Ban event? How can you tell when a player gets banned.

I want to write a plugin that will send a request to an external web API when a player is banned.
I haven't been able to find anything in the javadocs that will let me do something when a player is banned though.
Is there a way? If not could it be added?

We're using MCBans, if that makes a difference.

Thanks.

 

Code:java

public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String cmdLine, String[] split) {
   if (cmd.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("ban")) {
        if (sender instanceof Player) {
             Player player = (Player) sender; //That's the current player
             Player t = getServer().matchPlayer(split[0]).get(0); //That's the player which should be banned
             //Do whatever you want
             return true;
            //Stops the server from further proccessing on the command
        }
   }
}

 

@Baummann
1. doesn't a plugin only receive onCommands from commands in the plugin.yml file?
2. you code won't detect players banned via console.
3. matchPlayer returns a list of Players, use getPlayer instead

 

1. Add it to the plugin.yml file
2. Add an else statement
3. matchPlayer(split[0]).get(0); does work, too.

 

1. Doesn't overriding a command prevent it from being executed by other plugins / bukkit?
2. or simply remove the if statement
3. Still, getPlayer is better as it only matches the exact player name. Thus you know whether the player actually exists and would be banned as a result of the command.

You may ask the developer(s) of that plugin for help, especially as it uses it's own ban command and ban handling.

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Actually getPlayer(..) works with partial names, too.

 

I hope this is not true...

 

Code:java

public Player getPlayer(final String name) {
        Player[] players = getOnlinePlayers();
 
        Player found = null;
        String lowerName = name.toLowerCase();
        int delta = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        for (Player player : players) {
            if (player.getName().toLowerCase().startsWith(lowerName)) {
                int curDelta = player.getName().length() - lowerName.length();
                if (curDelta < delta) {
                    found = player;
                    delta = curDelta;
                }
                if (curDelta == 0) break;
            }
        }
        return found;
    }

 

Ouch.
And not even using toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH). (ok, no big problem as long as you don't change the server's language)
But I mostly dislike the lack of documentation. Sometimes I want to know whether a method accepts null or can return null...

 

That's why I prefer github.

 

Here's an idea. Check out the code and see what the kick reason is when a player is banned, and then hook into plawyerkickevent and check if it's because of a ban. (Or you could just search the kick message for ban to support other plugins)

 

Hmm I never thought of doing it with onCommand lol.
I'll give it a go later. Thanks.