This is a special system that allows you to manage your addons in runtime.
The library has caching that allows it to work faster
Addon - directory that contains addon.json
and __init__.py
addon.json is a json
file that describes addon and must contain name
, author
,
description
and version
(strings)
from pathlib import Path
from RelativeAddonsSystem import RelativeAddonsSystem, Addon, AddonMeta
# Init addons system
system = RelativeAddonsSystem(Path(__file__).parent / "addons", auto_install_requirements=True)
# return list of Addon objects
addons: list[Addon] = system.get_all_addons()
if len(addons) < 1:
print("No addons found")
else:
for addon in addons:
# loaded meta(AddonMeta) from ADDON_DIR/addon.json
meta: AddonMeta = addon.meta
print("Working with", meta.name, "at", addon.path.absolute())
# Check dependencies
if not addon.check_requirements(alert=False):
print("Installing addon dependencies")
# Install dependencies
installed: list[str] = addon.install_requirements()
print("Successfully installed addon dependencies (", ", ".join(installed), ")")
else:
print("Addon dependencies already satisfied")
# Get addon module
module = addon.module # ADDON_DIR / __init__.py module
...
In this example, we have listed all addons and installed their dependencies if they were not already installed.
We can also disable or enable addons:
from pathlib import Path
from RelativeAddonsSystem import RelativeAddonsSystem, Addon
# Init addons system
system = RelativeAddonsSystem(Path(__file__).parent / "addons", auto_install_requirements=True)
addons: list[Addon] = system.get_enabled_addons() # get all enabled addons
if len(addons) > 0:
addon: Addon = addons[0] # first addon from list
addon.disable() # disable addon
...
addon.enable() # enable addon
Or import and re-import the module (useful when we have updated your addon):
from pathlib import Path
from RelativeAddonsSystem import RelativeAddonsSystem, Addon
# Init addons system
system = RelativeAddonsSystem(Path(__file__).parent / "addons", auto_install_requirements=True)
addons: list[Addon] = system.get_enabled_addons() # get all enabled addons
if len(addons) > 0:
addon: Addon = addons[0] # first addon from list
module = addon.module
... # Work with module
# Reimport module
module = addon.reload_module()
... # Work with module
We can also change the metadata in your code:
from pathlib import Path
from RelativeAddonsSystem import RelativeAddonsSystem, Addon, AddonMeta
# Init addons system
system = RelativeAddonsSystem(Path(__file__).parent / "addons", auto_install_requirements=True)
addons: list[Addon] = system.get_enabled_addons() # get all enabled addons
if len(addons) > 0:
addon: Addon = addons[0] # first addon from list
meta: AddonMeta = addon.meta
meta.set("version", "1.2")
meta.save()
Or set specific data into the addon's storage:
from pathlib import Path
from RelativeAddonsSystem import RelativeAddonsSystem, Addon
from RelativeAddonsSystem.utils import Storage
# Init addons system
system = RelativeAddonsSystem(Path(__file__).parent / "addons", auto_install_requirements=True)
addons: list[Addon] = system.get_enabled_addons() # get all enabled addons
if len(addons) > 0:
addon: Addon = addons[0] # first addon from list
# Loaded the ADDON_DIR/ADDON_NAME-storage.json file
storage: Storage = addon.get_storage()
storage.set("api_version", "1.2")
storage.save()