Contributing

This guide have some instructions and tips on how to create a new Mangayomi extension on Dart extension.

Prerequisites

Before starting please have installed the recent desktop version of the mangayomi application preferably or if you want with a tablet too.

Writing your extension

Open the app.
Go to extension tab :
then click + and you will see :
Fill in the fields with your new source that you would like to create, NB: only the ApiUrl field is optional then click on save
you will see your new source in the extension list click to open settings
After click on edit code
Finally you can now write the extension

This page contains three parts:
- Code editor: where you will write your code
- Fecth result: where you will test the different implemented methods by having a result in the expected format
- Console: which will show you the logs

Once extension is ready you can relocate your code into mangayomi-extension project in a src or multisrc package Create the folder with the name of the source such as this example after go either to the anime_source_list.dart file for anime or manga_source_list.dart for the manga and import the extension then create a Pull Request.

Source

Field	Description
`name`	Name displayed in the "Sources" tab in Mangayomi.
`baseUrl`	Base URL of the source without any trailing slashes.
`apiUrl`	(Optional, defaults is empty) Api URL of the source with trailing slashes.
`lang`	An ISO 639-1 compliant language code (two letters in lower case in most cases, but can also include the country/dialect part by using a simple dash character).
`id`	Identifier of your source, automatically set in `Source`. It should only be manually overriden if you need to copy an existing autogenerated ID.
`sourceCodeUrl`	contains the URL where the extension source code can be downloaded
`sourceCode`	contains the extension source code
`isManga`	(Optional, defaults to `true`) specify source type (false for anime and true for manga)
`dateFormat`	(Optional, defaults is empty)
`iconUrl`	The extension icon URL
`version`	The extension version code. This must be incremented with any change to the code.
`dateFormatLocale`	(Optional, defaults is empty)
`isNsfw`	(Optional, defaults to `false`) Flag to indicate that a source contains NSFW content.

Extension call flow

Popular manga

a.k.a. the Browse source entry point in the app (invoked by tapping on the source name).

The app calls getPopular which should return a MPages containing the first batch of found MManga entries.
- This method supports pagination. When user scrolls the manga list and more results must be fetched, the app calls it again with increasing page values(starting with page=1). This continues while MPages.hasNextPage is passed as true and MPages.list is not empty.
To show the list properly, the app needs url, title and imageUrl. You must set them here. The rest of the fields could be filled later.(refer to Manga Details below).

Latest manga

a.k.a. the Latest source entry point in the app (invoked by tapping on the "Latest" button beside the source name).

Similar to popular manga, but should be fetching the latest entries from a source.

Search manga

When the user searches inside the app, search will be called and the rest of the flow is similar to what happens with getPopular.
- If search functionality is not available, return MPages([], false)
getFilterList will be called to get all filters and filter types.

Filters

The search flow have support to filters that can be added to a FilterList inside the getFilterList method. When the user changes the filter's state, they will be passed to the search method, and they can be iterated to create the request (by getting the filter.state value, where the type varies depending on the Filter used). You can check the filter types available here and in the table below.

Filter	Description
`HeaderFilter`	A simple header. Useful for separating sections in the list or showing any note or warning to the user.
`SeparatorFilter`	A line separator. Useful for visual distinction between sections.
`SelectFilter`	A select control, similar to HTML's `<select>`. Only one item can be selected, and the state is the index of the selected one.
`TextFilter`	A text control, similar to HTML's `<input type="text">`.
`CheckBoxFilter`	A checkbox control, similar to HTML's `<input type="checkbox">`. The state is `true` if it's checked.
`TriStateFilter`	A enhanced checkbox control that supports an excluding state
`GroupFilter`	A group of filters (preferentially of the same type). The state will be a `List` with all the states.
`SortFilter`	A control for sorting, with support for the ordering. The state indicates which item index is selected and if the sorting is `ascending`.

All control filters can have a default state set. It's usually recommended if the source have filters to make the initial state match the popular manga list, so when the user open the filter sheet, the state is equal and represents the current manga showing.

Manga Details

When user taps on an manga, getDetail will be called and the results will be cached.
- A MManga entry is identified by its url.
getDetail is called to update an manga's details from when it was initialized earlier.
- MManga.title is a string containing title.
- MManga.description is a string containing description.
- MManga.author is a string containing author.
- MManga.genre contain list of all genres.
- MManga.status is an "enum" value.
  - To get the status in enum value from a status string, you can use a parseStatus function like in the example below. Status parseStatus(String status, List<dynamic> statusList)
```
final statusList = [
      { "ongoing": 0,
        "complete": 1,
        "hiatus": 2,
        "canceled": 3,
        "publishingFinished": 4,
      }
    ];
final status = parseStatus('ongoing', statusList);
print(status); // Status.ongoing
```
  Refer to the values in the MManga model.
- During a backup, only url and title are stored. To restore the rest of the manga data, the app calls getDetail, so all fields should be (re)filled in if possible.
- If a MManga is cached getDetail will be only called when the user does a manual update(Swipe-to-Refresh).
- MManga.chapters contain list of all manga chapters.
- MChapter.name is a string containing a chapter name.
- MChapter.url is a string containing a chapter url.
- MChapter.scanlator is a string containing a chapter scanlator.
- MChapter.dateUpload is a string containing date expressed in millisecondsSinceEpoch.
  - To get the time in millisecondsSinceEpoch from a date string, you can use a parseDates function like in the example below. List<dynamic> parseDates(List<dynamic> values, String dateFormat, String dateFormatLocale,)
```
final dates = parseDates(["2023-12-10T11:49:02+000"], "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss+SSS", "en_US");
```
  - If you don't pass MChapter.dateUpload and leave it null, the app will use the default date instead, but it's recommended to always fill it if it's available.

Chapter pages

When user opens an chapter, getPageList will be called and it will return a List<String> or List<Map<String,dynamic>> with a list of {"url":string,"headers":Map<String,String>} that are used by the reader.

Episode Videos

When user opens an episode, getVideoList will be called and it will return a List<MVideo> that are used by the player.

Example sources that can help you understand how to create your source

Example of Json API usage.
Example of HTML parsing using xpath selector.
Example of HTML parsing using HTML DOM selector.

Some functions already available and usable

http client

Return Response

- Simple request

final Client client = Client();

final res = await client.get(Uri.parse("http://example.com"));

print(res.body);

- With headers 

final Client client = Client();

final res = await client.get(Uri.parse("http://example.com"),headers:{"Referer": "http://example.com"});

print(res.body);

- With body

final Client client = Client();

final res = await client.post(Uri.parse("http://example.com"),headers:{"Referer": "http://example.com"},'body':{'name':'test'});

print(res.body);

xpath selector

Return result as List<String>

Example:

final String htmlString = '''
<html lang="en">
<body>
<div><a href='https://github.com/kodjodevf'>author</a></div>
<div class="head">div head</div>
<div class="container">
    <table>
        <tbody>
          <tr>
              <td id="td1" class="first1">1</td>
              <td id="td2" class="first1">2</td>
              <td id="td3" class="first2">3</td>
              <td id="td4" class="first2 form">4</td>
              <td id="td5" class="second1">one</td>
              <td id="td6" class="second1">two</td>
              <td id="td7" class="second2">three</td>
              <td id="td8" class="second2">four</td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
</div>
<div class="end">end</div>
</body>
</html>
''';


  List<String> xpathRes = xpath(htmlString,'//div/a/@href');
  print(xpathRes); // [https://github.com/kodjodevf]
  print(xpathRes.first); // https://github.com/kodjodevf

HTML DOM selector

Example:

final String htmlString = '''
<html lang="en">
<body>
<div><a href='https://github.com/kodjodevf'>author</a></div>
<div class="head">div head</div>
<div class="container">
    <table>
        <tbody>
          <tr>
              <td id="td1" class="first1">1</td>
              <td id="td2" class="first1">2</td>
              <td id="td3" class="first2">3</td>
              <td id="td4" class="first2 form">4</td>
              <td id="td5" class="second1">one</td>
              <td id="td6" class="second1">two</td>
              <td id="td7" class="second2">three</td>
              <td id="td8" class="second2">four</td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
</div>
<div class="end">end</div>
</body>
</html>
''';


  MDocument document = parseHtml(htmlString);
  print(document.selectFirst("a").attr("href")); // https://github.com/kodjodevf
  print(document.selectFirst("td").text); // 1

See MDocument model and MElement model to see available methods.

String utils

String substringAfter(String text, String pattern)
String substringAfterLast(String text, String pattern)
String substringBefore(String text, String pattern)
String substringBeforeLast(String text, String pattern)
String getUrlWithoutDomain(String url)

Crypto utils

String unpackJs(String code);
Future<String> evalJs(String code);
String deobfuscateJsPassword(String inputString)
String encryptAESCryptoJS(String plainText, String passphrase)
String decryptAESCryptoJS(String encrypted, String passphrase)
String cryptoHandler(String text, String iv, String secretKeyString, bool encrypt)

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Contributing

Prerequisites

Writing your extension

Source

Extension call flow

Popular manga

Latest manga

Search manga

Filters

Manga Details

Chapter pages

Episode Videos

Example sources that can help you understand how to create your source

Some functions already available and usable

http client

xpath selector

HTML DOM selector

String utils

Crypto utils

Help

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Contributing

Prerequisites

Writing your extension

Source

Extension call flow

Popular manga

Latest manga

Search manga

Filters

Manga Details

Chapter pages

Episode Videos

Example sources that can help you understand how to create your source

Some functions already available and usable

http client

xpath selector

HTML DOM selector

String utils

Crypto utils

Help