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docs/index.rst

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+	pages/faq.rst
 	pages/contributing.rst
 	examples/examples.rst
 

docs/pages/faq.rst

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+Frequently Asked Questions
+==========================
+
+
+Why doesn't :class:`~mcstatus.server.BedrockServer` have an async :meth:`~mcstatus.server.MCServer.lookup` method?
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+With Java servers, to find the server, we sometimes end up performing an SRV
+DNS lookup. This means making a request to your DNS server and waiting for an
+answer, making that lookup a blocking operation (during which other things can
+be done).
+
+.. note::
+    An SRV record allows the server to have an address like: ``hypixel.net``,
+    that points to a some specified IP/Host and port, depending on this record.
+
+    That way, even if the server is hosted on a non-standard port (other than
+    25565, say 8855), you won't need to use ``myserver.com:8855``, since the
+    port number will simply be stored in the SRV record, so people can still
+    connect simply with ``myserver.com``.
+
+    On top of that, it also allows to specify a different IP/Host, which means
+    you don't need to use the same server to run both the website, and the
+    minecraft server. Instead, the SRV record can simply point to a different
+    IP/Host address (like ``mc.hypixel.net``, or ``209.222.114.112``).
+
+However with Bedrock servers, no such lookups are required (Bedrock doesn't
+support SRV records), and so there is no blocking I/O operation being made,
+that would justify having an async version.
+
+In fact, all that the bedrock lookup does is parsing the ``host:port`` address,
+and obtaining the ``host`` and ``port`` parts out of it (with some error
+handling, and support for default ports).
+
+
+Incorrect encoding
+------------------
+
+In Query protocol, Minecraft uses ISO 8859-1 for encoding all text (like MOTD,
+server name, etc.). This can cause problems with non-latin characters. To fix
+such error, you can re-encode text into UTF-8.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    >>> query = JavaServer.lookup("my-server-ip.com").query()
+    >>> query.motd
+    'Ð\x9fÑ\x80ивÑ\x96Ñ\x82!'
+    >>> query.motd.encode("iso-8859-1").decode("utf-8")
+    'Привіт!'
+
+:attr:`query.motd <mcstatus.querier.QueryResponse.motd>` here can be anything,
+that contains incorrect encoding.
+
+
+How to get server image?
+------------------------
+
+Bedrock servers do not provide icons, so you can't get server image from them.
+For Java servers, you can use :attr:`status.icon <mcstatus.status_response.JavaStatusResponse.icon>`
+attribute. It will return `Base64 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64>`_
+encoded PNG image, so you can decode it in that way:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    import base64
+
+    with open("server-icon.png", "wb") as server_icon_file:
+        server_favicon_file.write(base64.decodebytes(status.icon))
+
+.. note::
+    Most modern browsers support simply pasting the raw Base64 image into the
+    URL bar, which will open it as an image preview, allowing you to take a
+    quick look at it without having to use file saving from Python.
+
+    See `How to display Base64 image <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8499633>`_
+    and `Base64 Images: Support table <https://caniuse.com/atob-btoa>`_.

mcstatus/status_response.py

@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ class JavaStatusResponse(BaseStatusResponse):
     players: JavaStatusPlayers
     version: JavaStatusVersion
     icon: str | None
-    """The icon of the server. In `Base64 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64>`_ encoded PNG image format."""
+    """The icon of the server. In `Base64 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64>`_ encoded PNG image format.
+
+    .. seealso:: :ref:`pages/faq:how to get server image?`
+    """
 
     @classmethod
     def build(cls, raw: RawJavaResponse, latency: float = 0) -> Self: