How can I read chat on a minecraft server using RCON?

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I've got a python script that can execute commands through RCON like /say or /list. But I want to be able to read what my friends are saying in my sever, how can I do that?

aytimothy · Answer

You can't.
RCON does not support a scrolling (streaming) console, it only supports incoming traffic and one response, like a REST protocol. You could try ssh-ing or mstsc-ing (Microsoft Remote Desktop (lit: Terminal Services)) into your server with your server running in a container (for example, on Linux, this is in a screen (external tutorial)).
You can't do this in minecraft-java-edition, nor can you do it in any Source game such as counter-strike-global-offensive, team-fortress-2 or dota-2, where the protocol originated from.

How can I read chat on a minecraft server using RCON?

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You can't.

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