show number of players connected to a server

[200779b]

both in the server lists and in the console page, would be nice to display the number of players connected

[TekExplorer]

A player list? This is somewhat complicated.

If its a publicly accessible server, and the game has a way to detect that anonymously, it could be done purely on the front end

Otherwise, it may be necessary to do something on the node level.

Perhaps a program that can connect to the relevant container, query it, and report the data back to a plugin?

This could possibly have extra use as a ban list plugin.

I might give it a poke, maybe.

[200779b]

Actually I was thinking about just a number, like how it says "Uptime: 2h09min", it could also say "Players online: 12".

[TekExplorer]

That still requires pinging the server itself. how is it supposed to know otherwise? might as well get the rest of the data while we're there for those who want it eh?

[parkervcp]

In theory https://github.com/Austinb/GameQ can potentially handle this. It was called out here as well pterodactyl/panel#1218

[TekExplorer]

Its certainly one way of doing it, though it wont work on internal servers like bungeecord servers

not necessarily a deal breaker, but it is something to take into account.

[Mutex21]

Well, this one could be implemented as a paid add-in and fully supported by Pelican team, not integrated in Pelican prod.

[lancepioch]

This is a great idea for a future plugin!