first draft of a tool for working on steam workshop mods without having to sort through them by hand.

search_mods.py

import glob, argparse, re
from collections import Counter
from pathlib import Path

class Mod_Checker:
  def __init__(self):
    arg_par = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Print the names and corresponding file paths for mods in your workshop folder.')
    arg_par.add_argument('path', metavar='P', type=str,
                       help='The filepath of the desired workshop folder.')
    arg_par.add_argument('--name', dest='term', type=str, help='Search mods by name or partial match.')
    arg_par.add_argument('--server', dest='dest_path', type=str, help='The directory where the dayz server runs.')
    self.args = arg_par.parse_args()
    realpath = Path(self.args.path)
    self.metafiles = realpath.glob('**/meta.cpp')
    self.list_of_mods = []


  def search_mod_names_and_IDs(self):
    for metafile in self.metafiles:
      with open(str.format('{0}', metafile)) as metacpp:
        lines = metacpp.readlines()
        workshop_ID = lines[1].split(';')[0].split('=')[-1]
        workshop_name = lines[2].split(';')[0].split('=')[-1]

        mod_listing = {'name':workshop_name, 'id':workshop_ID}
        self.list_of_mods.append(mod_listing)


  def query_list(self):
    self.search_mod_names_and_IDs()
    all_installed_mods = {item['name']:item['id'] for item in self.list_of_mods}
    if self.args.term:
      for mod_metas in all_installed_mods.items():
        if self.args.term.lower() in mod_metas[0].lower():
          print(mod_metas)


  


m = Mod_Checker()
m.query_list()

# E:/SteamLibrary/steamapps/workshop/content/221100/

#change path to point from SteamLibrary directory level

#todo: create pipeline for checking upadates and moving / renaming files to the game server directory

#allow selection of mod from list returned by term search?
# flag for copying files
# copy keys

# daemon mode?

# -->
#find workshop files by searching the extant mod folders in the server directory

C:\Users\Jane\Documents\dayz_server\deerisle>python find_mods.py "E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\221100" --name sunnyvale
(' "Sunnyvale_Helicopters"', ' 2061631929')
(' "Sunnyvale_Fix"', ' 2142595672')
(' "Sunnyvale_Original"', ' 2167664405')