Command Line Tool in Python to Manage Blueprint Exchange Strings

[LittleBigDej]

Hello!

I wanted to share a small Python project I wrote with the intention of keeping track and organizing my blueprints. With the Factorio 2.0 release around the corner, it helped me archive my good old 1.1 blueprints!

https://github.com/pierre-dejoue/factorio-blueprints

The tool is focused on high-level information regarding the blueprint: The game version, its contents, etc. Here is an example of output on a blueprint book that itself contains books:

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$ python ./blueprints.py -f squiggles_in_a_book.txt -l 1
Book: Squiggles in a Book
Version: 1.1.104
Contents:
  #000 Blueprint Book: Yellow Mining/Smelting (small E-Poles only)
    #000 Blueprint: Smelter Array (Small E-Poles)
    #001 Blueprint: Steel Smelterino V1
    #002 Blueprint: Diagonal Miners
    #003 Blueprint Book: Diagonal Mining
  #001 Blueprint Book: Science!
    #000 Blueprint: Automation/Logistic Science (90/m)
    #001 Blueprint: Chemical Science Expanded (90/m)
    #002 Blueprint: Military Science (90/m)
    #003 Blueprint: Production Science (90/m)
    #004 Blueprint: Utility Science (90/m)

The tool can also be used to extract part of the blueprint either as an import string that can be loaded in game, or as a pretty-printed JSON file which can be edited, then written back to a blueprint string. More information on the github page.

I hope it can be useful to someone!