Telegram bot that displays the number of playing players on a specified Minecraft server

You can try it without installing: @mc_status_bot

Installation

1. Need python 3.7 or higher
2. git clone https://github.com/Jipok/mc-status-tg-bot
3. cd mc-status-tg-bot
4. python3 -m venv venv
5. source venv/bin/activate
6. pip install -r requirements.txt
7. Using @BotFather, create a bot
8. Change the BOT_TOKEN in the script to value from @BotFather

Run

Way 1

python3 mc-status-tg-bot.py

Way 2

Do it once: chmod +x mc-status-tg-bot

and then always call like this: ./mc-status-tg-bot

Usage

Write to the bot or add it to the group and write there:

/check host:port

The bot will reply and update the message every 15 seconds. To stop updating:

/stop

Tip: Only one server per chat can be specified. When specifying a new one, old messages will stop updating.

Tip: You can pin a bot message so that everyone can easily see online count. For this, the bot was created.