diff --git a/core/interfaces.go b/core/interfaces.go
index 84dcdea..238879d 100644
--- a/core/interfaces.go
+++ b/core/interfaces.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package core
 // UpdateParsers stores all the update parsers that packwiz can use. Add your own update systems to this map.
-var UpdateParsers map[string]UpdateParser = make(map[string]UpdateParser)
+var UpdateParsers = make(map[string]UpdateParser)
 
-// UpdateParser takes an unparsed interface{}, and returns an Updater for a mod file
+// UpdateParser takes an unparsed interface{} (as a map[string]interface{}), and returns an Updater for a mod file.
+// This can be done using the mapstructure library or your own parsing methods.
 type UpdateParser interface {
 	ParseUpdate(interface{}) (Updater, error)
 }
diff --git a/curseforge/curseforge.go b/curseforge/curseforge.go
index ef87b4d..8e9b9c5 100644
--- a/curseforge/curseforge.go
+++ b/curseforge/curseforge.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package curseforge
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/comp500/packwiz/core"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
@@ -29,11 +31,84 @@ func init() {
 	})
 	core.UpdateParsers["curseforge"] = cfUpdateParser{}
 }
+
+var fileIDRegexes = [...]*regexp.Regexp{
+	regexp.MustCompile("https?:\\/\\/minecraft\\.curseforge\\.com\\/projects\\/(.+)\\/files\\/(\\d+)"),
+	regexp.MustCompile("https?:\\/\\/(?:www\\.)?curseforge\\.com\\/minecraft\\/mc-mods\\/(.+)\\/download\\/(\\d+)"),
+}
+
+func getFileIDsFromString(mod string) (bool, int, int, error) {
+	for _, v := range fileIDRegexes {
+		matches := v.FindStringSubmatch(mod)
+		if matches != nil && len(matches) == 3 {
+			modID, err := modIDFromSlug(matches[1])
+			fileID, err := strconv.Atoi(matches[2])
+			if err != nil {
+				return true, 0, 0, err
+			}
+			return true, modID, fileID, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return false, 0, 0, nil
+}
+
+var modSlugRegexes = [...]*regexp.Regexp{
+	regexp.MustCompile("https?:\\/\\/minecraft\\.curseforge\\.com\\/projects\\/([^\\/]+)"),
+	regexp.MustCompile("https?:\\/\\/(?:www\\.)?curseforge\\.com\\/minecraft\\/mc-mods\\/([^\\/]+)"),
+	// Exact slug matcher
+	regexp.MustCompile("[a-z][\\da-z\\-]{0,127}"),
+}
+
+func getModIDFromString(mod string) (bool, int, error) {
+	// Check if it's just a number first
+	modID, err := strconv.Atoi(mod)
+	if err == nil && modID > 0 {
+		return true, modID, nil
+	}
+
+	for _, v := range modSlugRegexes {
+		matches := v.FindStringSubmatch(mod)
+		if matches != nil {
+			var slug string
+			if len(matches) == 2 {
+				slug = matches[1]
+			} else if len(matches) == 1 {
+				slug = matches[0]
+			} else {
+				continue
+			}
+			modID, err := modIDFromSlug(slug)
+			if err != nil {
+				return true, 0, err
+			}
+			return true, modID, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return false, 0, nil
+}
+
 func cmdInstall(flags core.Flags, mod string) error {
 	if len(mod) == 0 {
 		return cli.NewExitError("You must specify a mod.", 1)
 	}
-	fmt.Println("Not implemented yet!")
+	//fmt.Println("Not implemented yet!")
+
+	done, modID, fileID, err := getFileIDsFromString(mod)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+
+	if !done {
+		done, modID, err = getModIDFromString(mod)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// TODO: fallback to CurseMeta search
+	// TODO: how to do interactive choices? automatically assume version? ask mod from list? choose first?
+
+	fmt.Printf("ids: %d %d %v", modID, fileID, done)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +121,9 @@ func (u cfUpdateParser) ParseUpdate(updateUnparsed interface{}) (core.Updater, e
 }
 
 type cfUpdater struct {
-	ProjectID int `mapstructure:"project-id"`
+	ProjectID      int    `mapstructure:"project-id"`
+	FileID         int    `mapstructure:"file-id"`
+	ReleaseChannel string `mapstructure:"release-channel"`
 }
 
 func (u cfUpdater) DoUpdate(mod core.Mod) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/curseforge/request.go b/curseforge/request.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73d8abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/curseforge/request.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package curseforge
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// AddonSlugRequest is sent to the CurseProxy GraphQL api to get the id from a slug
+type AddonSlugRequest struct {
+	Query     string `json:"query"`
+	Variables struct {
+		Slug string `json:"slug"`
+	} `json:"variables"`
+}
+
+// AddonSlugResponse is received from the CurseProxy GraphQL api to get the id from a slug
+type AddonSlugResponse struct {
+	Data struct {
+		Addons []struct {
+			ID int `json:"id"`
+		} `json:"addons"`
+	} `json:"data"`
+	Exception  string   `json:"exception"`
+	Message    string   `json:"message"`
+	Stacktrace []string `json:"stacktrace"`
+}
+
+// Most of this is shamelessly copied from my previous attempt at modpack management:
+// https://github.com/comp500/modpack-editor/blob/master/query.go
+func modIDFromSlug(slug string) (int, error) {
+	request := AddonSlugRequest{
+		Query: `
+		query getIDFromSlug($slug: String) {
+			{
+				addons(slug: $slug) {
+					id
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		`,
+	}
+	request.Variables.Slug = slug
+
+	// Uses the curse.nikky.moe GraphQL api
+	var response AddonSlugResponse
+	client := &http.Client{}
+
+	requestBytes, err := json.Marshal(request)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://curse.nikky.moe/graphql", bytes.NewBuffer(requestBytes))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	// TODO: make this configurable application-wide
+	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "comp500/packwiz client")
+	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&response)
+	if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	if len(response.Exception) > 0 || len(response.Message) > 0 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("Error requesting id for slug: %s", response.Message)
+	}
+
+	if len(response.Data.Addons) < 1 {
+		return 0, errors.New("Addon not found")
+	}
+
+	return response.Data.Addons[0].ID, nil
+}
+