Spacedock API Docs

Spacedock has a simple HTTP API that you can use to do various interesting things. Feel free to help make it better by submitting pull requests that update api.py.

Basics

Submit all POSTS with the request body encoded as multipart/form-data. Your HTTP library of choice probably handles that for you. All responses are JSON.

Please set your user agent to something that describes who you are and how to contact the person operating the service.

Errors

All requests that might fail include an error property in the response, which is a boolean that will be true if the request failed. If the request failed, a reason property will also be included that explains why it failed.

Authentication

Some endpoints require authentication. To authenticate, use the login endpoint and you will be given a cookie, which you should include in all subsequent requests.

POST /api/login

Logs into Spacedock.

Curl

curl -F username=SirCmpwn -F password=example -c ./cookies "https://spacedock.info/api/login"

Parameters

username
password

Example Response

Successful login:

{
    "error": false
}

Failed login:

{
    "error": true,
    "reason": "Username or password is incorrect"
}

Browse

You can browse the site without authentication.

GET /api/browse?page=<integer>&orderby=<string>&order=<string>&count=<integer>

Gets mods sorted by selected conditions

Curl

curl "https://spacedock.info/api/browse"

Parameters

game_id: Only return mods for this game, by internal database id [optional]
game_version: Only return mods for this game version, by friendly string [optional]
game_version_id: Only return mods for this game version, by internal database id [optional]
page: Which page of results to retrieve (1 indexed) [optional]
orderby: Which property of mod use for ordering. Valid values: name, updated, created. Default: created. [optional]
order: Which ordering direction to use. Valid values: asc, desc. Default: asc. [optional]
count: Which count of mods to show per page. Valid values: 1-500. Default 30. [optional]

If game_version_id is present, game_id and game_version will be ignored.

Example Response:

{
  "result": [
    {
      "downloads": 27885,
      "name": "Ferram Aerospace Research",
      "followers": 177,
      "author": "ferram4",
      "default_version_id": 295,
      "versions": [
        {
          "changelog": "...",
          "game_version": "0.24.2",
          "download_path": "/mod/52/Ferram%20Aerospace%20Research/download/v0.14.1.1",
          "id": 151,
          "friendly_version": "v0.14.1.1"
        }
      ],
      "id": 52,
      "background": "...",
      "bg_offset_y": 1234,
      "short_description": "..."
    },
    ...continued...
  ],
  "count": 30,
  "pages": 100,
  "page": 1
}

GET /api/browse/new?page=<integer>

Gets the newest mods on the site.

Curl

curl "https://spacedock.info/api/browse/new"

Parameters

page: Which page of results to retrieve (1 indexed) [optional]

Example Response:

[
  {
    "downloads": 27885,
    "name": "Ferram Aerospace Research",
    "followers": 177,
    "author": "ferram4",
    "default_version_id": 295,
    "versions": [
      {
        "changelog": "...",
        "game_version": "0.24.2",
        "download_path": "/mod/52/Ferram%20Aerospace%20Research/download/v0.14.1.1",
        "id": 151,
        "friendly_version": "v0.14.1.1"
      }
    ],
    "id": 52,
    "background": "...",
    "bg_offset_y": 1234,
    "short_description": "..."
  },
  ...continued...
]

GET /api/browse/featured?page=<integer>

Gets the latest featured mods on the site.

Curl

curl "https://spacedock.info/api/browse/featured"

Parameters

page: Which page of results to retrieve (1 indexed) [optional]

Example Response:

[
  {
    "downloads": 27885,
    "name": "Ferram Aerospace Research",
    "followers": 177,
    "author": "ferram4",
    "default_version_id": 295,
    "versions": [
      {
        "changelog": "...",
        "game_version": "0.24.2",
        "download_path": "/mod/52/Ferram%20Aerospace%20Research/download/v0.14.1.1",
        "id": 151,
        "friendly_version": "v0.14.1.1"
      }
    ],
    "id": 52,
    "background": "...",
    "bg_offset_y": 1234,
    "short_description": "..."
  },
  ...continued...
]

GET /api/browse/top?page=<integer>

Gets the most popular mods on the site.

Curl

curl "https://spacedock.info/api/browse/top"

Parameters

page: Which page of results to retrieve (1 indexed) [optional]

Example Response:

[
  {
    "downloads": 27885,
    "name": "Ferram Aerospace Research",
    "followers": 177,
    "author": "ferram4",
    "default_version_id": 295,
    "versions": [
      {
        "changelog": "...",
        "game_version": "0.24.2",
        "download_path": "/mod/52/Ferram%20Aerospace%20Research/download/v0.14.1.1",
        "id": 151,
        "friendly_version": "v0.14.1.1"
      }
    ],
    "id": 52,
    "background": "...",
    "bg_offset_y": 1234,
    "short_description": "..."
  },
  ...continued...
]

Search

You can search the site without authentication.

GET /api/search/mod?query=<name>

Searches the site for mods.

Curl

curl "https://spacedock.info/api/search/mod?query=FAR"

Parameters

query: Search terms
page: Which page of results to retrieve (1 indexed) [optional]

Example Response:

[
  {
    "downloads": 27885,
    "name": "Ferram Aerospace Research",
    "followers": 177,
    "author": "ferram4",
    "default_version_id": 295,
    "versions": [
      {
        "changelog": "...",
        "game_version": "0.24.2",
        "download_path": "/mod/52/Ferram%20Aerospace%20Research/download/v0.14.1.1",
        "id": 151,
        "friendly_version": "v0.14.1.1"
      }
    ],
    "id": 52,
    "background": "...",
    "bg_offset_y": 1234,
    "short_description": "..."
  }
]

GET /api/search/user?query=<name>

Searches the site for public users.

Curl

curl "https://spacedock.info/api/search/user?query=sircmpwn"

Parameters

query: Search terms
page: Which page of results to retrieve (1 indexed) [optional]

Example Response

[
  {
    "username": "SirCmpwn",
    "twitterUsername": "sircmpwn",
    "mods": [],
    "redditUsername": "",
    "ircNick": "sircmpwn",
    "description": "Hi, I made this website.",
    "forumUsername": "SirCmpwn"
  }
]

Users

You can query the API for information on individual public users.

GET /api/user/<username>

Returns information about a specific user.

Curl

curl "https://spacedock.info/api/user/Xaiier"

Example Response

{
  "username": "Xaiier",
  "twitterUsername": "",
  "mods": [
    {
      "downloads": 332,
      "name": "Time Control",
      "followers": 19,
      "author": "Xaiier",
      "default_version_id": 371,
      "id": 21,
      "short_description": "..."
    }
  ],
  "redditUsername": null,
  "ircNick": "Xaiier",
  "description": "",
  "forumUsername": "Xaiier"
}

Mods

You can query the API for information on a specific mod, a specific version, and so on. This could be useful, for example, to implement an update checker. You can also use the API to create new mods or update existing ones.

GET /api/mod/<mod_id>

Returns information about a specific mod.

Curl

curl "https://spacedock.info/api/mod/21"

Example Response

{
  "downloads": 332,
  "name": "Time Control",
  "followers": 19,
  "author": "Xaiier",
  "default_version_id": 371,
  "versions": [
    {
      "changelog": "...",
      "game_version": "0.24.2",
      "download_path": "/mod/21/Time%20Control/download/13.0",
      "id": 371,
      "friendly_version": "13.0"
    }
  ],
  "background": "...",
  "bg_offset_y": 1234,
  "description:" "...markdown...",
  "description_html": "...html...",
  "id": 21,
  "short_description": "...",
  "updated": "...date/time..."
}

GET /api/mod/<mod_id>/latest

Returns the latest version of a mod.

Curl

curl "https://spacedock.info/api/mod/21/latest"

Example Response

{
  "changelog": "...",
  "game_version": "0.24.2",
  "download_path": "/mod/21/Time%20Control/download/13.0",
  "id": 371,
  "friendly_version": "13.0"
}

POST /api/mod/create

Creates a new mod. Requires authentication.

Curl

curl -b ./cookies \
    -F" name=Example Mod" \
    -F "short-description=this is your schort description" \
    -F "version=1.0" \
    -F "game-short-name=kerbal-space-program" \
    -F "game-version=0.24" \
    -F "license=GPLv2" \
    -F "zipball=@ExampleMod.zip" \
    "https://spacedock.info/api/mod/create"

Parameters

name: Your new mod's name
short-description: Short description of your mod
version: The latest friendly version of your mod
game-short-name: The short name of the game your mod is for. Alternatively specify the id with game-id.
game-version: The game version this is compatible with
license: Your mod's license
zipball: The actual mod's zip file
notifications: List of ids of notifications to enable (use /api/<gameid>/notifications to get available options)

Example Response

{
  "url": "/mod/1234/Example Mod"
}

Notes

This creates an unpublished mod. You must log into the actual site to publish your mod.

POST /api/mod/<mod_id>/update

Publishes an update to an existing mod. Requires authentication.

Curl

curl -b ./cookies \
    -F "version=1.0" \
    -F "changelog=this is your changelog" \
    -F "game-version=0.24" \
    -F "notify-followers=yes" \
    -F "zipball=@ExampleMod.zip" \
    "https://spacedock.info/api/mod/1234/update"

Parameters

version: The friendly version number about to be created
changelog: Markdown changelog
game-version: The game version this is compatible with
notify-followers: If "yes", email followers about this update
zipball: The actual mod's zip file

Games

GET /api/kspversions

This is deprecated. Use /api/games to find the ID of a game, then /api/<gameid>/versions to get its versions.

GET /api/games

This will list the available games and their ids.

Curl

curl "https://spacedock.info/api/games

Example Response

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Kerbal Space Program",
    "publisher_id": 1,
    "short_description": null,
    "description": null,
    "created": "2019-07-16T02:34:58.756291",
    "background": null,
    "bg_offset_x": null,
    "bg_offset_y": null,
    "link": null
  }
]

GET /api/<gameid>/versions

This will list the available versions of a game. For KSP the response is the same as /api/kspversions

Curl

curl "https://spacedock.info/api/<gameid>/versions"

Example Response:

[
  {
    "id": 170,
    "friendly_version": "1.9.1"
  },
  {
    "id": 169,
    "friendly_version": "1.9.0"
  },
  ...continued...
]

GET /api/<gameid>/notifications

Returns the notifications that can be enabled for mods from this game.

Curl

curl "https://spacedock.info/api/<gameid>/notifications"

Example Response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "CKAN",
    "builds_url": "https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN-meta/raw/master/builds.json",
    "add_url": "https://netkan.ksp-ckan.space/sd/add/ksp",
    "change_url": "https://netkan.ksp-ckan.space/sd/inflate/ksp"
  }
]

POST /api/download_counts

This will return download counts for the specified mods.

Curl

curl -d 'mod_id=1&mod_id=2&mod_id=3' https://spacedock.info/api/download_counts

Example Response:

{
    "download_counts": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "downloads": 53
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "downloads": 2
        },
        {
            "id": 3,
            "downloads": 1
        }
    ]
}

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