// Copyright (C) 2026 SharpEmu Emulator Project
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
using System.IO.Pipes;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.Json;
namespace SharpEmu.GUI;
///
/// Minimal Discord Rich Presence client. Speaks Discord's local IPC
/// protocol (framed JSON over the discord-ipc-N named pipe) directly, so no
/// external dependency is needed. All failures are silent: no Discord, no
/// presence, no impact on the launcher.
///
public sealed class DiscordRichPresence : IDisposable
{
private const int OpHandshake = 0;
private const int OpFrame = 1;
private const int MaxFrameBytes = 64 * 1024;
private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions JsonOptions = new()
{
DefaultIgnoreCondition = System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull,
};
private readonly object _gate = new();
private readonly string _clientId;
private readonly AutoResetEvent _signal = new(false);
private readonly Thread _worker;
private NamedPipeClientStream? _pipe;
private PresenceState? _desired;
private PresenceState? _sent;
private volatile bool _disposed;
private sealed record PresenceState(string Details, string? State, long? StartUnixSeconds);
public DiscordRichPresence(string clientId)
{
_clientId = clientId;
_worker = new Thread(WorkerLoop)
{
IsBackground = true,
Name = "DiscordRichPresence",
};
_worker.Start();
}
///
/// Requests the given presence; the worker applies it asynchronously and
/// retries (with reconnection) until it is delivered or replaced.
///
public void SetPresence(string details, string? state = null, long? startUnixSeconds = null)
{
lock (_gate)
{
_desired = new PresenceState(details, state, startUnixSeconds);
}
Trace($"queued details=\"{details}\" state=\"{state}\"");
_signal.Set();
}
public void Dispose()
{
_disposed = true;
_signal.Set();
ClosePipe();
}
private void WorkerLoop()
{
while (!_disposed)
{
// Woken immediately on presence changes; the periodic tick
// retries after connection failures (e.g. Discord starts later).
_signal.WaitOne(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15));
if (_disposed || _clientId.Length == 0)
{
continue;
}
PresenceState? desired;
lock (_gate)
{
desired = _desired;
}
if (desired is null || desired == _sent)
{
continue;
}
try
{
EnsureConnected();
SendActivity(desired);
_sent = desired;
Trace($"sent details=\"{desired.Details}\" state=\"{desired.State}\"");
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
// Connection died (or never existed); reconnect on a later tick.
Trace($"send failed: {exception.Message}");
ClosePipe();
_sent = null;
}
}
}
private void EnsureConnected()
{
if (_pipe is { IsConnected: true })
{
return;
}
ClosePipe();
Exception? lastError = null;
for (var index = 0; index < 10; index++)
{
var pipe = new NamedPipeClientStream(
".",
$"discord-ipc-{index}",
PipeDirection.InOut,
PipeOptions.Asynchronous);
try
{
pipe.Connect(500);
_pipe = pipe;
WriteFrame(OpHandshake, JsonSerializer.Serialize(new
{
v = 1,
client_id = _clientId,
}));
// Discord replies with a READY (or error) frame; consume it
// so the pipe buffer stays drained.
_ = ReadFrame();
return;
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
lastError = exception;
pipe.Dispose();
_pipe = null;
}
}
throw lastError ?? new IOException("Discord IPC pipe not found.");
}
private void SendActivity(PresenceState presence)
{
var payload = new Dictionary
{
["cmd"] = "SET_ACTIVITY",
["nonce"] = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
["args"] = new Dictionary
{
["pid"] = Environment.ProcessId,
["activity"] = new Dictionary
{
["details"] = presence.Details,
["state"] = presence.State,
["timestamps"] = presence.StartUnixSeconds is { } start
? new Dictionary { ["start"] = start }
: null,
["assets"] = new Dictionary
{
["large_image"] = "logo",
["large_text"] = "SharpEmu",
},
},
},
};
WriteFrame(OpFrame, JsonSerializer.Serialize(payload, JsonOptions));
// Consume Discord's acknowledgement to keep the pipe drained.
_ = ReadFrame();
}
private void WriteFrame(int opcode, string json)
{
var pipe = _pipe ?? throw new IOException("Discord IPC pipe is not connected.");
var payload = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json);
var frame = new byte[8 + payload.Length];
BitConverter.TryWriteBytes(frame.AsSpan(0, 4), opcode);
BitConverter.TryWriteBytes(frame.AsSpan(4, 4), payload.Length);
payload.CopyTo(frame, 8);
pipe.Write(frame, 0, frame.Length);
pipe.Flush();
}
private string ReadFrame()
{
var pipe = _pipe ?? throw new IOException("Discord IPC pipe is not connected.");
var header = ReadExactly(pipe, 8);
var length = BitConverter.ToInt32(header, 4);
if (length is < 0 or > MaxFrameBytes)
{
throw new IOException($"Discord IPC frame length {length} is out of range.");
}
return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(ReadExactly(pipe, length));
}
private static byte[] ReadExactly(NamedPipeClientStream pipe, int count)
{
var buffer = new byte[count];
var read = 0;
while (read < count)
{
var chunk = pipe.Read(buffer, read, count - read);
if (chunk <= 0)
{
throw new IOException("Discord IPC pipe closed.");
}
read += chunk;
}
return buffer;
}
private static void Trace(string message)
{
if (string.Equals(
Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SHARPEMU_LOG_DISCORD"),
"1",
StringComparison.Ordinal))
{
Console.Error.WriteLine($"[DISCORD] {message}");
}
}
private void ClosePipe()
{
var pipe = _pipe;
_pipe = null;
try
{
pipe?.Dispose();
}
catch (Exception)
{
// Best effort; the pipe may already be broken.
}
}
}