AddLink Extension for Playnite - this helps you to add links to the Metacritic and IGDB entries for the games you have in Playnite.
Automatic Install:
- Download the .pext file from the latest release on Github and drag it over the Playnite program window
Manual Install:
- Create a folder called AddLink in %appdata%\Playnite\Extensions.
- Copy the Addlink.ps1, extension.yaml and icon.png to the folder.
- Make sure the extension is enabled in Playnite -> Settings -> Extensions.
To use, select one or multiple games and run the appropriate command from the Extensions menu, or select a single game in details view and choose the command from the settings menu (F3).
NOTES: The vast majority of this script was created by dragonmc, so practically all of the credit should go to him. The original version is here:
https://github.com/dragonmc77/AddLink
I have simply tweaked it to give it additional options and menu entries.
Dragonmc valued accuracy over speed, so his original script was designed to get you to confirm all links before they are added to Playnite. I found that, in most cases it is quite good at guessing the correct link and that confirming each time, when you may be wanting to add links to tens or hundreds of games, was very time consuming.
I therefore added the option so that it will just automatically enter its 'best guess' for a link without you having to do anything. You can therefore select a whole bunch of games and simply set it going (bearing in mind though that Playnite will not be usable while it does it).
If you do choose the option for it to prompt, the extension goes through each game and opens up two web pages. The first is a text search for the game on the site, quickly followed by a second which is the 'best guess' at the exact correct URL for the game. If this 'best guess' is correct (i.e. you see the page for the game load) then simply click OK on the dialog box (that will be hidden behind the browser window) and it will add a link and move to the next game. If it is not correct, in the first page (the one with the search for the game) you can hopefully find the correct page and then copy the link and paste it in the dialog box in Playnite (pasting over the 'best guess' that was wrong), then click OK to add the link.
In both cases, there is a 5 second wait timer built in between games, because attempting to load pages too fast from either of these sites will trigger an error and timeout before you are allowed access again. Refer to the code for the particulars.
Other Credits: icon.png is from https://www.iconsdb.com/ - a repository of icons that is free for personal and commercial use.