I am making a c# winforms application which I want to download a mod from lcpdfr.com when I press a button, however it appears that the link redirects and since it happens so many times it causes my application to crash. I am just wondering if there is some hidden link to use to download a file which will still give credit for the download to the mod author? I want to be clear I'm not trying to steal mods here, just looking for a way to download them from an app. Any suggestion helps 🙂

I understand your need, but there's currently no API for downloading files from LCPDFR.com mostly to protect our backend servers and ensure that users are aware of a mod's license before downloading. Additionally, while it can still certainly be done by parsing pages, it is likely to lead to an automated block from our DDoS mitigation, so you might want to be a bit careful here. The easiest way is to redirect users to the downloads page. If you could elaborate on your use case a bit more, perhaps I can point you in the right direction.

6 hours ago, Cyan said:

I understand your need, but there's currently no API for downloading files from LCPDFR.com mostly to protect our backend servers and ensure that users are aware of a mod's license before downloading. Additionally, while it can still certainly be done by parsing pages, it is likely to lead to an automated block from our DDoS mitigation, so you might want to be a bit careful here. The easiest way is to redirect users to the downloads page. If you could elaborate on your use case a bit more, perhaps I can point you in the right direction.

Thanks, I thought that might be the case. I've noticed my mod can be used very well in conjunction with other mods to be more fun and as I am currently buidling a custom install wizard for my own mod I thought it would be neat to have an option to download other mods to add on as components from the install wizard to make the whole experience a bit more user friendly. I totally understand what you're saying though and it make sense, I'll simply direct users to a download page as you suggest. Thank you for your help 🙂