.mcping broke after MC 1.9 was released - Broken in 1.0.8 and 1.0.9 CloudBot

[astrutt]

.mcping and .mcstatus worked great for a long time. After MC 1.9 was released, Cloutbot 1.0.8 .mcping is broken. We've since update CloudBot to 1.0.9, and the issue still remains. Invalid Hostname. On irc it fails silently, no response, that behavior is broken too, it should report some sort of error, vs. silently failing to IRC.

Testing with mc.scuttled.net and brain.ratman.org , both are valid hostnames, and currently operating 1.9 Minecraft Servers. mc.scuttled.net is public, and brain.ratman.org has a whitelist.

Logs from the Cloudbot Console:

[16:34:18] [INFO] [JARVIS:#minecraft] .mcping brain.ratman.org
[16:34:18] [ERROR] Error in hook minecraft_ping:mcping
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/jarvis/CloudBot/cloudbot/plugin.py", line 376, in _execute_hook
out = yield from self.bot.loop.run_in_executor(None, self._execute_hook_threaded, hook, event)
File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/asyncio/futures.py", line 386, in iter
yield self # This tells Task to wait for completion.
File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/asyncio/tasks.py", line 287, in _wakeup
value = future.result()
File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/asyncio/futures.py", line 275, in result
raise self._exception
File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 54, in run
result = self.fn(_self.args, *_self.kwargs)
File "/home/jarvis/CloudBot/cloudbot/plugin.py", line 340, in _execute_hook_threaded
return hook.function(*parameters)
File "/home/jarvis/CloudBot/plugins/minecraft_ping.py", line 30, in mcping
s = server.status()
File "/home/jarvis/CloudBot/venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/mcstatus/server.py", line 77, in status
raise exception
File "/home/jarvis/CloudBot/venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/mcstatus/server.py", line 61, in status
result = pinger.read_status()
File "/home/jarvis/CloudBot/venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/mcstatus/pinger.py", line 44, in read_status
return PingResponse(raw)
File "/home/jarvis/CloudBot/venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/mcstatus/pinger.py", line 143, in init
self.description_clean = re.sub(r'\u00A7.', '', raw["description"])
File "/home/jarvis/CloudBot/venv/lib64/python3.4/re.py", line 179, in sub
return _compile(pattern, flags).sub(repl, string, count)
TypeError: expected string or buffer

Please Advise!

Thanks!

[astrutt]

Apparently, what changed is now the response from MC 1.9 servers is formatted in JSON, and the .mcping module breaks on the description field.

Still works fine for MC 1.8 servers, old format, but new format is in JSON for MC 1.9+ servers.

.mcping mc.eldercraft.de
[13:46:43] <+CloudBot> (requesting nick) Wirtschafts-Server mit RPG und klarem Konzept | SKY-Server | Minigames | Creative | Community von 8 - 66 Jahren | Aktive Admins - BungeeCord 1.8 - 256.4ms - 160/777 players

.mcping battlecraft.minecraft.to
[13:47:09] <+CloudBot> (requesting nick) [Battle: PvP | Skyblock | GTA :Craft] Ts3: tsbattlecraft.minecraft.to - BungeeCord 1.8 - 239.3ms - 274/400 players

[dmptrluke]

GOD DAMN IT, MOJANG

On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 5:16 AM, Andrew Strutt notifications@github.com
wrote:

Apparently, what changed is now the response from MC 1.9 servers is
formatted in JSON, and the .mcping module breaks on the description field.

Still works fine for MC 1.8 servers, old format, but new format is in JSON
for MC 1.9+ servers.

.mcping mc.eldercraft.de
[13:46:43] <+CloudBot> (requesting nick) Wirtschafts-Server mit RPG und
klarem Konzept | SKY-Server | Minigames | Creative | Community von 8 - 66
Jahren | Aktive Admins - BungeeCord 1.8 - 256.4ms - 160/777 players

.mcping battlecraft.minecraft.to
[13:47:09] <+CloudBot> (requesting nick) [Battle: PvP | Skyblock | GTA
:Craft] Ts3: tsbattlecraft.minecraft.to - BungeeCord 1.8 - 239.3ms -
274/400 players

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[ctian1]

It's a problem with the mcstatus library.

[astrutt]

No one can fix this?

[daboross]

This is definitely fixable, but would require someone with knowledge of the minecraft json chat format to make the fix, and no one has done it yet.

[ctian1]

I might try to fix it later if people still want the feature.

[astrutt]

I most definitely want it, it was one of the main reasons I was using CloudBot. :-/ Hosting minecraft servers w/ IRC chat it's a great feature to check on server status and activity. Please fix!

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[edwardslabs]

I took a look at this and fixed it. I don't have write access to the CloudBotIRC/mcstatus repo but I will put in a PR later.

For an emergency patch you can replace the contents of
/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/mcstatus/pinger.py with
https://gist.github.com/edwardslabs/24695b3183dea7db12488c4c2eaecbb5

After restarting the bot you should be set.

[astrutt]

Thank you!!!

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On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:30 AM, Andy Edwards ***@***.***> wrote: I took a look at this and fixed it. I don't have write access to the CloudBotIRC/mcstatus repo but I will put in a PR later. For an emergency patch you can replace the contents of /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/mcstatus/pinger.py with https://gist.github.com/edwardslabs/24695b3183dea7db12488c4c2eaecbb5 After restarting the bot you should be set. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#224 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALFImkUMJB7kEq87KHWULas5iBbz5b3sks5r1rFwgaJpZM4Hxdrp> .

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[astrutt]

Don't forget to submit the PR please =)

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On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:30 AM, Andy Edwards ***@***.***> wrote: I took a look at this and fixed it. I don't have write access to the CloudBotIRC/mcstatus repo but I will put in a PR later. For an emergency patch you can replace the contents of /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/mcstatus/pinger.py with https://gist.github.com/edwardslabs/24695b3183dea7db12488c4c2eaecbb5 After restarting the bot you should be set. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#224 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALFImkUMJB7kEq87KHWULas5iBbz5b3sks5r1rFwgaJpZM4Hxdrp> .

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[edwardslabs]

It's already been done. CloudBotIRC/mcstatus#2

[astrutt]

Thanks my mistake!! Much appreciate you patching it.

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On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Andy Edwards ***@***.***> wrote: It's already been done. CloudBotIRC/mcstatus#2 <CloudBotIRC/mcstatus#2> — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#224 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALFImrhZBu0jsv54RJvvxbIOOGyLa6aVks5r2MTjgaJpZM4Hxdrp> .

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[astrutt]

Still didn't get pulled in, strange.

.rekt get's merged and that spreads malware, but this long standing bug can't seem to get fixed?

This project's priorities seem to be lost in the ether...

[daboross]

@astrutt I'd like to merge the mcstatus pull, I just literally can't. I don't have access to the repository, and forking it to a new organization would not be helpful for users.

Rekt may or may not have been a mistake, it seemed like a fairly harmless plugin when it was submitted as a PR. I merged it because it was fairly small, and ready to be included - because it was a harmless small addition.