API Reference

The APIs documented in this section are the public interface of the dayz-dev-tools package. All other functions and classes are considered private and may change without notice.

Extracting PBO Content

dayz_dev_tools.extract_pbo.extract_pbo(reader: dayz_dev_tools.pbo_reader.PBOReader, files_to_extract: List[str], *, verbose: bool, deobfuscate: bool, cfgconvert: Optional[str]) → None[source]

Extract one or more files contained in a PBO archive.

Parameters

reader: A PBOReader instance representing the PBO archive containing the file(s) to be extracted.
files_to_extract: A list of fully-qualified paths of the files to be extracted.
verbose: When True, print the paths of the files being extracted to stdout.
deobfuscate: When True, attempt to deobfuscate obfuscated script files.

Note

Deobfuscation may not always work, as obfuscation techniques may evolve over time.

Public Key Management

dayz_dev_tools.keys.copy_keys(source: str, destination: str) → None[source]

Search for *.bikey (public key) files in one directory and copy them to another directory.

Parameters

source: The source directory to be searched for *.bikey files.
destination: The destination directory where found *.bikey files are to be copied to. This directory will be created if it does not already exist.

Launch Settings

class dayz_dev_tools.launch_settings.LaunchSettings[source]

Settings that determine what command line parameters to pass when running DayZ Server.

__init__(config: dayz_dev_tools.server_config.ServerConfig) → None[source]

Create a LaunchSettings from a ServerConfig.

Parameters

config: A ServerConfig instance returned by dayz_dev_tools.server_config.load().

add_mod(name: str) → None[source]

Add a mod to be loaded.

Parameters

name: The name of the mod to load. If the name starts with @, it will be loaded from the DayZ workshop directory (see LaunchSettings.workshop_directory()), else the name is expected to be the name of the directory containing the mod.

add_parameter(param: str) → None[source]

Add extra parameter to pass on the DayZ Server command line.

Parameters

param: The parameter to pass on the DayZ Server command line.

add_server_mod(name: str) → None[source]

Add a server mod to be loaded.

Parameters

name: The name of the server mod to load. If the name starts with @, it will be loaded from the DayZ workshop directory (see LaunchSettings.workshop_directory()), else the name is expected to be the name of the directory containing the server mod.

config() → str[source]

Get the DayZ Server config filename, usually serverDZ.cfg.

Returns: The DayZ Server config filename.

directory() → Optional[str][source]

Get the directory to switch to before running DayZ Server.

Returns: The directory to switch to or None if it hasn’t been set.

executable() → str[source]

Get the DayZ Server executable filename, usually .\DayZServer_x64.exe.

Returns: The DayZ Server executable filename.

load_bundle(name: str) → None[source]

Load a bundle to configure DayZ Server launch settings.

Parameters

name: The name of the bundle to load.

This method will first try to find the bundle in the settings TOML file (e.g. server.toml). If the bundle name does not exist there, then it will then try to find the bundle in the bundles Python module (e.g. bundles.py).

mission_directory() → Optional[str][source]

Get the DayZ Server mission directory.

Returns: The DayZ Server mission directory, or None if the mission directory hasn’t been set.

Note

The mission directory is often configured in the DayZ Server config file (e.g. serverDZ.cfg). See also LaunchSettings.config().

mods() → List[str][source]

Get the list of mods to load.

Returns: The list of mods to load.

parameters() → List[str][source]

Get extra command line parameters to pass to DayZ Server.

Returns: The list of extra command line parameters to pass to DayZ Server.

profile_directory() → Optional[str][source]

Get the DayZ Server profile directory name.

Returns: The DayZ Server profile directory name, or None if it hasn’t been set.

Note

When the profile directory is unspecified, DayZ Server will usually use %LOCALAPPDATA%\DayZ as the profile directory.

server_mods() → List[str][source]

Get the list of server mods to load.

Returns: The list of server mods to load.

set_config(path: str) → None[source]

Set the DayZ Server config filename.

Parameters

path: The DayZ Server config filename.

set_directory(path: str) → None[source]

Set the directory to switch to before running DayZ Server.

Parameters

path: The directory to switch to before running DayZ Server.

set_executable(path: str) → None[source]

Set the DayZ Server executable filename.

Parameters

path: The DayZ Server executable filename.

set_mission_directory(name: str) → None[source]

Set the DayZ Server mission directory.

Parameters

name: The DayZ Server mission directory name.

set_profile_directory(path: str) → None[source]

Set the DayZ Server profile directory name.

Parameters

path: The DayZ Server profile directory name.

set_workshop_directory(path: str) → None[source]

Set the DayZ (client) workshop directory name.

Parameters

path: The DayZ workshop directory name.

workshop_directory() → str[source]

Get the DayZ (client) workshop directory name. This should normally be set to <DayZ Installation Directory>\!Workshop.

Returns: The DayZ workshop directory name.

Listing PBO Content

dayz_dev_tools.list_pbo.list_pbo(reader: dayz_dev_tools.pbo_reader.PBOReader, *, verbose: bool) → None[source]

Print the contents of a PBO archive to stdout in tabular format.

Parameters

reader: A PBOReader instance representing the PBO archive to list.
verbose: When True, additional detail will be printed.

PBO File

class dayz_dev_tools.pbo_file.PBOFile[source]

Interface for accessing a file contained within a PBO archive. Instances should be obtained using dayz_dev_tools.pbo_reader.PBOReader.file().

__init__(filename: bytes, mime_type: bytes, original_size: int, reserved: int, time_stamp: int, data_size: int, content_reader: Optional[dayz_dev_tools.pbo_file_reader.PBOFileReader] = None) → None

data_size: int: The size of the file in the PBO archive

filename: bytes: The raw name of the file

normalized_filename() → str[source]

Get the normalized version of the file’s name.

The resulting filename will contain the local OS’s native directory separator character and any bytes representing illegal UTF-8 will be replaced.

Returns: A normalized version of the file’s name.

split_filename() → List[bytes][source]

Get the file’s name as a list, where each element in the list represents a component of the file’s path.

Returns: A list of path components.

time_stamp: int: The file’s creation or modification time as a Unix timestamp

type() → str[source]

Get the type of the file.

Returns: A 4-character string representing the file type.

unpack(output_file: BinaryIO) → None[source]

Write the contents of the file.

Parameters

output_file: A binary file-like object where the contents are to be written.

unpacked_size() → int[source]

Get the original size of the file. If the file is compressed, this will be different from the PBOFile.data_size.

Returns: The original size of the file.

PBO Reader

class dayz_dev_tools.pbo_reader.PBOReader[source]

Interface for reading a PBO archive.

__init__(file: BinaryIO)[source]

Create a new PBOReader instance.

Parameters

file: A binary file-like object providing PBO archive contents.

file(filename: AnyStr) → Optional[dayz_dev_tools.pbo_file.PBOFile][source]

Get a file contained in the PBO archive, by name.

Parameters

filename: A str or bytes containing the filename of the file to be retrieved. If a str, the filename is matched case-insensitively by the normalized filename in the PBO (see dayz_dev_tools.pbo_file.PBOFile.normalized_filename()). If a bytes, the filename is matched case-insensitively by the raw filename (see dayz_dev_tools.pbo_file.PBOFile.filename).

Returns

An instance of dayz_dev_tools.pbo_file.PBOFile representing the retrieved file.

files() → List[dayz_dev_tools.pbo_file.PBOFile][source]

Get the list of files contained in the PBO archive.

Returns: A list of PBOFile instances representing the files contained in the PBO archive.

headers() → List[Tuple[bytes, bytes]][source]

Get the PBO archive headers.

Returns: A list of tuples containing the header names and values.

prefix() → Optional[bytes][source]

Get the PBO archive prefix.

Returns: The PBO archive prefix, or None if the PBO archive does not have a prefix header.

Script Logs

dayz_dev_tools.script_logs.newest(directory: str) → Optional[str][source]

Find the newest script_*.log file in a directory.

Parameters

directory: The directory to search for script_*.log files.

Returns

The filename of the newest script_*.log file, or None if no script logs could be found.

dayz_dev_tools.script_logs.stream(outfile: TextIO, infile: TextIO, keep_streaming: Callable[[], bool]) → None[source]

Stream the contents of a log file to another file.

Parameters

outfile: A file-like object to stream the log file contents to.
infile: A file-like object containing the log to stream.
keep_streaming: A callback function taking no arguments that returns True if streaming should continue or False if streaming should stop and the function should return.

dayz_dev_tools.script_logs.wait_for_new(directory: str, previous_log_name: Optional[str], *, timeout: int = 10) → Optional[str][source]

Wait for a script log that is newer than another script log to be created in a directory.

Parameters

directory: The directory to search for a newer script_*.log file.
previous_log_name: The current newest script_*.log file.
timeout: Give up and return None if no new script log is created after this many seconds.

Returns

The filename of the newer script_*.log file, or None if no newer script logs are created.

Server Configuration

class dayz_dev_tools.server_config.BundleConfig[source]

Configuration file bundle settings.

__init__(executable: typing.Optional[str] = None, config: typing.Optional[str] = None, directory: typing.Optional[str] = None, profile_directory: typing.Optional[str] = None, workshop_directory: typing.Optional[str] = None, mods: typing.List[str] = <factory>, server_mods: typing.List[str] = <factory>, mission_directory: typing.Optional[str] = None, parameters: typing.List[str] = <factory>) → None

config: Optional[str] = None: DayZ Server config filename override (optional)

directory: Optional[str] = None: Directory to switch to before running DayZ Server (optional)

executable: Optional[str] = None: DayZ Server executable filename override (optional)

mission_directory: Optional[str] = None: DayZ Server mission directory name override (optional)

mods: List[str]: DayZ mod list to add

parameters: List[str]: Extra server command line parameters to add

profile_directory: Optional[str] = None: DayZ Server profile directory name override (optional)

server_mods: List[str]: DayZ server mod list to add

workshop_directory: Optional[str] = None: DayZ workshop directory name override (optional)

class dayz_dev_tools.server_config.ServerConfig[source]

Configuration file settings.

__init__(executable: str, config: str, bundle_path: str, workshop_directory: str, bundles: typing.Dict[str, dayz_dev_tools.server_config.BundleConfig], directory: typing.Optional[str] = None, profile_directory: typing.Optional[str] = None, mission_directory: typing.Optional[str] = None, parameters: typing.List[str] = <factory>) → None

bundle_path: str: Filename of the bundles Python module

bundles: Dict[str, dayz_dev_tools.server_config.BundleConfig]: Configuration file bundles, by name (see dayz_dev_tools.server_config.BundleConfig)

config: str: DayZ Server config filename

directory: Optional[str] = None: Directory to switch to before running DayZ Server (optional)

executable: str: DayZ Server executable filename

mission_directory: Optional[str] = None: DayZ Server mission directory name (optional)

parameters: List[str]: Extra server command line parameters to add

profile_directory: Optional[str] = None: DayZ Server profile directory name (optional)

workshop_directory: str: DayZ workshop directory name

dayz_dev_tools.server_config.load(filename: str) → dayz_dev_tools.server_config.ServerConfig[source]

Read a TOML-syntax DayZ Server configuration file.

Parameters

filename: The name of the configuration file to read (e.g. server.toml)

Returns

A ServerConfig.