Forge Update Generator

Generates Forge update JSON files from CurseForge.

Have a look here to see an example on how to regularly auto-update Forge update files via a scheduled GitHub action.

Installation

$ npm install -g forge-update-generator

or

$ yarn global add forge-update-generator

Usage

Generate update file

Given the CurseForge project id, generate the Forge update JSON contents

$ forge-update-generator integrated-dynamics

Will output to standard output something in the form of:

{
  "homepage": "https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/integrated-dynamics",
  "promos": {
    "1.16.4-recommended": "1.4.0",
    "1.12.2-recommended": "1.1.11",
    "1.15.2-recommended": "1.1.20",
    "1.16.4-latest": "1.4.0",
    "1.12.2-latest": "1.1.11",
    "1.15.2-latest": "1.1.20"
  },
  "1.16.4": {
    "1.4.0": "Download and changelog available at https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/integrated-dynamics/files/3179476",
    "1.3.0": "Download and changelog available at https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/integrated-dynamics/files/3174015",
    "1.2.0": "Download and changelog available at https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/integrated-dynamics/files/3163304",
    "1.1.22": "Download and changelog available at https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/integrated-dynamics/files/3156218",
    "1.1.21": "Download and changelog available at https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/integrated-dynamics/files/3154210",
    "1.1.20": "Download and changelog available at https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/integrated-dynamics/files/3151360"
  },
  "1.12.2": {
    "1.1.11": "Download and changelog available at https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/integrated-dynamics/files/3159505",
  },
  "1.15.2": {
    "1.1.20": "Download and changelog available at https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/integrated-dynamics/files/3143042"
  }
}

Entries are sorted by file upload date.

By default, mods for the Forge modloader will be fetched, but any other modloader can be fetched as follows:

$ forge-update-generator cyclops-core NeoForge

$ forge-update-generator cyclops-core Fabric

Experimental: Generate update file and fetch changelogs

If you pass the -c option, changelogs will be fetched from their respective CurseForge page.

This significantly slows down the command, as an HTTP request will be done for each mod file. Furthermore, this goes via a headless browser, so things may go wrong.

$ forge-update-generator integrated-dynamics -c

Help

$ forge-update-generator --help

Usage:
  forge-update-generator modname
Options:
  -c            if changelogs should be fetched from CurseForge via HTML scraping
  --help        print this help message

License

This software is written by Ruben Taelman.

This code is released under the MIT license.