<mod>.json

[JaronZ]

Background

Blocksmith will need a place to store information of the mods included in the modpack. The information can be used to create a curseforge .zip and modrinth .mrpack file. The modpack.json file will only contain what mods are direct dependencies of the modpack, but there also needs to be a place to store where to download the mod, version (ranges) of the mod, whether the mod is required, and other possible options.

Proposal

To solve this, Blocksmith should have a mods directory that has json files. These json files will contain the relevant mod information for blocksmith.

The contents of these files could look something like the following:

{
	"name": "Mod Name",
	"sources": [
		{
			"type": "curseforge",
			"url": "..."
		},
		{
			"type": "modrinth",
			"url": "..."
		}
	]
}

or it could also be like:

{
	"name": "Mod Name",
	"sources": {
		"curseforge": {
			"url": "..."
		},
		"modrinth": {
			"url": "..."
		}
	}
}

This would depend on how mods are resolved and how flexible multiple sources should be.

Motivation

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Stage

• Draft
• Proposal
• Ready
• In Progress
• Implemented