C#•4w ago

Named Pipes Connection

Hey everybody! I'm trying to support Windows in a project and I'm trying to connected to the Discord named pipe (an IPC server) that runs on Windows when the Discord client is open. So far I did this (and a bit more but this is not the point):

var pipe = new NamedPipeClientStream(
    @"\\.\pipe\discord-ipc-0",
    @"discord-ipc-0",
    PipeDirection.InOut,
    PipeOptions.None,
    TokenImpersonationLevel.Impersonation
);

Console.WriteLine("Connecting...");
try { pipe.Connect(); }
catch (Exception e) {
    Console.WriteLine("Not connected");
    return (false, e.Message);
}

Console.WriteLine("Connected");

var pipe = new NamedPipeClientStream(
    @"\\.\pipe\discord-ipc-0",
    @"discord-ipc-0",
    PipeDirection.InOut,
    PipeOptions.None,
    TokenImpersonationLevel.Impersonation
);

Console.WriteLine("Connecting...");
try { pipe.Connect(); }
catch (Exception e) {
    Console.WriteLine("Not connected");
    return (false, e.Message);
}

Console.WriteLine("Connected");

My issue is first two params of NamedPipeClientStream, I haven't find what I should put there or show it should look, the .Net documentation about this class is not very explanatory. So in this state it catches The specified path is invalid but if I change the first param to @".\pipe" the program gets stuck in pipe.Connect() (but it is still possible to quit with ^C). If anybody knows how to do this please help :) I'm a Linux femboy, not a windows pro

7 Replies

Sehra•4w ago

does it connect if you fix the typo of the pipe name?

Eli SoliOP•4w ago

what do you mean by "typo of the pipe name"`

Sehra•4w ago

iscord -> discord

Eli SoliOP•4w ago

no. Still The specified path is invalid

Eli SoliOP•4w ago

And I am sure this is the pipe's name

Sehra•4w ago

try with server name "." and pipe name "discord-ipc-0"

Eli SoliOP•4w ago

Wow it works. I think I already tried it before, but now it works :) I didn't know the first param was for server name Thank you

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