FreeGamesonSteam

Searching SteamDB for Free Games and Activating them using ArchiSteamFarm

Status

A Workaround is being implemented. (Currently broken See: #41)

Requirements

• Steam Web Api Key here
• ArchiSteamFarm running with IPC Enabled

Info

Python: 3.9
CPU-Tested: AMD64, ARM64

Important!

You need to enable the IPC interface.

Put this in your ASF.json:

{
	"IPC": true
}

and

You need to edit the Config file: mv steamconfig.py.example steamconfig.py
nano steamconfig.py

class config:
    boturl = 'http://127.0.0.1:1242'
    botip = '127.0.0.1'

    bots = ["main"]

    fetch_games_url = "https://store.steampowered.com/search/?specials=1&maxprice=free"

    # Get your Key here: https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey
    steam_api_key = "ADD YOUR STEAM API KEY HERE"

Setup for Raspberry-Pi

1. You need ArchiSteamFarm running on 127.0.0.1:1242

2. Download the Script and Config: git clone git@github.com:Nickwasused/FreeGamesonSteam.git steam

3. Go into the Directory cd steam

4. Install Dependencies pip3 install -r requirements.txt

5. Create the Service and timer file:

   • Path: /etc/systemd/system/steam.service
   • Content :

   [Unit]
   Description=Steam service
   After=network.target
   StartLimitIntervalSec=0
   
   [Service]
   Type=simple
   User=pi
   ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /home/pi/steam/steam.py
   WorkingDirectory=/home/pi/steam/
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target
   

   • Path: /etc/systemd/system/steam.timer
   • Content :

   [Unit]
   Description=Execute Steam
   
   [Timer]
   OnCalendar=*-*-* 18:00:00
   Unit=steam.service
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target
   

6. Enable and Start the Services:

   • sudo systemctl enable steam.service
   • sudo systemctl enable steam.timer
   • sudo systemctl start steam.service
   • sudo systemctl start steam.timer

Notice

The Service assumes that the Script is located here: /home/pi/steam/steam.py
And the Service assumes that the Config is located here: /home/pi/steam/steamconfig.py