A simple python script that automatically updates your World of Warcraft addons
If you want to run the script manually, you need:
- Python 3.6+
- bs4
- cloudscraper
pip install bs4
pip install cloudscraper
There's also an executable file which can be found under the releases tab.
Before running the wow_addons_updater.py or wow_addons_updater.exe, you need to configure which addons you want to download.
This is done in the wow_addons_updater.ini file which looks like this:
[General]
game_version = retail
download_directory = F:\Games\World of Warcraft\_retail_\Interface\AddOns
[Addons]
bagnon
deadly-boss-mods
details
easy-frames
handynotes
handynotes-visions-of-nzoth
omni-cc
pawn
personal-loot-helper
raiderio
tomtom
weakauras-2
[General]
- game_version -
retail,classicorwotlk - download_directory - this is the path to your addons folder
[Addons]
- This section contains the list of addons you want to download
The names of the addons should be extracted from the URLs of the addons' pages.
Lets say for example that you want to download Deadly Boss Mods.
You have to navigate to the URL of the addon - https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/deadly-boss-mods
The name of the addon in the config file is the last part of the URL - deadly-boss-mods.
When you run the script it will do 3 things:
- Collect the latest versions of the addons
- Download the addons - keep in mind that it always downloads them, even if they are up to date. I might add a pre-filter in the collecting phase, so it downloads only the outdated ones.
- Extract the addons