FreeGamesonSteam <br>

Searching SteamDB for Free Games and Activating them using ArchiSteamFarm

Status

A Workaround is being implemented. (Currently broken See: https://github.com/Nickwasused/FreeGamesonSteam/issues/41)

Requirements

Steam Web Api Key here
ArchiSteamFarm running with IPC Enabled

Info

Python: 3.9<br> 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<br>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

You need ArchiSteamFarm running on 127.0.0.1:1242
Download the Script and Config: git clone git@github.com:Nickwasused/FreeGamesonSteam.git steam
Go into the Directory cd steam
Install Dependencies pip3 install -r requirements.txt

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

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 <br> And the Service assumes that the Config is located here: /home/pi/steam/steamconfig.py

FreeGamesonSteam

Install / Use

README