc.example.com'
}).then((state) => {
    console.log(state);
}).catch((error) => {
    console.log("Server is offline");
});

Query Options

Typical

• type: string - One of the game IDs listed in the game list below
• host: string - Hostname or IP of the game server
• port: number (optional) - Connection port or query port for the game server. Some games utilize a separate "query" port. If specifying the game port does not seem to work as expected, passing in this query port may work instead. (defaults to protocol default port)

Advanced

• maxAttempts: number - Number of attempts to query server in case of failure. (default 1)
• socketTimeout: number - Milliseconds to wait for a single packet. Beware that increasing this will cause many queries to take longer even if the server is online. (default 2000)
• attemptTimeout: number - Milliseconds allowed for an entire query attempt. This timeout is not commonly hit, as the socketTimeout typically fires first. (default 10000)
• givenPortOnly: boolean - Only attempt to query server on given port. (default false)
• ipFamily: number - IP family/version returned when looking up hostnames via DNS, can be 0 (IPv4 and IPv6), 4 (IPv4 only) or 6 (IPv6 only). (default 0)
• debug: boolean - Enables massive amounts of debug logging to stdout. (default false)
• requestRules: boolean - Valve games only. Additional 'rules' may be fetched into the raw field. (default false)

Return Value

The returned state object will contain the following keys:

• name: string - Server name
• map: string - Current server game map
• password: boolean - If a password is required
• maxplayers: number
• players: array of objects
  • name: string - If the player's name is unknown, the string will be empty.
  • raw: object - Additional information about the player if available (unstable)
    • The content of this field MAY change on a per-protocol basis between GameDig patch releases (although not typical).
• bots: array of objects - Same schema as players
• connect: string
  • This will typically include the game's ip:port
  • The port will reflect the server's game port, even if your request specified the game's query port in the request.
  • For some games, this may be a server ID or connection url if an IP:Port is not appropriate for end-users.
• ping: number
  • Round trip time to the server (in milliseconds).
  • Note that this is not the RTT of an ICMP echo, as ICMP packets are often blocked by NATs and node has poor support for raw sockets.
  • This value is derived from the RTT of one of the query packets, which is usually quite accurate, but may add a bit due to server lag.
• raw: freeform object (unstable)
  • Contains all information received from the server in a disorganized format.
  • The content of this field MAY change on a per-protocol basis between GameDig patch releases (although not typical).

Games List

Supported

GameDig Type ID	Name	See Also
7d2d	7 Days to Die (2013)	Valve Protocol
ageofchivalry	Age of Chivalry (2007)	Valve Protocol
aoe2	Age of Empires 2 (1999)
alienarena	Alien Arena (2004)
alienswarm	Alien Swarm (2010)	Valve Protocol
avp2	Aliens versus Predator 2 (2001)
avp2010	Aliens vs. Predator (2010)	Valve Protocol
americasarmy	America's Army (2002)
americasarmy2	America's Army 2 (2003)
americasarmy3	America's Army 3 (2009)	Valve Protocol
americasarmypg	America's Army: Proving Grounds (2015)	Valve Protocol
arcasimracing	Arca Sim Racing (2008)
arkse	Ark: Survival Evolved (2017)	Valve Protocol
arma2	ARMA 2 (2009)	Valve Protocol
arma2oa	ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead (2010)	Valve Protocol
arma3	ARMA 3 (2013)	Valve Protocol
arma	ARMA: Armed Assault (2007)
armacwa	ARMA: Cold War Assault (2011)
armar	ARMA: Resistance (2011)
armagetron	Armagetron Advanced (2001)
assettocorsa	Assetto Corsa (2014)
atlas	Atlas (2018)	Valve Protocol
baldursgate	Baldur's Gate (1998)
barotrauma	Barotrauma (2019)	Valve Protocol
bat1944	Battalion 1944 (2018)	Valve Protocol
bf1942	Battlefield 1942 (2002)
bf2	Battlefield 2 (2005)
bf2142	Battlefield 2142 (2006)
bf3	Battlefield 3 (2011)
bf4	Battlefield 4 (2013)
bfh	Battlefield Hardline (2015)
bfv	Battlefield Vietnam (2004)
bfbc2	Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (2010)
breach	Breach (2011)	Valve Protocol
breed	Breed (2004)
brink	Brink (2011)	Valve Protocol
buildandshoot	Build and Shoot / Ace of Spades Classic (2012)
cod	Call of Duty (2003)
cod2	Call of Duty 2 (2005)
cod3	Call of Duty 3 (2006)
cod4	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
codmw2	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
codmw3	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)	Valve Protocol
coduo	Call of Duty: United Offensive (2004)
codwaw	Call of Duty: World at War (2008)
callofjuarez	Call of Juarez (2006)
chaser	Chaser (2003)
chrome	Chrome (2003)
codenameeagle	Codename Eagle (2000)
cacrenegade	Command and Conquer: Renegade (2002)
commandos3	Commandos 3: Destination Berlin (2003)
conanexiles	Conan Exiles (2018)	Valve Protocol
contagion	Contagion (2011)	Valve Protocol
contactjack	Contract J.A.C.K. (2003)
cs15	Counter-Strike 1.5 (2002)
cs16	Counter-Strike 1.6 (2003)	Valve Protocol
cs2d	Counter-Strike: 2D (2004)
cscz	Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (2004)	Valve Protocol
csgo	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2012)	Notes, Valve Protocol
css	Counter-Strike: Source (2004)	Valve Protocol
crossracing	Cross Racing Championship Extreme 2005 (2005)
crysis	Crysis (2007)
crysis2	Crysis 2 (2011)
crysiswars	Crysis Wars (2008)
daikatana	Daikatana (2000)
dnl	Dark and Light (2017)	Valve Protocol
dmomam	Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (2006)	Valve Protocol
darkesthour	Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 (2008)
dod	Day of Defeat (2003)	Valve Protocol
dods	Day of Defeat: Source (2005)	Valve Protocol
dayofdragons	Day of Dragons (2019)	Valve Protocol
doi	Day of Infamy (2017)	Valve Protocol
daysofwar	Days of War (2017)	Valve Protocol
dayz	DayZ (2018)	Valve Protocol
dayzmod	DayZ Mod (2013)	Valve Protocol
deadlydozenpt	Deadly Dozen: Pacific Theater (2002)
dh2005	Deer Hunter 2005 (2004)
descent3	Descent 3 (1999)
deusex	Deus Ex (2000)
devastation	Devastation (2003)
dinodday	Dino D-Day (2011)	Valve Protocol
dirttrackracing2	Dirt Track Racing 2 (2002)
discord	Discord	Notes
doom3	Doom 3 (2004)
dota2	Dota 2 (2013)	Valve Protocol
drakan	Drakan: Order of the Flame (1999)
empyrion	Empyrion - Galactic Survival (2015)	Valve Protocol
etqw	Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (2007)
fear	F.E.A.R. (2005)
f1c9902	F1 Challenge '99-'02 (2002)
farcry	Far Cry (2004)
farcry2	Far Cry 2 (2008)
f12002	Formula One 2002 (2002)
fortressforever	Fortress Forever (2007)	Valve Protocol
ffow	Frontlines: Fuel of War (2008)
garrysmod	Garry's Mod (2004)	Valve Protocol
geneshift mutantfactions	Geneshift (2017)
giantscitizenkabuto	Giants: Citizen Kabuto (2000)
globaloperations	Global Operations (2002)
ges	GoldenEye: Source (2010)	Valve Protocol
gore	Gore: Ultimate Soldier (2002)
fivem	Grand Theft Auto V - FiveM (2013)
mtasa	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Multi Theft Auto (2004)
mtavc	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Multi Theft Auto (2002)
groundbreach	Ground Breach (2018)	Valve Protocol
gunmanchronicles	Gunman Chronicles (2000)	Valve Protocol
hl2dm	Half-Life 2: Deathmatch (2004)	Valve Protocol
hldm	Half-Life Deathmatch (1998)	Valve Protocol
hldms	Half-Life Deathmatch: Source (2005)	Valve Protocol
halo	Halo (2003)
halo2	Halo 2 (2007)
hll	Hell Let Loose	Valve Protocol
heretic2	Heretic II (1998)
hexen2	Hexen II (1997)
had2	Hidden & Dangerous 2 (2003)
homefront	Homefront (2011)	Valve Protocol
homeworld2	Homeworld 2 (2003)
hurtworld	Hurtworld (2015)	Valve Protocol
igi2	I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike (2003)
il2	IL-2 Sturmovik (2001)
insurgency	Insurgency (2014)	Valve Protocol
insurgencysandstorm	Insurgency: Sandstorm (2018)	Valve Protocol
ironstorm	Iron Storm (2002)
jamesbondnightfire	James Bond 007: Nightfire (2002)
jc2mp	Just Cause 2 - Multiplayer (2010)
jc3mp	Just Cause 3 - Multiplayer (2017)	Valve Protocol
kspdmp	Kerbal Space Program - DMP Multiplayer (2015)
killingfloor	Killing Floor (2009)
killingfloor2	Killing Floor 2 (2016)	Valve Protocol
kingpin	Kingpin: Life of Crime (1999)
kisspc	Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child (2000)
kzmod	Kreedz Climbing (2017)	Valve Protocol
left4dead	Left 4 Dead (2008)	Valve Protocol
left4dead2	Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)	Valve Protocol
m2mp	Mafia II - Multiplayer (2010)
m2o	Mafia II - Online (2010)
moh2010	Medal of Honor (2010)
mohab	Medal of Honor: Airborne (2007)
mohaa	Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002)
mohbt	Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Breakthrough (2003)
mohsh	Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Spearhead (2002)
mohpa	Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (2004)
mohwf	Medal of Honor: Warfighter (2012)
medievalengineers	Medieval Engineers (2015)	Valve Protocol
minecraft minecraftping	Minecraft (2009)
minecraftpe minecraftbe	Minecraft: Bedrock Edition (2011)
mnc	Monday Night Combat (2011)	Valve Protocol
mordhau	Mordhau (2019)	Valve Protocol
mumble	Mumble - GTmurmur Plugin (2005)	Notes
mumbleping	Mumble - Lightweight (2005)	Notes
nascarthunder2004	NASCAR Thunder 2004 (2003)
ns	Natural Selection (2002)	Valve Protocol
ns2	Natural Selection 2 (2012)	Valve Protocol
nfshp2	Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (2002)
nab	Nerf Arena Blast (1999)
netpanzer	netPanzer (2002)
nwn	Neverwinter Nights (2002)
nwn2	Neverwinter Nights 2 (2006)
nexuiz	Nexuiz (2005)
nitrofamily	Nitro Family (2004)
nmrih	No More Room in Hell (2011)	Valve Protocol
nolf2	No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (2002)
nucleardawn	Nuclear Dawn (2011)	Valve Protocol
onset	Onset (2019)	Valve Protocol
openarena	OpenArena (2005)
openttd	OpenTTD (2004)
operationflashpoint flashpoint	Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (2001)
flashpointresistance	Operation Flashpoint: Resistance (2002)
painkiller	Painkiller
pixark	PixARK (2018)	Valve Protocol
ps	Post Scriptum
postal2	Postal 2
prey	Prey
primalcarnage	Primal Carnage: Extinction	Valve Protocol
prbf2	Project Reality: Battlefield 2 (2005)
przomboid	Project Zomboid	Valve Protocol
quake1	Quake 1: QuakeWorld (1996)
quake2	Quake 2 (1997)
quake3	Quake 3: Arena (1999)
quake4	Quake 4 (2005)
quakelive	Quake Live (2010)	Valve Protocol
ragdollkungfu	Rag Doll Kung Fu	Valve Protocol
r6	Rainbow Six
r6roguespear	Rainbow Six 2: Rogue Spear
r6ravenshield	Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
rallisportchallenge	RalliSport Challenge
rallymasters	Rally Masters
redorchestra	Red Orchestra
redorchestra2	Red Orchestra 2	Valve Protocol
redorchestraost	Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
redline	Redline
rtcw	Return to Castle Wolfenstein
rfactor	rFactor
ricochet	Ricochet	Valve Protocol
riseofnations	Rise of Nations
rs2	Rising Storm 2: Vietnam	Valve Protocol
ror2	Risk of Rain 2 (2020)	Valve Protocol
rune	Rune
rust	Rust	Valve Protocol
stalker	S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
samp	San Andreas Multiplayer
savage2	Savage 2: A Tortured Soul (2008)
ss	Serious Sam
ss2	Serious Sam 2
shatteredhorizon	Shattered Horizon	Valve Protocol
shogo	Shogo
shootmania	Shootmania	Notes
sin	SiN
sinep	SiN Episodes	Valve Protocol
soldat	Soldat
sof	Soldier of Fortune
sof2	Soldier of Fortune 2
spaceengineers	Space Engineers	Valve Protocol
squad	Squad	Valve Protocol
stbc	Star Trek: Bridge Commander
stvef	Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force
stvef2	Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force 2
swjk2	Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002)
swjk	Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003)
swbf	Star Wars: Battlefront
swbf2	Star Wars: Battlefront 2
swrc	Star Wars: Republic Commando
starbound	Starbound	Valve Protocol
starmade	StarMade
starsiege	Starsiege (2009)
suicidesurvival	Suicide Survival	Valve Protocol
stn	Survive the Nights (2017)	Valve Protocol
svencoop	Sven Coop	Valve Protocol
swat4	SWAT 4
synergy	Synergy	Valve Protocol
tacticalops	Tactical Ops
takeonhelicopters	Take On Helicopters (2011)
teamfactor	Team Factor
tf2	Team Fortress 2	Valve Protocol
tfc	Team Fortress Classic	Valve Protocol
teamspeak2	Teamspeak 2
teamspeak3	Teamspeak 3	Notes
terminus	Terminus
terraria tshock	Terraria - TShock (2011)	Notes
forrest	The Forrest (2014)	Valve Protocol
hidden	The Hidden (2005)	Valve Protocol
nolf	The Operative: No One Lives Forever (2000)
ship	The Ship	Valve Protocol
graw	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (2006)
graw2	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (2007)
thps3	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
thps4	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
thu2	Tony Hawk's Underground 2
towerunite	Tower Unite	Valve Protocol
trackmania2	Trackmania 2	Notes
trackmaniaforever	Trackmania Forever	Notes
tremulous	Tremulous
tribes1	Tribes 1: Starsiege
tribesvengeance	Tribes: Vengeance
tron20	Tron 2.0
turok2	Turok 2
universalcombat	Universal Combat
unreal	Unreal
ut	Unreal Tournament
ut2003	Unreal Tournament 2003
ut2004	Unreal Tournament 2004
ut3	Unreal Tournament 3
unturned	unturned	Valve Protocol
urbanterror	Urban Terror
vrising	V Rising (2022)	Valve Protocol
v8supercar	V8 Supercar Challenge
valheim	Valheim (2021)	Notes, Valve Protocol
ventrilo	Ventrilo
vcmp	Vice City Multiplayer
vietcong	Vietcong
vietcong2	Vietcong 2
warsow	Warsow
wheeloftime	Wheel of Time
wolfenstein2009	Wolfenstein 2009
wolfensteinet	Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
xpandrally	Xpand Rally
zombiemaster	Zombie Master	Valve Protocol
zps	Zombie Panic: Source	Valve Protocol

Not supported (yet)

• Cube Engine (cube):
  • Cube 1
  • Assault Cube
  • Cube 2: Sauerbraten
  • Blood Frontier
• Alien vs Predator
• Armed Assault 2: Operation Arrowhead
• Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam
• BFRIS
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 (no documentation, may require rcon)
• Crysis Warhead
• Days of War
• DirtyBomb
• Doom - Skulltag
• Doom - ZDaemon
• ECO Global Survival (Ref)
• Farming Simulator
• Freelancer
• Ghost Recon
• GRAV Online
• GTA Network (Ref)
• GTR 2
• Haze
• Hexen World
• Lost Heaven
• Multi Theft Auto
• Pariah
• Plain Sight
• Purge Jihad
• Red Eclipse
• Red Faction
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky
• Savage: The Battle For Newerth
• SiN 1 Multiplayer
• South Park
• Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
• Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
• Sum of All Fears
• Teeworlds
• Tibia (Ref)
• Titanfall
• Tribes 2
• Unreal 2 XMP
• World in Conflict
• World Opponent Network
• Wurm Unlimited

Want support for one of these games? Please open an issue to show your interest! Know how to code? Protocol details for many of the games above are documented at https://github.com/gamedig/legacy-query-library-archive , ready for you to develop into GameDig!

Don't see your game listed here?

First, let us know so we can fix it. Then, you can try using some common query protocols directly by using one of these server types:

• protocol-ase
• protocol-battlefield
• protocol-doom3
• protocol-gamespy1
• protocol-gamespy2
• protocol-gamespy3
• protocol-nadeo
• protocol-quake2
• protocol-quake3
• protocol-unreal2
• protocol-valve

Games with Additional Notes

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

To receive a full player list response from CS:GO servers, the server must have set the cvar: host_players_show 2

Discord

You must set the guildId request field to the server's guild ID. Do not provide an IP. The Guild ID can be found in server widget settings (Server ID) or by enabling developer mode in client settings and right-clicking the server's icon. In order to retrieve information from discord server's they must have the Enable server widget option enabled.

Mumble

For full query results from Mumble, you must be running the GTmurmur plugin. If you do not wish to run the plugin, or do not require details such as channel and user lists, you can use the 'mumbleping' server type instead, which uses a less accurate but more reliable solution

Nadeo (ShootMania / TrackMania / etc)

The server must have xmlrpc enabled, and you must pass the xmlrpc port to GameDig, not the connection port. You must have a user account on the server with access level User or higher. Pass the login into to GameDig with the additional options: login, password

TeamSpeak 3

For teamspeak 3 queries to work correctly, the following permissions must be available for the guest server group:

• Virtual Server
• b_virtualserver_info_view
• b_virtualserver_channel_list
• b_virtualserver_client_list
• Group
• b_virtualserver_servergroup_list
• b_virtualserver_channelgroup_list

In the extremely unusual case that your server host responds to queries on a non-default port (the default is 10011), you can specify their host query port using the teamspeakQueryPort option.

Terraria

Requires tshock server mod, and a REST user token, which can be passed to GameDig with the additional option: token

Valheim

Valheim servers will only respond to queries if they are started in public mode (-public 1).

DayZ

DayZ stores some of it's servers information inside the tags attribute. Make sure to set requestRules: true to access it. Some data inside dayzMods attribute may be fuzzy, due to how mods are loaded into the servers. Alternatively, some servers may have a third party tool that you can use to get the mods information. If it's installed, you can access it via browser with the game servers IP:PORT, but add up 10 to the port. (eg. if game port is 2302 then use 2312).

Valve Protocol

For many valve games, additional 'rules' may be fetched into the unstable raw field by passing the additional option: requestRules: true. Beware that this may increase query time.

Common Issues

Firewalls block incoming UDP

(replit / docker / some VPS providers)

Most game query protocols require a UDP request and response. This means that in some environments, gamedig may not be able to receive the reponse required due to environmental restrictions.

Some examples include:

• Docker containers
  • You may need to run the container in --network host mode so that gamedig can bind a UDP listen port.
  • Alternatively, you can forward a single UDP port to your container, and force gamedig to listen on that port using the instructions in the section down below.
• replit
  • Most online IDEs run in an isolated container, which will never receive UDP responses from outside networks.
• Various VPS / server providers
  • Even if your server provider doesn't explicitly block incoming UDP packets, some server hosts block other server hosts from connecting to them for DDOS-mitigation and anti-botting purposes.

Gamedig doesn't work in the browser

Gamedig cannot operate within a browser. This means you cannot package it as part of your webpack / browserify / rollup / parcel package. Even if you were able to get it packaged into a bundle, unfortunately no browsers support the UDP protocols required to query server status from most game servers. As an alternative, we'd recommend using gamedig on your server-side, then expose your own API to your webapp's frontend displaying the status information. If your application is thin (with no constant server component), you may wish to investigate a server-less lambda provider.

Specifying a listen UDP port override

In some very rare scenarios, you may need to bind / listen on a fixed local UDP port. The is usually not needed except behind some extremely strict firewalls, or within a docker container (where you only wish to forward a single UDP port). To use a fixed listen udp port, construct a new Gamedig object like this:

const gamedig = new Gamedig({
    listenUdpPort: 13337
});
gamedig.query(...)

Usage from Command Line

Want to integrate server queries from a batch script or other programming language? You'll still need npm to install gamedig:

npm install gamedig -g

After installing gamedig globally, you can call gamedig via the command line:

gamedig --type minecraft mc.example.com:11234

Alternatively, if you don't want to install gamedig globally, you can run it with npx:

npx gamedig --type minecraft mc.example.com:11234

The output of the command will be in JSON format. Additional advanced parameters can be passed in as well: --debug, --pretty, --socketTimeout 5000, --requestRules etc.