Install server

Mine Colab [Improved]

Run Minecraft Server on Google Colab

Hello, nice to meet you here. So, today I will tell you how Install_sever (function) works. Let's jump right in!

Some basic information:

Developers don't have to see this. But, it's necessary to be included in today's page

Python Libraries

Libraries	Commands	Uses
google.colab	drive()	Mounting google drive
os	environ()	Setting java environment
os.path	exists()	Checking exsisting folder
requests	get()	HTML Parse
json	load()	Transform to dict type
json	dump()	Dumping dict values to .txt files
bs4	BeautifulSoup4()	HTML Parse

Base function & Used variables:

• Some had been included in Basic Information (IMPORTANT)

• Global variables:

  • COLABCONFIG()
  • SERVERCONFIG

• Input variables:

  • tunnel_service: tunnel service (ngrok, playit, cloudflare-argo)
  • authtoken: Your ngrok auth token (if tunnel_service is 'ngrok')
  • region: Your region (if tunnel_service is 'ngrok')
  • server_name: The server folder name
  • type_: The server software type
  • version: The server version (set automatically to 'vanilla - latest_version')

• Global function:

  • DOWNLOAD_FILE()

• Small function ( for only Install_server function):

  • JAR_LIST_RUN:

    • Purpose: Get jar file name according to the server type

    • This is just a dict value, not a function. But the jar file for forge type needed server version value => Using function type.

    • Return value:

      {'generic': 'server.jar', 'vanilla':'server.jar','snapshot': 'server.jar', 'purpur' : 'server.jar', 'paper': 'server.jar', 'velocity' : 'server.jar', 'fabric' : 'server.jar', 'forge': 'minecraft_server.' + colabconfig['server_version'] + '.jar', # forge can't change the jar file 'arclight' : 'server.jar', 'mohist': 'server.jar', 'banner': 'server.jar'}

  • SERVERSJAR:

    • Purpose: Get the download URL (jar) AND return the detailed versions for each software (all)
    • API URLs(all):
      • vanilla or snapshot: https://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest.json,
      • paper: https://api.papermc.io/v2/projects/paper, velocity: https://api.papermc.io/v2/projects/velocity,
      • purpur: https://api.purpurmc.org/v2/purpur,
      • mohist: https://mohistmc.com/api/v2/projects/mohist, banner: https://mohistmc.com/api/v2/projects/banner,
      • arclight : https://files.hypoglycemia.icu/v1/files/arclight/minecraft,
      • fabric: https://meta.fabricmc.net/v2/versions/game, forge: https://files.minecraftforge.net/net/minecraftforge/forge/index.html
    • Download URLs (jar): Because there are too many URLs to be added, I don't insert them here. Just look at the code.
    • Mechanism:

Main function (Install_server):

• Purpose: Install server for each software
• Mechanism: