Minecraft Server MOTD Parser

A powerful and lightweight library to parse Minecraft server MOTD (Message of the Day) data into various formats.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Quick Start
• API Reference
  • Auto Detection
  • Text Parsing
  • JSON Parsing
  • Clean Text
• Examples
• Visual Examples
• Contributing

Features

✨ Zero Dependencies - Lightweight and fast
🔄 Auto Detection - Automatically detects MOTD data type
🎨 Multiple Formats - Convert to HTML, JSON, or clean text
🌈 Full Color Support - Including Minecraft 1.16+ hex colors
📦 Module Support - CommonJS, ES Modules, and tree shaking
🎯 TypeScript Ready - Full TypeScript support

Installation

Choose your favorite package manager:

# npm
npm install @sfirew/minecraft-motd-parser

# yarn
yarn add @sfirew/minecraft-motd-parser

# pnpm
pnpm add @sfirew/minecraft-motd-parser

Quick Start

ES6 Modules

import { autoToHTML } from '@sfirew/minecraft-motd-parser'

const motd = "§aHypixel Network §7§c1.8/1.9/1.10/1.11/1.12 §e§lNEW PTL GAME:§b§l THE BRIDGE";
const html = autoToHTML(motd);
console.log(html);

CommonJS

const { autoToHTML } = require('@sfirew/minecraft-motd-parser');

Default Import

import motdParser from '@sfirew/minecraft-motd-parser'
motdParser.autoToHTML('motdString...');

API Reference

Auto Detection

autoToHTML(data: string | object): string

Automatically detects the MOTD data type and converts it to HTML.

import { autoToHTML } from '@sfirew/minecraft-motd-parser'

// Works with both text and JSON formats
const textMOTD = "§aHypixel Network §c1.8-1.19";
const jsonMOTD = { text: "", extra: [{ color: "green", text: "Hello World" }] };

console.log(autoToHTML(textMOTD));
console.log(autoToHTML(jsonMOTD));

autoCleanToText(data: string | object): string

Automatically detects the MOTD data type and returns clean text without formatting codes.

import { autoCleanToText } from '@sfirew/minecraft-motd-parser'

const motd = "§aHypixel Network §c1.8-1.19";
console.log(autoCleanToText(motd)); // "Hypixel Network 1.8-1.19"

Text Parsing

textToHTML(text: string): string

Converts MOTD text format to HTML.

import { textToHTML } from '@sfirew/minecraft-motd-parser'

const motd = "§aGreen §lBold §rReset §cRed";
const html = textToHTML(motd);
// Output: <span style="color:#55FF55;">Green <span style="font-weight:bold;">Bold </span></span><span style="color:#FF5555;">Red</span>

textToJSON(text: string): object

Converts MOTD text format to JSON structure.

import { textToJSON } from '@sfirew/minecraft-motd-parser'

const motd = "§aHello §bWorld";
const json = textToJSON(motd);
console.log(json);

JSON Parsing

JSONToHTML(json: object): string

Converts MOTD JSON format to HTML.

import { JSONToHTML } from '@sfirew/minecraft-motd-parser'

const motdJson = {
  text: "",
  extra: [
    { color: "green", text: "Hello " },
    { color: "blue", text: "World", bold: true }
  ]
};

const html = JSONToHTML(motdJson);

Clean Text

cleanCodes(text: string): string

Removes all formatting codes from MOTD text.

import { cleanCodes } from '@sfirew/minecraft-motd-parser'

const motd = "§aHypixel Network §c1.8-1.19";
const clean = cleanCodes(motd);
console.log(clean); // "Hypixel Network 1.8-1.19"

Examples

Complex MOTD with Multiple Formats

import motdParser from '@sfirew/minecraft-motd-parser'

// Text format example
const textExample = "§aHypixel Network §7§c1.8/1.9/1.10/1.11/1.12 §e§lNEW PTL GAME:§b§l THE BRIDGE";
console.log(motdParser.autoToHTML(textExample));

// JSON format example
const jsonExample = {
  "text": "",
  "extra": [
    { "bold": true, "color": "gold", "text": "Viper " },
    { "color": "gray", "text": "┃ " },
    { "color": "yellow", "text": "Summer Sale" },
    { "color": "white", "text": " at " },
    { "color": "gold", "text": "store.vipermc.net\n" }
  ]
};
console.log(motdParser.autoToHTML(jsonExample));

Visual Examples

The parser supports rich formatting including colors, bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough text.

With Minecraft Font

Standard Font

Try it live: Check out the Minecraft Server Status Viewer to see the parser in action.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.