SteamAppsList

Introduction

this tool generates the list of all the apps on the Steam store, and commits them to another repo. It's only used by me, but if you need it feel free to ask questions and make pull requests.

Usage

Fill in the right credentials in git_credentials.json BEFORE launching this even ONCE. You can also use the environment variables GITUSERNAME and GITPASSWORD. Or just delete the cloned repo and retry. This is used to push the commit for the dumps repo.

When using the HARD_UPDATE flag, you can safely stop and resume the dump without losing progress. To restart the HARD_UPDATE manually, you need to clear the ./dumps folder and delete previous_run.lock.

Environment Variables

Use the environment variable WEBSERVER=true to run a webserver with that, bound on port PORT or by default 3000. The webserver will start indexing everytime you visit it. Only one job at at time.

Use NO_PUSH=TRUE if you don't want to commit & push the results.

Use HARD_UPDATE=TRUE to update existing games with 'null' achievements, instead of just pulling new entries. This will take many hours due to the volume of requests.

Validation

Run diff_dumps.js and observe the output (you may want to tee or pipe to a file). A dump is valid if:

1. No previous integer entries have been overwritten (e.g. achievement amount becomes null, games become junk, etc)
2. No previous integer entries were removed (this implies something has gone wrong with the index.js script)
3. No other spurious behavior is observed

LICENSE

All the files under this repo are free and open-source, and should always be distributed as such, free meaning both costless and open. You may not copyright this work as your own.