warframe-message-notifier

Important

The server used to host the Discord bot is no longer running. You may however create your own Discord bot and self-host both the client and server.

This project detects direct messages from users in Warframe and sends you a Discord DM notification.

Motivation

Warframe has a trading feature enhanced by Warframe Market, a third-party site where players list buy and sell offers. You can find a seller, message them in-game, and perform the trade. But if you're waiting for messages, you might want to minimize the game, play something else, or watch Netflix. Without constantly watching the game, you'd miss incoming messages — this project solves that.

How it works

When you receive a new direct message in-game, Warframe creates a new tab in the chat window. This event is logged in the EE.log file. The client watches this log file, detects new chat tabs, extracts the sender's username, and sends a request to the server. The server then sends you a Discord DM via the bot.

You'll only be notified for new conversations. If a message arrives in an already open chat tab, it won't be logged and won't trigger a notification. Only the username is captured — message content is not logged by Warframe.

Prerequisites

• A Discord application with a bot
• The bot token, client ID, and client secret from your Discord application
• An OAuth2 redirect URI set to http://localhost:8080/api/v1/discord/authorize/callback in your Discord application
• At least one mutual server between your Discord account and the bot

Setup

1. Configure environment variables

cp .env.example .env

Fill in the .env file:

Variable	Description
DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN	Your Discord bot token
DISCORD_BOT_CLIENT_ID	Your Discord application client ID
DISCORD_BOT_CLIENT_SECRET	Your Discord application client secret
DISCORD_BOT_REDIRECT_URI	http://localhost:8080/api/v1/discord/authorize/callback
CLIENT_API_BASE_URL	http://localhost:8081
API_BASE_URL	http://localhost:8080
WF_EE_LOG_FILE_PATH	Path to your Warframe EE.log file

The EE.log file is typically located at:

• Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%/Warframe/EE.log

2. Run the project

Docker Compose

docker compose up -d --build

Or using the Makefile:

make compose

Pre-built images from GHCR

# Terminal 1 - server
docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 --env-file .env \
  -e CLIENT_API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8081 \
  -e DISCORD_BOT_REDIRECT_URI=http://localhost:8080/api/v1/discord/authorize/callback \
  ghcr.io/jamess-lucass/warframe-message-notifier-server:main

Powershell:

# Terminal 2 - client
docker run --rm -p 8081:8081 \
  -e API_BASE_URL=http://host.docker.internal:8080 \
  -v $env:LocalAppData/Warframe/EE.log:/tmp/warframe/EE.log \
  ghcr.io/jamess-lucass/warframe-message-notifier-client:main

Command Prompt:

# Terminal 2 - client
docker run --rm -p 8081:8081 \
  -e API_BASE_URL=http://host.docker.internal:8080 \
  -v %LOCALAPPDATA%/Warframe/EE.log:/tmp/warframe/EE.log \
  ghcr.io/jamess-lucass/warframe-message-notifier-client:main

Without Docker

Requires Go 1.26+ and the dotenv CLI.

# Terminal 1 - server
make server

# Terminal 2 - client
make client

3. Authenticate with Discord

Open the URL printed in the client logs:

Please authenticate with Discord via: http://localhost:8080/api/v1/discord/authorize

Authorize with Discord and you're done. The client will now watch your log file and send you a Discord DM when you receive an in-game message.

Updating

Docker

docker compose pull
docker compose up -d

Executable

Download the new release version from releases and run it with the required environment variables set.