gamedig

GameDig is a tool that queries game servers and returns outputs data from a query into json format. It can not only check if the game server is online but also return various data such as current maps and players. This allows ./gameserver details to display live information.

GameDig super-seeds gsquery as the tool to monitor game servers. GameDig is currently optional but recommended and gsquery is kept to ensure compatibility as gamedig requires Node.js to be installed.

Install Node.js

GameDig requires Node.js a JavaScript runtime environment installed to work. Use the following instructions to install Node.js.

Remove existing NodeJS

If you already have an older version of nodejs installed or be having issues with node dependencies. It may be worth reinstalling Node.js.

Ubuntu/Debian

sudo apt remove --purge nodejs npm
sudo apt clean
sudo apt autoclean
sudo apt install -f
sudo apt autoremove

CentOS

Work in progress

Install NodeJS

Installing nodejs can be problematic, however, using the below should work well.

Ubuntu/Debian

GitHub - nodesource/distributions: NodeSource Node.js Binary DistributionsGitHub

GitHub - nodesource/distributions: NodeSource Node.js Binary DistributionsGitHub

Enterprise Linux Based Distributions

GitHub - nodesource/distributions: NodeSource Node.js Binary DistributionsGitHub

Install GameDig npm

Once nodejs is installed use npm to install gamedig with the following command.

npm install gamedig -g

Update GameDig

Updates to GameDig are regularly made. It is possible to update by running the npm update command.

npm update -g

You can also see which version of gamedig is installed by running the following.

 npm list -g gamedig

Sample output

Details

Extra info becomes available for game server details.

Players:          0/8
Current Map:      Outpost

Raw output

gamedig --type "protocol-valve" --host "1.2.3.4" --port "27015"

{
  "name": "LinuxGSM Server",
  "map": "StationKappa",
  "password": false,
  "raw": {
    "protocol": 17,
    "folder": "StickyBots",
    "game": "StickyBots",
    "steamappid": 0,
    "numplayers": 0,
    "numbots": 0,
    "listentype": "d",
    "environment": "l",
    "secure": 0,
    "version": "0.0.6.22",
    "port": 7777,
    "steamid": "90122418420694019",
    "tags": "BUILDID:622,OWNINGID:90122418420694019,OWNINGNAME:LinuxGSM Server,P2PADDR:90122418420694019,P2PPORT:7777,SESSIONFLAGS:171",
    "gameid": "889400",
    "rules": {
      "BUILDID_i": "622",
      "NP_i": "0",
      "OWNINGID": "90122418420694019",
      "OWNINGNAME": "LinuxGSM Server",
      "P2PADDR": "90122418420694019",
      "P2PPORT": "7777",
      "SESSIONFLAGS": "171",
      "SN_s": "LinuxGSM Server"
    }
  },
  "maxplayers": 8,
  "players": [],
  "bots": [],
  "query": {
    "host": "1.2.3.4",
    "address": "1.2.3.4",
    "port": 27015,
    "port_query": 27015,
    "type": "protocol-valve",
    "duration": 90,
    "attempts": 1
  }
}