Can Kerbal add-ons make http requests?

[ka3lin]

Hey everyone! Quick question... Is it possible to create add-ons/plugins for KSP that make GET/POST requests to an API?

Use cases include creating GUIs with buttons to:

• upload your craft file to an API
• download a craft file from an API
• get / post other metadata to an API

Thanks for quick help!

[Xavier513]

I think it's possible, an add-on/plugin is just some C# code running in an Unity engine.
You can try doing following things to find the answer by yourself.
Write a simple plugin to:

• upload a file to a local file server
• download a webpage, e.g. google.com
• send a get/post request to any website, e.g. google.com

I guess the final answer is YES.

[Stone Blue]

@Kaelin something like this? (since you mentioned craft files)
https://kerbalx.com/CraftManager

[ka3lin]

@Xavier513 Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking. I will try this out for myself.

 

@Stone Blue Wow, seeing kerbalx.com is super helpful! I had no idea this exists. This is great because it gives me some analogous ideas of what's possible.

 

Follow-up question for either of you... Is it possible to automatically display a 3D render of a craft without having a player need to upload an image like kerbalx? For example: Kerbal uploads craft file through via POST request -> Backend rendering pipeline turns craft file in a 3D render or somehow takes a screenshot to be displayed.

[Stone Blue]

hmm.. now you're talking *code*... which is all Greek to me

I can think of some mods, that I think do *some* of what youre talking... but no idea if exactly what youre talking, or if what they do could be useful or integrated into *one* thing

Edited July 21, 2022 by Stone Blue

[Beetlecat]

3 hours ago, ka3lin said:

@Xavier513 Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking. I will try this out for myself.

 

@Stone Blue Wow, seeing kerbalx.com is super helpful! I had no idea this exists. This is great because it gives me some analogous ideas of what's possible.

 

Follow-up question for either of you... Is it possible to automatically display a 3D render of a craft without having a player need to upload an image like kerbalx? For example: Kerbal uploads craft file through via POST request -> Backend rendering pipeline turns craft file in a 3D render or somehow takes a screenshot to be displayed.

It seems like you're partly describing the functionality of a mod like Kronal Vessel Viewer (which is used to generate tons of the aircraft images on KerbalX, for instance)  which provides real-time in-game rendering options. Most famously for status wireframe renderings in flight, etc.

Not sure if this is the latest version:

 

[Xavier513]

What kind of addon are you up to develop? I'm very curious, it sounds interesting.