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Installing Add ons

drinfernoo edited this page Dec 28, 2018 · 21 revisions

This file is used to provide the wizard the necessary information to install external add-ons, and is typically named addons.txt.

Example addons.xml: https://github.com/drinfernoo/plugin.program.aftermath/blob/9a752a35cdbb28083b903b24207cc100efeacbb2/resources/text/addons.txt#L1-L21

The fields in this file are all required.

Field Description
name The name that will show in the wizard
plugin The plugin id of the add-on to install. Use "section" to have this item open a new section.
url A URL that points to the folder containing the zipped add-on. If installing directly, this should be a URL pointing to the add-on .zip file. If plugin='section', then this should be a URL that points to a different addons.txt file for the section.
repository The plugin id of the repository to install from. If installing directly, this should be set to "none".
repositoryxml A URL that points to the 'addons.xml' file for the repository. If installing directly, this should be set to "http://".
respositoryurl A URL that points to the folder containing the zipped repository. If installing directly, this should be set to "http://".
icon A URL to an icon to be shown in Kodi. This must be a 512x512 pixel .png file. Use "http://" for the default icon.
fanart A URL to the fanart to be shown in Kodi. This must be a 512x512 pixel .png file. Use "http://" for the default fanart.
adult Whether this add-on is an adult add-on. Must be either "yes" or "no".
description A short description of the add-on