Spaceport API

[captawesome]

Hey I was wondering if there are plans to bring an API to the spaceport? I was looking into writing a cross platform mod manger with auto update and mod suggestions but it seems that I cant download the mod unless I go through the website due to the way it is posting to the server.

[KasperVld]

There are no such plans, to my knowledge

[captawesome]

Sucks. I actually started looking into making my own mod site because of this until I realized kerbal space port is by squad.... If the download buttons were links to the resources instead of post requests I could have pulled off a website scraper but I'm thinking they wrote it this way to prevent that behavior.

[Majiir]

You may be interested in the community mod repository project. I am offering free server hosting for web developers who create a community-run alternative to Spaceport. A machine-friendly API is near the top of the requested features list.

[leftler]

I also would love it if there was a API for the spaceport. Even a minimal api that standardized reporting of current version numbers of the mods would be a large boon to mod manager developers. This would allow for easy notification of mod updates without having to scrape the site (costing less bandwidth to Squad). Please re-consider adding in an API that mod managers can query for mod information.