contentdb/app/flatpages/help/api.md

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title: API

Authentication

Not all endpoints require authentication. Authentication is done using Bearer tokens:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOURTOKEN" https://content.minetest.net/api/whoami/

Tokens can be attained by visiting Settings > API Tokens.

  • GET /api/whoami/ - JSON dictionary with the following keys:
    • is_authenticated - True on successful API authentication
    • username - Username of the user authenticated as, null otherwise.
    • 4xx status codes will be thrown on unsupported authentication type, invalid access token, or other errors.

Packages

  • GET /api/packages/ - See Package Queries
  • GET /api/scores/ - See Package Queries
  • GET /api/packages/<username>/<name>/
  • GET /api/packages/<username>/<name>/dependencies/
    • If query argument only_hard is present, only hard deps will be returned.
  • GET /api/tags/ - List of:
    • name - technical name
    • title - human-readable title
    • description - tag description or null
  • GET /api/homepage/
    • count - number of packages
    • downloads - get number of downloads
    • new - new packages
    • updated - recently updated packages
    • pop_mod - popular mods
    • pop_txp - popular textures
    • pop_game - popular games
    • high_reviewed - highest reviewed
    • tags

Package Queries

Example:

/api/packages/?type=mod&type=game&q=mobs+fun&hide=nonfree&hide=gore

Supported query parameters:

  • type - Package types (mod, game, txp).
  • q - Query string.
  • author - Filter by author.
  • tag - Filter by tags.
  • random - When present, enable random ordering and ignore sort.
  • limit - Return at most limit packages.
  • hide - Hide content based on Content Flags.
  • sort - Sort by (name, title, score, reviews, downloads, created_at, approved_at, last_release).
  • order - Sort ascending (asc) or descending (desc).
  • protocol_version - Only show packages supported by this Minetest protocol version.
  • engine_version - Only show packages supported by this Minetest engine version, eg: 5.3.0.
  • fmt - How the response is formated.
    • keys - author/name only.
    • short - stuff needed for the Minetest client.

Releases

  • GET /api/packages/<username>/<name>/releases/ (List)
    • Returns array of release dictionaries with keys:
      • id: release ID
      • title: human-readable title
      • release_date: Date released
      • url: download URL
      • commit: commit hash or null
      • downloads: number of downloads
      • min_minetest_version: dict or null, minimum supported minetest version (inclusive).
      • max_minetest_version: dict or null, minimum supported minetest version (inclusive).
  • GET /api/packages/<username>/<name>/releases/<id>/ (Read)
  • POST /api/packages/<username>/<name>/releases/new/ (Create)
    • Requires authentication.
    • Body can be JSON or multipart form data. Zip uploads must be multipart form data.
    • title: human-readable name of the release.
    • For Git release creation:
      • method: must be git.
      • ref: (Optional) git reference, eg: master.
    • For zip upload release creation:
      • file: multipart file to upload, like <input type=file>.
    • You can set min and max Minetest Versions using the content's .conf file.
  • DELETE /api/packages/<username>/<name>/releases/<id>/ (Delete)
    • Requires authentication.
    • Deletes release.

Examples:

# Create release from Git
curl -X POST https://content.minetest.net/api/packages/username/name/releases/new/ \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOURTOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d "{\"method\": \"git\", \"title\": \"My Release\", \"ref\": \"master\" }"

# Create release from zip upload
curl -X POST https://content.minetest.net/api/packages/username/name/releases/new/ \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOURTOKEN" \
    -F title="My Release" -F file=@path/to/file.zip

# Delete release
curl -X DELETE https://content.minetest.net/api/packages/username/name/releases/3/ \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOURTOKEN" 

Screenshots

  • GET /api/packages/<username>/<name>/screenshots/ (List)
    • Returns array of screenshot dictionaries with keys:
      • id: screenshot ID
      • approved: true if approved and visible.
      • title: human-readable name for the screenshot, shown as a caption and alt text.
      • url: absolute URL to screenshot.
      • created_at: ISO time.
      • order: Number used in ordering.
  • GET /api/packages/<username>/<name>/screenshots/<id>/ (Read)
    • Returns screenshot dictionary like above.
  • POST /api/packages/<username>/<name>/screenshots/new/ (Create)
    • Requires authentication.
    • Body is multipart form data.
    • title: human-readable name for the screenshot, shown as a caption and alt text.
    • file: multipart file to upload, like <input type=file>.
  • DELETE /api/packages/<username>/<name>/screenshots/<id>/ (Delete)
    • Requires authentication.
    • Deletes screenshot.
  • POST /api/packages/<username>/<name>/screenshots/order/
    • Requires authentication.
    • Body is a JSON array containing the screenshot IDs in their order.

Examples:

# Create screenshots
curl -X POST https://content.minetest.net/api/packages/username/name/screenshots/new/ \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOURTOKEN" \
    -F title="My Release" -F file=@path/to/screnshot.png

# Delete screenshot
curl -X DELETE https://content.minetest.net/api/packages/username/name/screenshots/3/ \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOURTOKEN" 
    
# Reorder screenshots
curl -X POST https://content.minetest.net/api/packages/username/name/screenshots/order/ \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOURTOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d "[13, 2, 5, 7]"

Topics

  • GET /api/topics/ - Supports Package Queries, and the following two options:
    • show_added - Show topics which exist as packages, default true.
    • show_discarded - Show topics which have been marked as outdated, default false.

Topic Queries

Example:

/api/topics/?q=mobs

Supported query parameters:

  • q - Query string.
  • sort - Sort by (name, views, date).
  • order - Sort ascending (asc) or descending (desc).
  • show_added - Show topics that have an existing package.
  • show_discarded - Show topics marked as discarded.
  • limit - Return at most limit topics.

Minetest

  • GET /api/minetest_versions/