Issue with our asset library clone

decryptedchaos

Here's our first community mission:
I've been working to setup our own copy of the Godot Asset Library as a intermediate measure until we finish our own API..

I have a copy running locally in my test Env. But i get conflicting results from what should be the same code execution, the code called on the C++ side in the engine is reused in both places as best i can tell. And yet, the results are different in both places.

In the Project Manager:

Inside the editor:

Here's where the code is, you'll see I've added an entry this should just work in both places.
Redot-Experimental/ReXblob/master/editor/plugins/asset_library_editor_plugin.cpp#L707

The API works so i'm at a loss for why it doesn't work in the project manager but does work in the editor.

https://assets.redotengine.org/lib/api/asset?type=any&godot_version=4.4

{
    "result": [
        {
            "asset_id": 1,
            "title": "Health, HitBoxes, and HurtBoxes",
            "author": "decryptedchaos",
            "author_id": 1,
            "category": "Scripts",
            "category_id": 6,
            "godot_version": "4.3",
            "rating": 0,
            "cost": "MIT",
            "support_level": "community",
            "icon_url": "https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/cluttered-code\/godot-health-hitbox-hurtbox\/refs\/heads\/main\/images\/addon_icon.png",
            "version": 2,
            "version_string": "1.2.0",
            "modify_date": "2025-02-05 20:06:34"
        }
    ],
    "page": 0,
    "pages": 1,
    "page_length": 40,
    "total_items": 1
}

If anyone wants to chase it i suspect the issue is somewhere in the way version strings are being used in the project manager vs the editor.

The_Real_Black

Redot uses datatypes in the json and godot has everything as a string. Can you make everything in the result array to a string on serialising? Maybe the code in the manager tries to parse the string and runs into a error?

decryptedchaos

The_Real_Black Redot uses datatypes in the json and godot has everything as a string. Can you make everything in the result array to a string on serialising? Maybe the code in the manager tries to parse the string and runs into a error?

Thanks, I'll look into it.

However we are using the exact same Asset Library (currently, will change later) that Godot is using we simply forked their asset library. And unless they have changes on their production version that isn't on the git repo it should give identical format to theirs.

P.S Here's some extra forum EXP for your contribution (mostly as a fun little mini game)

Ward

Hey 🙂

IDK if you found the solution, but here:

First, my english will probably be bad, I'm not a native speaker 😅

So why you got nothing from the project manager is because Redot is trying to access plugin for "project" only (type=project).

As what you added inside the assets data is not a project, it will not be shown inside the asset library (see here: https://assets.redotengine.org/lib/api/asset?type=project&godot_version=4.4 ).

If you add a "project" to the assets lib api, you will see it normally.

You can see this at line 1050 of the asset_library_editor_plugin.cpp file:

host = repository->get_item_metadata(p_repository_id);
if (templates_only) {
	_api_request("configure", REQUESTING_CONFIG, "?type=project");
} else {
	_api_request("configure", REQUESTING_CONFIG);
}

And on line 1069.

You can see this too if you put a "print_string" inside the _api_request:

https://assets.redotengine.org/lib/api/asset?type=project&sort=updated&godot_version=4.4&support=official+community
[]

Hope this help (if it's really this 😆 )!

decryptedchaos

Ward You can see this at line 1050 of the asset_library_editor_plugin.cpp file:

Bravo, That was it, there is another section much further up that also deals with the params and i just wouldn't have thought to look for more that much further down the file..

Thanks for your contribution.. I added 150 EXP to your forum user as thanks for your help..

Also, if you'd be interested in contributing to the project on a more permanent basis. we are always looking for contributors. you can get in touch with us on Discord if you'd like to discuss that further.

Ward

decryptedchaos

Your welcome, and thanks for the exp 🙂)

For the matter about contributing to the project, why not, I will come soon to check that.

Would be nice if I can be of any help 🙂