diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 761ea9b..e55fd89 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ name = "mcpl"
 
 [dependencies]
 byteorder = "1"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
+uuid = { version = "0.7", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
+mc-varint = { git = "https://github.com/luojia65/mc-varint" }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6753a1c..5949a38 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,27 +1,111 @@
+use mc_varint::{VarIntRead, VarIntWrite};
 use std::io;
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::string::FromUtf8Error;
 
 pub mod status;
 
 /// Current supported protocol version.
 pub const PROTOCOL_VERSION: usize = 498;
 
-/// Possible errors while decoding packet.
-pub enum DecodePacketError {
-    UnknownPacketType { type_id: u8 },
-    IOError { io_error: io::Error },
+/// Possible errors while encoding packet.
+pub enum EncodeError {
+    StringTooLong,
+    IOError {
+        io_error: io::Error,
+    },
+    JsonError {
+        json_error: serde_json::error::Error,
+    },
 }
 
-impl From<io::Error> for DecodePacketError {
+impl From<io::Error> for EncodeError {
     fn from(io_error: io::Error) -> Self {
-        DecodePacketError::IOError { io_error }
+        EncodeError::IOError { io_error }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<serde_json::error::Error> for EncodeError {
+    fn from(json_error: serde_json::error::Error) -> Self {
+        EncodeError::JsonError { json_error }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Possible errors while decoding packet.
+pub enum DecodeError {
+    UnknownPacketType {
+        type_id: u8,
+    },
+    StringTooLong,
+    IOError {
+        io_error: io::Error,
+    },
+    JsonError {
+        json_error: serde_json::error::Error,
+    },
+    Utf8Error {
+        utf8_error: FromUtf8Error,
+    },
+}
+
+impl From<io::Error> for DecodeError {
+    fn from(io_error: io::Error) -> Self {
+        DecodeError::IOError { io_error }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<serde_json::error::Error> for DecodeError {
+    fn from(json_error: serde_json::error::Error) -> Self {
+        DecodeError::JsonError { json_error }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<FromUtf8Error> for DecodeError {
+    fn from(utf8_error: FromUtf8Error) -> Self {
+        DecodeError::Utf8Error { utf8_error }
     }
 }
 
 trait Packet {
     type Output;
 
-    fn encode<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), io::Error>;
+    fn encode<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), EncodeError>;
 
-    fn decode<R: Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self::Output, DecodePacketError>;
+    fn decode<R: Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self::Output, DecodeError>;
+}
+
+trait PacketRead {
+    fn read_string(&mut self) -> Result<String, DecodeError>;
+}
+
+trait PacketWrite {
+    fn write_string(&mut self, value: &str) -> Result<(), EncodeError>;
+}
+
+impl<R: Read> PacketRead for R {
+    fn read_string(&mut self) -> Result<String, DecodeError> {
+        let length = self.read_var_u32()?;
+
+        if length > 32_767 {
+            return Err(DecodeError::StringTooLong);
+        }
+
+        let mut buf = vec![0; length as usize];
+        self.read_exact(&mut buf)?;
+
+        Ok(String::from_utf8(buf)?)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<W: Write> PacketWrite for W {
+    fn write_string(&mut self, value: &str) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
+        if value.len() > 32_767 {
+            return Err(EncodeError::StringTooLong);
+        }
+
+        self.write_var_u32(value.len() as u32)?;
+        self.write_all(value.as_bytes())?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/status.rs b/src/status.rs
index 43ff8a6..1ec9dfc 100644
--- a/src/status.rs
+++ b/src/status.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-use crate::{DecodePacketError, Packet};
+use crate::{DecodeError, EncodeError, Packet, PacketWrite};
 use byteorder::{BigEndian, ReadBytesExt, WriteBytesExt};
-use std::io;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
 pub enum StatusServerBoundPacket {
     StatusRequest,
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ pub enum StatusServerBoundPacket {
 }
 
 pub enum StatusClientBoundPacket {
-    StatusResponse,
+    StatusResponse(StatusResponse),
     PingResponse(PingResponse),
 }
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ impl StatusServerBoundPacket {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn decode<R: Read>(type_id: u8, reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self, DecodePacketError> {
+    pub fn decode<R: Read>(type_id: u8, reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
         match type_id {
             0x0 => Ok(StatusServerBoundPacket::StatusRequest),
             0x1 => {
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ impl StatusServerBoundPacket {
 
                 Ok(StatusServerBoundPacket::PingRequest(ping_request))
             }
-            _ => Err(DecodePacketError::UnknownPacketType { type_id }),
+            _ => Err(DecodeError::UnknownPacketType { type_id }),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ impl StatusServerBoundPacket {
 impl StatusClientBoundPacket {
     pub fn get_type_id(&self) -> u8 {
         match self {
-            StatusClientBoundPacket::StatusResponse => 0x0,
+            StatusClientBoundPacket::StatusResponse(_) => 0x0,
             StatusClientBoundPacket::PingResponse(_) => 0x1,
         }
     }
@@ -58,13 +59,13 @@ impl PingRequest {
 impl Packet for PingRequest {
     type Output = Self;
 
-    fn encode<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    fn encode<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
         writer.write_u64::<BigEndian>(self.time)?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn decode<R: Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self::Output, DecodePacketError> {
+    fn decode<R: Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self::Output, DecodeError> {
         let time = reader.read_u64::<BigEndian>()?;
 
         Ok(PingRequest { time })
@@ -86,15 +87,71 @@ impl PingResponse {
 impl Packet for PingResponse {
     type Output = Self;
 
-    fn encode<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    fn encode<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
         writer.write_u64::<BigEndian>(self.time)?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn decode<R: Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self::Output, DecodePacketError> {
+    fn decode<R: Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self::Output, DecodeError> {
         let time = reader.read_u64::<BigEndian>()?;
 
         Ok(PingResponse { time })
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct ServerStatus {
+    pub version: ServerVersion,
+    pub description: String,
+    pub players: OnlinePlayers,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct ServerVersion {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub protocol: u32,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct OnlinePlayers {
+    pub online: u32,
+    pub max: u32,
+    pub sample: Vec<OnlinePlayer>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct OnlinePlayer {
+    pub id: Uuid,
+    pub name: String,
+}
+
+pub struct StatusResponse {
+    pub server_status: ServerStatus,
+}
+
+impl StatusResponse {
+    pub fn new(server_status: ServerStatus) -> StatusClientBoundPacket {
+        let status_response = StatusResponse { server_status };
+
+        StatusClientBoundPacket::StatusResponse(status_response)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Packet for StatusResponse {
+    type Output = Self;
+
+    fn encode<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
+        let json = serde_json::to_string(&self.server_status)?;
+        writer.write_string(&json)?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn decode<R: Read>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self::Output, DecodeError> {
+        let server_status = serde_json::from_reader(reader)?;
+        let status_response = StatusResponse { server_status };
+
+        Ok(status_response)
+    }
+}