Simple wrapper for Mojang's new Minecraft version manifest file

mc_version.py

import requests
import json

MANIFEST_URL = "https://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest.json"
MANIFEST = requests.get(MANIFEST_URL).json()

def get_latest_version(type_):
    if not type_ in ["snapshot", "release"]:
        raise ValueError("Version type must be either snapshot or release")
    return MANIFEST["latest"][type_]

def get_download_url(version, type_):
    if not type_ in ["client", "server"]:
        raise ValueError("Download type must be either client or server")
    for ver in MANIFEST["versions"]:
        if ver["id"] == version:
            meta = requests.get(ver["url"]).json()
            return meta["downloads"][type_]["url"]