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Mod portal API

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The Mod Portal API is used to both browse and download all mods available on the official Factorio mod portal. Using the API does not require any kind of authentication or account information and can be viewed simply by following the URLs below in any web browser.

https://mods.factorio.com/api/mods

More detailed information about a particular mod can be obtained by retrieving the following URL, where {name} is the mod's name field in the result object.

https://mods.factorio.com/api/mods/{name}

Object Types

Result Entry

Fields returned by the api/mods endpoint are marked with a check (✓) in the "Short" column, and those returned the the api/mods/{name} endpoint are marked with a check in the "Full" column.

Key Type Short Full Description
created_at String(ISO 8601) The datetime the mod was uploaded, in the full ISO 8601 format, with a space separator instead of 'T'.
current_user_rating Null Doesn't seem to be implemented yet.
description String A longer description of the mod, in text only format.
description_html String(HTML) A longer description of the mod, with HTML tags.
downloads_count Integer Number of downloads.
first_media_file Object The first media file in the "media_files" list.
game_versions String[] A list of major Factorio version strings (e.g. "0.13") starting with 0.13 that the mod is compatible with, in addition to the version(s) found in "latest_release" / "releases".
github_path String A link to the mod's github project page, just prepend "github.com/". Can be blank ("").
homepage String Usually a URL to the mod's main project page, but can be any string.
id Integer A numerical mod ID used to identify the mod in other API endpoints.
latest_release Object
license_flags Integer(11 bit) A bit field describing what permissions the mod's license grants. See #License Flags
license_name String The mod's license name.
license_url String A URL link to the full license agreement. Can be any string in case of custom licenses.
media_files Object[]
name String The mod's machine-readable ID string.
owner String The Factorio username of the mod's author.
ratings_count 0 Doesn't seem to be implemented yet.
releases Object[]
summary String Mod description.
tags Object[] A list of tag objects that categorize the mod.
title String The mod's human-readable name.
updated_at String(ISO 8601) The datetime the mod was last updated, in the full ISO 8601 format, with a space separator instead of 'T'.
visits_count Integer The number of times the mod was viewed, but perhaps only counted on the web interface???

License Flags

The "license_flags" is an 11 bit number that describe generally what permissions the mod's license grants.

2n Title Description
Permissions
0 Commercial Use This software and derivatives may be used for commercial purposes
1 Modification The software may be modified.
2 Distribution You may distribute this software.
3 Patent Use This license provides an express grant of patent rights from the contributor to the recipient.
4 Private Use You may use and modify the software without distributing it.
Conditions
5 Disclose Source Source code must be made available when distributing the software.
6 License & Copyright Notice Include a copy of the license and copyright notice with the code.
7 Same License Modifications must be released under the same license when distributing the software. In some cases a similar or related license may be used.
8 State Changes Indicate changes made to the code.
Limitations
9 Hold Liable Software is provided without warranty and the software author/license owner cannot be held liable for damages.
10 Trademark Use This license explicitly states that it does NOT grant you trademark rights, even though licenses without such a statement probably do not grant you any implicit trademark rights.

Media File

Key Type Description
id Integer
width Integer
height Integer
size Integer
urls Object