# message-api<\/p>\n
A simple server-side message API for Fabric. It allows for translatable messages, with text parsing
\nusing PlaceholderAPI
\n, which can be customized with ease by end users.<\/p>\n
## Features<\/p>\n
– Special text parsing with PlaceholderAPI
\n– Easy customizable in-game messages
\n– Language localization support
\n– Easy to integrate<\/p>\n
## Usage<\/p>\n
### Adding the dependency<\/p>\n
To use message-api in your mod, add the following to your `build.gradle` file:<\/p>\n
Message-api doesn’t bundle placeholder-api, you have to bundle a compatible of it as well.
\nReplace `[TAG]` with the respective versions.<\/p>\n
“`groovy
\nrepositories {
\n maven { url “https:\/\/maven.nucleoid.xyz\/” }
\n maven { url “https:\/\/api.modrinth.com\/maven” }
\n}<\/p>\n
dependencies {
\n include(modImplementation(“maven.modrinth:message-api:[TAG]”))
\n include(modImplementation(“eu.pb4:placeholder-api:[TAG]”))
\n}
\n“`<\/p>\n
### Adding messages<\/p>\n
Create a `messages` folder in your resource folder. Create a JSON file with
\nthe language code you would like to add, like
\nthe [testmod example](src\/testMod\/resources\/messages\/en_us.json).
\nAdd your message to the file (make sure to prefix the message id with your mod id, to avoid conflicts).<\/p>\n
### Creating messages<\/p>\n
Use any of the provided methods in [LocalizedMessage](src\/main\/java\/me\/drex\/message\/api\/LocalizedMessage.java) to get your text instance,
\nwhich works like any other vanilla text instance!<\/p>\n
“`java “`java ### User configuration<\/p>\n To change messages, edit the JSON file in `.\/config\/ ## Credits<\/p>\n Special thanks to PlaceholderAPI for providing the parsing functionality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fabric message api for translatable, configurable and colorful messages with placeholders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"message-api","_minecraft_project_id":"BJEC0JAD","_minecraft_author":"DrexHD","_minecraft_license":"MIT","_minecraft_downloads":2333,"_minecraft_follows":3,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"message-api.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":3133918,"_minecraft_version_count":29,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T21:14:23.603234Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2025-01-11T04:35:37.695766Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-03-25T11:38:55.648169Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/message-api","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":0,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-05T18:52:53+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"095fd47938145d965ba90f79f09c92ba","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[97,873,98],"mod_loader":[99,100],"minecraft_version":[62,37,40,41,73,74,38,78,771,79,784,80,81,82,83,167,163],"class_list":["post-100649","mod","type-mod","status-publish","hentry","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-library","mod_category-quilt","mod_loader-fabric","mod_loader-quilt","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-1-21-11","minecraft_version-1-21-2","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-5-rc2","minecraft_version-1-21-6","minecraft_version-1-21-6-rc1","minecraft_version-1-21-7","minecraft_version-1-21-8","minecraft_version-1-21-9","minecraft_version-26-1","minecraft_version-26-1-1","minecraft_version-26-1-2"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nServerPlayerEntity player;
\nplayer.sendMessageToClient(LocalizedMessage.localized(“modid.some.message.id”));
\n“`<\/p>\nOfficial Mojang Mappings<\/summary>\n
\nServerPlayer player;
\nplayer.sendSystemMessage(LocalizedMessage.localized(“modid.some.message.id”));
\n“`<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nthe mod with the specified `modid`.<\/p>\n