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How to get the creation/first release date of a mod from the portal
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 5:10 am
by Reika
I find myself needing to find when a mod was first ever released, which is synonymous with knowing when it was first uploaded to the mod portal. Important to note is that there is no date information in the changelog, the oldest download is NOT the first release, (it is instead the last release for the first game version it supported), and that all time displays on the portal are "<number> years ago", not an actual date.
Is there a way to know when a "portal item" was first ever created, to an exact date? Something analogous to the "Posted" field on a Steam Workshop item, ie the date it was first ever made into an entry on said workshop.
Re: How to get the creation/first release date of a mod from the portal
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:23 am
by Qon
The
mod portal api gives timestamps. You can go through all dates to find the earliest one, but if a download was redacted there's no way to find the actual release date. I didn't find any such field at least.
What's the use case?
Re: How to get the creation/first release date of a mod from the portal
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 10:58 am
by darkfrei
+ for exactly date, not just "one week ago", "three months ago".
Re: How to get the creation/first release date of a mod from the portal
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 3:04 pm
by steinio
Be aware that before the mod portal existed the mods where published in this forum.
Download the oldest version and check dates of files in the zip. The zip itself can change date on download.
Re: How to get the creation/first release date of a mod from the portal
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 6:50 pm
by Reika
steinio wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 3:04 pm
Be aware that before the mod portal existed the mods where published in this forum.
Download the oldest version and check dates of files in the zip. The zip itself can change date on download.
Qon wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:23 am
The
mod portal api gives timestamps. You can go through all dates to find the earliest one, but if a download was redacted there's no way to find the actual release date. I didn't find any such field at least.
What's the use case?
As I said in the first post, "oldest living download" is
months newer than the first release, the date I really want.
EDIT:
However, the API you linked mentions a "created_at" field, which sounds much more like what I need.
https://mods.factorio.com/api/mods/<modid>/full
Re: How to get the creation/first release date of a mod from the portal
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:07 pm
by Qon
Reika wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 6:50 pm
However, the API you linked mentions a "created_at" field, which sounds much more like what I need.
Nice
Why do you need it though? I'm curious
Re: How to get the creation/first release date of a mod from the portal
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 4:11 pm
by Reika
Qon wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:07 pm
Reika wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 6:50 pm
However, the API you linked mentions a "created_at" field, which sounds much more like what I need.
Nice
Why do you need it though? I'm curious
For a project whose nature I cannot yet disclose.