Pokemon Showdown Log Viewer

A Node js log viewer for Pokemon Showdown.

Setup:

1. Clone with git or download the files, and place the root folder in the same directory as your server's root folder.
2. Take the log-viewer.js file and place it in your servers chat-plugins folder.
3. Start the log viewer server with node server.js. The first time you do this it will install dependencies and then stop.
4. Modify config.js to your liking. Make sure that serverDir points directly to your server's root folder or the log-viewer won't work.
5. Start the log viewer server again.
6. Make sure logchat is set to true in your pokemon-showdown server's config.js file or else there will be no logs to view.
7. Use /hotpatch chat OR restart your pokemon-showdown server so tokens for the log viewer can be generated.

Use:

1. Create a token on the pokemon-showdown server with /token (Requires that you are a global staff member on the server)
2. Use the token to login and view logs. Select the room's logs you want to view, then what month and day. Use the Next Day and Previous Day to quickly switch between days.
3. Pokemon-Showdown Server Admins Only! Use Reload Rooms to reload the log viewers copy of chatrooms.json. Use Update log-viewer Server to use git to get the latest version of this log viewer (requires that you used git to clone this). Use Restart log-viewer Server to stop the server.

Troubleshooting / FAQ:

Q: My token is always invalid no matter how many times I re-generate it.

• A: Is your IP changing? This can happen if the log viewer is hosted on some platforms such as C9. In this case you should set auth2 to false in config.js on the log viewer.

Q: My token is expiring too quickly.

• A: Tokens by default expire after 30 minutes. The expires in config.js on the log viewer is the time a token will be good for after its generation in milliseconds. Be sure to not set it to something like 30 or 600 as tokens will expire in under a second! If its already in milliseconds try increasing the time it takes to expire.

Q: The server won't start. It keeps saying No logs found! Is the server file path set correctly? Couldn't find logs at "pokemon-showdown/logs/" (or something very similar).

• A: You probably didn't set serverDir in the log viewers config.js correctly. Make sure that when you set that it points to the root folder of your pokemon-showdown server. An example may help explain it:

pokemon-showdown >
  config/
  logs/
  pokemon-showdown
  server/ >
    index.ts
log-viewer >
  client/
  server.js
  config.js

In this situation serverDir should be set to ../pokemon-showdown/

Q: My rank is global bot on the server and I can't generate a token / access the log viewer

• A: The log viewer doesn't support the bot rank at this time, its meant to be used by humans.

Q: Which ranks can view what logs? A: Drivers (%) can view Public room logs. Moderators (@) can view Public and Hidden room logs. Leaders (&) can view Public, Hidden, and Secret room logs. Administrators (~) can view Public, Hidden, Secret, and Deleted room logs. All ranks can also view Groupchat and Help Ticket room logs regardless of if the room is expired or not.

Q: Can I contribute to / report a bug with this log viewer?

• A: Yes, feel free to open a new issue for bugs, and open a pull request for contributing. You can also contact me on Pokemon Showdown, I use the name HoeenHero, just hit the Find a User button, type in my username and (if I'm not offline) hit chat to talk to me.

Q: My question isn't answered here.

• A: You can contact me on Pokemon Showdown, I use the name HoeenHero, just hit the Find a User button, type in my username and (if I'm not offline) hit chat to talk to me. I'm not going to help you setup a Pokemon Showdown server though, and probably won't help you setup this log viewer either. If I helped everyone I wouldn't have any time to do anything else.

Special Thanks to anyone who has contributed to this!