Modrinth Collection Support

[VatraXD]

Enhancement Type

Improve an existing feature

Describe the enhancement

Hello!

I was wondering if it would be possible to grab modrinth collections and automatically download mods from them.
This would be good because collections don't have to be manually reviewed by modrinth staff, and they would automatically include all versions of the mods, not just ones that has been added to a modpack. For this reason it would need to use the version env variable to figure out which mods are useable on the current version. I think a minimum_required_mods env variable would be also good for this feature, allowing the user to run the collection in a 'partial' mode, or 'all' mode, in which case it could say that some of the mods are not compatible with the selected mc version.

[itzg]

I don't see any mention of collections in their API docs

https://docs.modrinth.com/api/

Can you point me to more info?

[VatraXD]

Oh yeah, their API docs don't state anything about collections.
Here is a collection I just made to test: https://modrinth.com/collection/CoXkaZRA
And here is the relevant API call which returns a json: https://api.modrinth.com/v3/collection/CoXkaZRA
The json has project IDs, so it could be implemented fairly easily I think.

[itzg]

I'm going to have to wait until they publicly release "collections". I don't even see them listed in their own website search area

Perhaps you can contact them and get an official answer on when this will be generally available and documented.

[VatraXD]

I don't think they will ever be searchable, but the feature itself is already 'public'.
Projects are documented, collections just return a list of projects.

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[itzg]

Oh, I think it's making sense to me now. So collections are just groupings of existing modpack(s) and mods?

Why not just use a combo of:

• https://docker-minecraft-server.readthedocs.io/en/latest/types-and-platforms/mod-platforms/modrinth-modpacks/
• https://docker-minecraft-server.readthedocs.io/en/latest/mods-and-plugins/modrinth/

With both those of those you can call out specific modpack/mod versions.

Or is that what you're doing for now and interested in the convenience of collections being a way to pre-declare those lists of modpack+mods?

[VatraXD]

Yes, collections are just groups of modpacks and/or mods.
To be honest I am not sure what my reasoning was. It might've had something to do with simplicity.