contentdb/app/flatpages/help/api.md

title: API

Authentication

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

Authorization: Bearer YOURTOKEN

You can use the /api/whoami to check authentication.

Tokens can be attained by visiting Profile > "API Tokens".

Endpoints

Misc

• 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>/
  • If query argument only_hard is present, only hard deps will be returned.

Releases

• GET /api/packages/<username>/<name>/releases/
• POST /api/packages/<username>/<name>/releases/new/
  • Requires authentication.
  • title: human-readable name of the release.
  • method: Release-creation method, only git is supported.
  • If git release-creation method:
    • ref - git reference, eg: master.
  • You can set min and max Minetest Versions using the content's .conf file.

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  • show_discarded - Show topics which have been marked as outdated, default false.

Minetest

• GET /api/minetest_versions/

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
• random - When present, enable random ordering and ignore sort.
• hide - Hide content based on Content Flags.
• sort - Sort by (name, views, date, score).
• order - Sort ascending (Asc) or descending (desc).
• protocol_version - Only show packages supported by this Minetest protocol version.