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mineflayer-custom-auth

v0.5.1

Published

Alternative authorization for mineflayer accounts

Readme

mineflayer-custom-auth

Extra authentication methods for mineflayer, focused on cases that do not fit cleanly into the main project.

Right now this package supports:

  • Microsoft cookie-based login
  • Direct accessToken login

Why this exists

Some auth flows are heavier than normal bot setup. Cookie login, for example, uses Puppeteer and extra cache handling, which makes it a better fit as a separate package instead of a built-in mineflayer feature.

Installation

npm install mineflayer-custom-auth

Quick Start

Cookie login

import { createBot, cookie } from "mineflayer-custom-auth";
import fs from "fs";

const { parseCookies } = cookie;

const fileData = fs.readFileSync("./cookies.txt", "utf8");
const cookies = parseCookies(fileData);

const bot = createBot({
  username: "Generel_Schwerz",
  host: "play.hypixel.net",
  auth: "cookies",
  cookieOptions: {
    cookies,
    // authMethod: "auto", // "auto" tries browserless cookies first, then Puppeteer.
    // headless: false,
    // proxy: "https://127.0.0.1:8080", // browser and browserless
    // proxy: "socks5://127.0.0.1:1080", // browserless only
    // allowUnsafeProxyTls: true, // bypasses TLS certificate failures from intercepting proxies
  },
});

bot.on("spawn", () => {
  console.log(bot.username);
});

Cookie file formatting is documented here:

Access token login

import { createBot } from "mineflayer-custom-auth";

const bot = createBot({
  username: "Generel_Schwerz",
  host: "play.hypixel.net",
  auth: "accessToken",
  javaAccessToken: "your-minecraft-access-token",
});

bot.on("spawn", () => {
  console.log(bot.username);
});

Notes

  • If you switch the same username between microsoft auth and cookies auth, the cookie cache may be cleared.
  • Cookie auth supports authMethod: "auto" | "browserless" | "browser". Use "browserless" to force the browserless cookie flow, or "browser" to force Puppeteer.
  • Proxy strings should include a scheme, such as https://127.0.0.1:8080 or socks5://user:[email protected]:1080.
  • The browserless cookie flow supports http://, https://, socks://, socks4://, and socks5:// proxies.
  • The Puppeteer browser cookie flow supports only http:// and https:// proxies and throws if given a SOCKS proxy.
  • allowUnsafeProxyTls: true can bypass TLS certificate failures caused by intercepting proxies. This is unsafe because the proxy may see or modify auth traffic.
  • The accessToken flow relies on the same upstream Microsoft auth path in minecraft-protocol, but swaps in your supplied Minecraft token through a patched prismarine-auth manager.

Support

If this package saves you time and you want to support the project: