Minotaur

A Gradle plugin for interfacing directly with Modrinth, through uploading build artifacts and syncing project bodies.

Want to use a GitHub Action instead of a Gradle plugin? Check out Kir-Antipov/mc-publish, but note that Modrinth does not give support for mc-publish where we do for Minotaur.

Usage Guide

To use this plugin you must add it to your Gradle build script. After that, you can use the modrinth task to upload the version to Modrinth.

Minotaur requires a personal access token with the following scopes:

• CREATE_VERSION (if running the modrinth task)
• PROJECT_WRITE (if running the modrinthSyncBody task)

You can generate a token on the account settings page. If your provided token does not have all required scopes, you will get an error saying Invalid Authentication Credentials.

Groovy

Groovy DSL

// build.gradle
plugins {
    id "com.modrinth.minotaur" version "2.+"
    // It's safest to have this on 2.+ to get the latest features and
    // bug fixes without having to worry about breaking changes.
}

// settings.gradle
// This is probably already present.
pluginManagement {
    repositories {
        gradlePluginPortal()
    }
}

The next step is to configure the task for uploading to Modrinth. This allows you to configure the upload and control when and how versions are uploaded.

// build.gradle
modrinth {
    token = System.getenv("MODRINTH_TOKEN") // Remember to have the MODRINTH_TOKEN environment variable set or else this will fail - just make sure it stays private!
    projectId = "my-project" // This can be the project ID or the slug. Either will work!
    versionNumber = "1.0.0" // You don't need to set this manually. Will fail if Modrinth has this version already
    versionType = "release" // This is the default -- can also be `beta` or `alpha`
    uploadFile = jar // With Loom, this MUST be set to `remapJar` instead of `jar`!
    gameVersions = ["1.18", "1.18.1"] // Must be an array, even with only one version
    loaders = ["fabric"] // Must also be an array - no need to specify this if you're using Loom or ForgeGradle
    dependencies { // A special DSL for creating dependencies
        // scope.type
        // The scope can be `required`, `optional`, `incompatible`, or `embedded`
        // The type can either be `project` or `version`
        required.project "fabric-api" // Creates a new required dependency on Fabric API
        optional.version "sodium", "mc1.19.3-0.4.8" // Creates a new optional dependency on this specific version of Sodium
    }
}

Kotlin

Kotlin DSL

// build.gradle.kts
plugins {
    id("com.modrinth.minotaur") version "2.+"
    // It's safest to have this on 2.+ to get the latest features and
    // bug fixes without having to worry about breaking changes.
}


// settings.gradle.kts
// This is probably already present.
pluginManagement {
    repositories {
        gradlePluginPortal()
    }
}

The next step is to configure the task for uploading to Modrinth. This allows you to configure the upload and control when and how versions are uploaded.

// build.gradle.kts
modrinth {
    token.set(System.getenv("MODRINTH_TOKEN")) // Remember to have the MODRINTH_TOKEN environment variable set or else this will fail - just make sure it stays private!
    projectId.set("my-project") // This can be the project ID or the slug. Either will work!
    versionNumber.set("1.0.0") // You don't need to set this manually. Will fail if Modrinth has this version already
    versionType.set("release") // This is the default -- can also be `beta` or `alpha`
    uploadFile.set(tasks.jar) // With Loom, this MUST be set to `remapJar` instead of `jar`!
    gameVersions.addAll(arrayOf("1.18", "1.18.1")) // Must be an array, even with only one version
    loaders.add("fabric") // Must also be an array - no need to specify this if you're using Loom or ForgeGradle
    dependencies { // A special DSL for creating dependencies
        // scope.type
        // The scope can be `required`, `optional`, `incompatible`, or `embedded`
        // The type can either be `project` or `version`
        required.project("fabric-api") // Creates a new required dependency on Fabric API
        optional.version("sodium", "mc1.19.3-0.4.8") // Creates a new optional dependency on this specific version of Sodium
    }
}

Syncing Project Body

In tandem with the syncBodyFrom property in your modrinth {...} block, you may set up syncing between, for example, your project's README.md and your project's body on Modrinth.

For example:

// build.gradle
modrinth {
    // ...
    syncBodyFrom = rootProject.file("README.md").text
}

This will sync the contents of the README.md file in your project's root to your project.

If you have some things you want in your README.md but not in your Modrinth project body, you may also add comments to the file. Anything between <!-- modrinth_exclude.start --> and <!-- modrinth_exclude.end --> will be excluded.

This does not occur with the modrinth task; you must use the modrinthSyncBody task separately to accomplish this. You can make sure the project body gets synced with every publish by making the modrinthSyncBody task depend on modrinth:

tasks.modrinth.dependsOn(tasks.modrinthSyncBody)

Be careful with this task! Once a body is changed, you cannot get it back. You can use debugMode to make sure that what's to be uploaded is what you want.

Available Properties

The following properties can be set within the modrinth {...} block.

Property	Required	Description	Default
apiURL	false	The API endpoint URL to use for uploading files.	https://api.modrinth.com/v2
token	false	A valid API token for the Modrinth API.	MODRINTH_TOKEN environment variable
projectId	true	The ID of the project to upload to.
versionNumber	false	The version number of the version.	version declaration
versionName	false	The name of the version.	versionNumber
changelog	false	The changelog for the file. Allows Markdown formatting.	No changelog was specified.
uploadFile	true	The file to upload. Can be an actual file or a file task.
additionalFiles	false	An array of additional files to be uploaded to a version.
versionType	false	The stability level of the version. Can be release, beta, or alpha.	release
gameVersions	true	An array of game versions that this version supports.	Detected based on the Gradle plugins you use
loaders	false	An array of mod loaders that this version supports.	Detected based on the Gradle plugins you use
dependencies	false	Dependencies of the uploaded version.
failSilently	false	When true an upload failure will not fail your build.	false
detectLoaders	false	Whether mod loaders will be automatically detected.	true
autoAddDependsOn	false	Whether to automatically add task dependencies from upload files.	true
debugMode	false	Doesn't actually upload the version, and prints the data to be uploaded.	false
syncBodyFrom	false	The text to sync the body from in the modrinthSyncBody task.

Note: In most scenarios the gameVersions and loaders properties can be detected automatically. This is done in environments using ForgeGradle and Fabric Loom.

Additional Properties

The following properties can only be accessed through tasks.modrinth.<property>.

Name	Description
uploadInfo	The response from the API server. Only present after upload is completed successfully.
errorInfo	The response from the API server. Only present after an upload fails.
wasUploadSuccessful()	Checks if the upload was successful or not. Should be used before accessing uploadInfo or errorInfo

Upload Info

Property	Type	Description
id	String	The ID for the uploaded version.
projectId	String	The ID of the mod this version is for.
authorId	String	The ID of the author who published this version
featured	Boolean	Whether the version is featured or not
name	String	The name of this version
versionNumber	String	The version number. Ideally will follow semantic versioning
changelog	String	The changelog for this version of the mod.
datePublished	Date	The date that this version was published.
downloads	Integer	The number of downloads this specific version has had.
versionType	VersionType	The type of the release - alpha, beta, or release.
files	List	A list of files available for download for this version.
gameVersions	List	A list of versions of Minecraft that this version of the mod supports.
loaders	List	The loaders that this version works on
dependency	Dependency	A list of mods that this version depends on.

Error Info

Property	Type	Description
error	String	The type of error that occurred, for example an authorization error.
description	String	The error message from the API.

Development Information

For contributing information, please see the Minotaur section of the Modrinth contributing guide.