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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}

Endpoints

TODO!!!

/api/mods

GET Parameters:

Key Values Description
order updated, alpha, top How to order the mods, by most recently updated, alphabetically, or by most downloaded.
owner
page {an integer} Page number you would like to show. Makes it so you can see a certain part of the list without getting detail on all
page_size {an integer} The amount of results to show in your search
q {a string} Name/Partial Name of mod you want to search for
tags
namelist {array of strings} Return only mods that match the given names.


Returns #Mod List Response

/api/mods/{mod_name}

/api/messages

GET Parameters:

Key Values Description
page_size {an integer} How many messages on one page
page {an integer} Which page of messages
mod {name of mod} Name of the specific mod that you want messages for
tag {a letter} The letter that represents the different message tags

/api/users

JSON Object Types

Mod List Response

Key Type Description
pagination Pagination See #Pagination
results Result[] A list of mods, matching any filters you specified.

Pagination

Key Type Description
count Integer Total number of mods that match your specified filters.
links Links Utility links to mod portal api requests, preserving all filters and search queries.
page Integer The current page number.
page_count Integer The total number of pages returned.
page_size Integer The number of results per page.

Pagination Links

Key Type Description
first String(URL) URL to the first page of the results, or null if you're already on the first page.
prev String(URL) URL to the previous page of the results, or null if you're already on the first page.
next String(URL) URL to the next page of the results, or null if you're already on the last page.
last String(URL) URL to the last page of the results, or null if you're already on the last page.

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. Always null.
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 Media File 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 Release The latest version of the mod available for download. See #Releases
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 Media File[] A list of media files, such as screen shots of the mod in action. See #Media Files.
name String The mod's machine-readable ID string.
owner String The Factorio username of the mod's author.
ratings_count Integer Doesn't seem to be implemented yet. Always 0.
releases Release[] A list of different versions of the mod available for download. See #Releases
summary String A shorter mod description.
tags Tag[] A list of tag objects that categorize the mod. See #Tags.
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.

Tags

Key Type Description
id Integer A numerical ID unique to this tag.
name String An all lower-case string used to identify this tag internally.
title String The tag's human-readable tag name.
description String A short description for the tag.
type String

Currently, there are only a fixed number of tags available, these include:

id type name title description
1 t general General Mods that cannot be sorted into other categories
2 t non-game-changing Non-Game-Changing Changes only look&feel. New graphics, new sounds, ... such things.
3 t helper-mods Helper Mods These mods are not game-changing, but enhance the gameplay by helping you with useful functions. Mods like showing the current game-time, keep track over your resources, rail-laying...
6 t big-mods Big Mods Too big and/or changes too much of the game to be fit anywhere else
12 t transportation Transportation Player transport
13 t logistics Logistics Transport of materials
14 t utility Utility Helps with certain things the player is doing.
15 t balancing Balancing Makes the game much more fair
17 t enemies Enemies Adds more enemies for more challange
16 t weapons Weapons Adds more weapons to annihilate the enemy
18 t armor Armor Armors or armor equipment related.
19 t oil Oil Things related to oil related manufacture
20 t logistics-network Logistics Network Related to roboports and logistic robots
21 t storage Storage Allows more ways to be able to store items
22 t power-production Power Production Allows more ways to create mass amounts of energy
23 t manufacture Manufacture Furnaces, assembling machines, production chains
24 t blueprints Blueprints
25 t cheats Cheats Well, they let you cheat
26 t defense Defense Mods that add the ability to protect your base more
27 t mining Mining Mods that provide better or new ways of mining resources
28 t info Info Mods that provide additional information to the player
29 t trains Trains Related to trains

Media Files

A media file object describes a single image, along with a smaller thumbnail sized version of the image.

Key Type Description
id Integer A numerical ID unique to this media file.
width Integer Width of the full sized image in pixels.
height Integer Height of the full sized image in pixels.
size Integer Size of the full image in bytes.
urls Media URL URLs to the full sized image and a thumbnail, see below.

Media URLs

Key Type Description
original String(URL) URL to full sized image.
thumb String(URL) URL to 128x128px sized thumbnail of image.

The original image is in either PNG, JPEG, or GIF formats, with the extensions ".png", ".jpg", or ".gif". All image URLs seem to be located at https://mods-data.factorio.com/pub_data/media_files/ with a file name consisting of 12 alphanumerical characters (of the base64 alphabet) followed by the file extension. The thumbnail URL contains the same code, but instead with a file extension of ".thumb.png".

Releases

Key Type Description
download_url String Path to download for a mod. starts with "/api" and does not include a full url
downloads_count Integer Count of how many times a mod has been downloaded
factorio_version String The version of the game the mod is intended for
file_name String The file name of the release. Always seems to follow the pattern "{name}_{version}.zip"
file_size Integer The size of the file
game_version String The version of the mod (do not confuse with factorio version)
id Integer A numerical ID unique to this release.
info_json Object A copy of the mod's info.json file.
released_at String(ISO 8601) ISO 6501 for when the mod was released.
version String The version string of this mod release. Used to determine dependencies.

Error

Key Type Description
detail String