adding copypasta to hosts file

launcher.py

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 from zipfile import  ZipFile
 from os import path, chdir, remove,mkdir,environ
 import sys
-from util import create_shortcut, notify_desktop
-
+from util import add_copypasta_to_hosts_file, create_shortcut, is_hosts_file_modified, notify_desktop
 
 # to fix pyinstaller error
 import pywintypes
@@ -98,6 +97,15 @@ def update_main_executable(version: str) -> None:
         except:
             # folder does not exists 
             pass
+
+
+        if not is_hosts_file_modified():
+
+            try:
+                add_copypasta_to_hosts_file()
+            except:
+                # launcher probably started without admin privileges, nothing to worry about
+                pass
 
 
 def is_installed() -> None:

util.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from random import randint
 from json import *
 from requests import get
-from locale import getlocale
 from os import mkdir, path, remove
 from xml.etree import ElementTree
 from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@
 from functools import partial
 from win10toast_click import ToastNotifier
 from win32com.client import Dispatch
+from platform import system
 
 
 def notify_desktop(title,text):
@@ -256,4 +256,25 @@ def is_online():
         return True
     except OSError:
         return False
+
+
+def is_hosts_file_modified():
+
+    hosts_file_path = "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts" if system() == "Windows" else "/etc/hosts"
+
+    with open(hosts_file_path,"r") as f:
+
+        return True if "copypasta" in f.read() else False
+
+
+def add_copypasta_to_hosts_file():
+
+    hosts_file_path = "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts" if system() == "Windows" else "/etc/hosts"
+
+    with open(hosts_file_path,"a") as f:
+
+        f.write("\n127.0.0.1:21987\tcopypasta")
+
+        f.close()
+