Oxide - StatLogger

Zanderwar

Zanderwar submitted a new resource:

StatLogger - A plugin designed to send statistics in JSON format to defined endpoints

The goal of this plugin is to simply send information about specific events that take place on your server, to an endpoint on your web server for the sole purpose of recording statistics and monitoring player activity

Whilst it is currently in it's infancy, what you can create from it will definitely set your server out from the rest.

In short, it will dispatch JSON encoded information to the baseUrl that you define within StatLogger.cs

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Zanderwar, Mar 7, 2017

#1

Riddle

Nice! Didn't think about this. I can get rid of the json GET from RustIO for this information now

I added the PlayerName to the json for SendChat. Maybe a nice one to have on the next update

I think i'll use this as a base for a site<>game chat plugin

Riddle, Mar 8, 2017

#2

Zanderwar

Riddle said: ↑

Nice! Didn't think about this. I can get rid of the json GET from RustIO for this information now

I added the PlayerName to the json for SendChat. Maybe a nice one to have on the next update

I think i'll use this as a base for a site<>game chat plugin

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Yeah, I found the best possible practice is to only use the SteamID where possible and then query the SteamAPI for the personaname, avatar etc. Theres no point bloating your database with repeated PlayerName's when it should only be relying on a single record for the most current PlayerName

Ideally you should have a model/table full of SteamID's (and then tie an individual player to the chat record as a relationship)

Feel free to inbox me for some free advice (background: 15 years backend PHP development experience)

Rule #1 as a developer: Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY Principal)

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I'll look into adding an external configuration so that you don't have to modify the source code directly every single time an update drops

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Zanderwar, Mar 8, 2017

#3

Earth2Luke

Is there no reference or tutorial on how to set this up ourselves, or are we required to hire you in order to actually have this work like the demo?

Earth2Luke, Mar 9, 2017

#4

Zanderwar

Earth2Luke said: ↑

Is there no reference or tutorial on how to set this up ourselves, or are we required to hire you in order to actually have this work like the demo?

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This isn't a plug and play = wow what a great website plugin. You should either have the knowledge yourself on how to save the data that gets sent to your website, or hire someone else that does know how. The demo was purely to demonstrate what this data enables. Not to say "this is what you'll have when you're done"

If you wanted a tutorial, I'd be writing for years.

Regarding where the data is sent you merely open the source code and change the baseUrl and if you don't know what to do from there then this plugin isn't for you.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Zanderwar, Mar 10, 2017

#5

Earth2Luke

Well, I guess technically there isn't a guideline saying posting a plugin has to have an installation procedure on how to get it to work. Just thought I'd ask. Sorry to rise a snippy reply out of you. Wasn't my intention.
It's alright, I'm sure I'll figure this out somehow. Just gotta do some research I guess.

Earth2Luke, Mar 10, 2017

#6

as esu grejtis

Well dude thats pretty good, but if you are building API like this you should have atleast some sort of authentication. So I think you should allow to add headers.

as esu grejtis, Mar 11, 2017

#7

Crazy 4

i keep getting a error.
any chance for a api example.

(19:22:37) | [StatLogger] Sending Server Info

(19:22:37) | [StatLogger] <HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>404 Not Found</TITLE>

<BASE href="/error_docs/">

</HEAD>

<BODY>

<H1>Not Found</H1>

The requested document was not found on this server.

<P>

<HR>

<ADDRESS>

Web Server at royal-soldiers.com

</ADDRESS>

</BODY>

</HTML>

Crazy 4, May 28, 2017

#8

Riddle

Seems like you used a URL to royal-soldiers.com which does not exist. What is the URL you used?

Riddle, May 28, 2017

#9

Ranimyzer

hi..

i have all the time this Error?

[StatLogger] Error getting response stream (ReadDone1): ReceiveFailure

[StatLogger] Error getting response stream (ReadDone1): ReceiveFailure

Ranimyzer, Aug 10, 2017

#10

Riddle

It would be nice to have the plugin start when the server has started.. It's spitting out errors after the startup cause it couldn't send anything

Riddle, Dec 21, 2017

#11

Dennis92NL

Nice, but useless if you don't know anything of scripting. I don't have a clue to get this working on my website.

Dennis92NL, Feb 8, 2018

#12

griffindor7378

How Do You Even Configure It Theres Not Even A Config File

griffindor7378, May 6, 2018

#13

Riddle

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It doesn't really need a config file as everything will be pushed to an external URL (you have to edit the .cs file). As an example:
Code:
$json = file_get_contents("php://input");
$data = json_decode($json, true);
$SteamID = $data['SteamID'];
$PlayerName = $data['PlayerName'];
$Address = $data['Address'];
With this little PHP code you can do "something" with the people that join. Save their ID, playername and IP address for later use (stats, join counts, unique players, etc)

Basically if you don't know how this works, you wouldn't (or shouldn't) use it.

Riddle, May 6, 2018

#14

griffindor7378

I Want To Use This Plugin But Theres Not Really Anything To Tell How To Set It Up

griffindor7378, May 6, 2018

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