Shoukaku

A stable and updated wrapper around Lavalink

The ShipGirl Project, feat Shoukaku; ⓒ Azur Lane

Features

✅ Stable

✅ Documented

✅ Updated

✅ Extendable

✅ ESM & CommonJS supported

✅ Very cute (Very Important)

Supported Libraries

Refer to /src/connectors for list of supported libraries + how to support other libraries

Installation

npm install shoukaku

Documentation

https://shoukaku.shipgirl.moe/

Small code snippet examples

Initializing the library (Using Connector Discord.JS)

const { Client } = require("discord.js");
const { Shoukaku, Connectors } = require("shoukaku");
const Nodes = [
  {
    name: "Localhost",
    url: "localhost:6969",
    auth: "re_aoharu",
  },
];
const client = new Client();
const shoukaku = new Shoukaku(new Connectors.DiscordJS(client), Nodes);
// ALWAYS handle error, logging it will do
shoukaku.on("error", (_, error) => console.error(error));
client.login("token");
// If you want shoukaku to be available on client, then bind it to it, here is one example of it
client.shoukaku = shoukaku;
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Never initialize Shoukaku like this, or else she will never initialize, start shoukaku before you call client.login()

// NEVER DO THIS, OR SHOUKAKU WILL NEVER INITIALIZE
client.on("ready", () => {
  client.shoukaku = new Shoukaku(new Connectors.DiscordJS(client), Nodes);
});
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Join a voice channel, search for a track, play the track, then disconnect after 30 seconds

const player = await shoukaku.joinVoiceChannel({
  guildId: "your_guild_id",
  channelId: "your_channel_id",
  shardId: 0, // if unsharded it will always be zero (depending on your library implementation)
});
// player is created, now search for a track
const result = await player.node.rest.resolve("scsearch:snowhalation");
if (!result?.tracks.length) return;
const metadata = result.tracks.shift();
// play the searched track
await player.playTrack({ track: metadata.encoded });
// disconnect after 30 seconds
setTimeout(() => shoukaku.leaveVoiceChannel(player.guildId), 30000).unref();
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Playing a track and changing a playback option (in this example, volume)

await player.playTrack({ track: metadata.encoded });
await player.setGlobalVolume(50);
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Updating the whole player if you don't want to use my helper functions

await player.update({ ...playerOptions });
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Setting a custom get node ideal function

const shoukaku = new Shoukaku(
  new Connectors.DiscordJS(client),
  [{ ...yourNodeOptions }],
  {
    ...yourShoukakuOptions,
    nodeResolver: (nodes, connection) => getYourIdealNode(nodes, connection),
  }
);
const player = await shoukaku.joinVoiceChannel({
  guildId: "your_guild_id",
  channelId: "your_channel_id",
  shardId: 0,
});
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Updating from V3 -> V4 (notable changes)

The way of joining and leaving voice channels is now different

const { Client } = require("discord.js");
const { Shoukaku, Connectors } = require("shoukaku");
const Nodes = [
  {
    name: "Localhost",
    url: "localhost:6969",
    auth: "marin_kitagawa",
  },
];
const client = new Client();
const shoukaku = new Shoukaku(new Connectors.DiscordJS(client), Nodes);
shoukaku.on("error", (_, error) => console.error(error));
client.login("token");
client.once("ready", async () => {
  // get a node with least load to resolve a track
  const node = shoukaku.options.nodeResolver(shoukaku.nodes);
  const result = await node.rest.resolve("scsearch:snowhalation");
  if (!result?.tracks.length) return;
  // we now have a track metadata, we can use this to play tracks
  const metadata = result.tracks.shift();
  // you now join a voice channel by querying the main shoukaku class, not on the node anymore
  const player = await shoukaku.joinVoiceChannel({
    guildId: "your_guild_id",
    channelId: "your_channel_id",
    shardId: 0, // if unsharded it will always be zero (depending on your library implementation)
  });
  // if you want you can also use the player.node property after it connects to resolve tracks
  const result_2 = await player.node.rest.resolve("scsearch:snowhalation");
  console.log(result_2.tracks.shift());
  // now we can play the track
  await player.playTrack({ track: metadata.encoded });
  setTimeout(async () => {
    // simulate a timeout event, after specific amount of time, we leave the voice channel
    // you now destroy players / leave voice channels by calling leaveVoiceChannel in main shoukaku class
    await shoukaku.leaveVoiceChannel(player.guildId);
  }, 30000);
});
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Usual player methods now return promises

await player.playTrack(...data);
await player.stopTrack();
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There are 2 kinds of volumes you can set, global and filter

// global volume accepts 0-1000 as it's values
await player.setGlobalVolume(100);
// to check the current global volume
console.log(player.volume);
// filter volume accepts 0.0-5.0 as it's values
await player.setFilterVolume(1.0);
// to check the current filter volume (filters.volume can be undefined)
console.log(player.filters.volume);
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There are other internal changes like

// new variable in shoukaku class, which handles the "connection data" of discord only
console.log(shoukaku.connections);
// players are moved from `node.players` to `shoukaku.players`
console.log(shoukaku.players);
// getNode() is removed in favor of joinVoiceChannel, you can still get the default least loaded node via `shoukaku.options.nodeResolver()`
const player = await shoukaku.joinVoiceChannel({
  guildId: "your_guild_id",
  channelId: "your_channel_id",
  shardId: 0,
});
// you can supply a custom node resolver for your own way of getting an ideal node by supplying the nodeResolver option in Shoukaku options
const ShoukakuOptions = {
  ...yourShoukakuOptions,
  nodeResolver: (nodes, connection) => getYourIdealNode(nodes, connection),
};
// and other changes I'm not able to document(?);
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Shoukaku's options

Option	Type	Default	Description
resume	boolean	false	Whether to resume a connection on disconnect to Lavalink (Server Side) (Note: DOES NOT RESUME WHEN THE LAVALINK SERVER DIES)
resumeTimeout	number	30	Timeout before resuming a connection in seconds
resumeByLibrary	boolean	false	Whether to resume the players by doing it in the library side (Client Side) (Note: TRIES TO RESUME REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENED ON A LAVALINK SERVER)
reconnectTries	number	3	Number of times to try and reconnect to Lavalink before giving up
reconnectInterval	number	5	Timeout before trying to reconnect in seconds
restTimeout	number	60	Time to wait for a response from the Lavalink REST API before giving up in seconds
moveOnDisconnect	boolean	false	Whether to move players to a different Lavalink node when a node disconnects
userAgent	string	(auto)	User Agent to use when making requests to Lavalink
structures	Object{rest?, player?}	{}	Custom structures for shoukaku to use
voiceConnectionTimeout	number	15	Timeout before abort connection in seconds
nodeResolver	function	function	Custom node resolver if you want to have your own method of getting the ideal node

Plugins list

Open a pr to add your plugin here

Name	Link	Description
Kazagumo	Github	A Shoukaku wrapper that have built-in queue system
stone-deezer	NPM	A plugin to simplify deezer links and then play it from available sources (REQUIRES KAZAGUMO)

Other Links

Support (#Development) | Lavalink

Implementation (Discord.JS)

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