Hi Guys,

atm. I´m learning python, so I thought, my first project could be a script that searches for Giveaways(on steamgifts.com which are on your wishlist (steam).
current status of the project:
-enter your SteamID (of your steam link, like http://steamcommunity.com/id/SteamID/) in a GUI
-automatically searches your whishlist (need to to be public)
-automatically searches steam gift for your games
-opens a file where all already entered gifts are stored (the URL of them)
-gives you a list of all games on your whishlist where you are not entered

further features:
-login to steamgifts website
(detect automatically which gifts you already entered, so you don´t have to enter them into the list)
(get the "price" to enter a gift)
(detect if you have enough Points to enter)
-login to steampowered.com
(get the wishlist even if it´s private)
-detect path of the browser
(to open the gift automatically, that you can enter it)/working atm. with chrome(32bit), tested under Windows8.1 (64bit)
(maybe enter automatic to gifts)

Are you guys interested in that kind of script?
Is that kind of script allowed on steamgifts (maybee a admin/mod could answer me this)?

greetings,
Auti

10 years ago*

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Ehm. Easy Steamgifts. See you :)

10 years ago
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what he means is something like this has already been done

10 years ago
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User scripts are allowed on SG, but like mentioned before - there are already quite a few around (most popular: SteamGifts Plus and Easy Steamgifts), so first look at them to see if they doesn't already fulfill your needs ;)

10 years ago
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ok, thank you for your answers.
I´m doing this for my own education, so I´ll continue it, but I think, that I won´t publish it, except it will become awesome in a couple of years! ;-)

10 years ago
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Even though there are simialr addons out there, I think it's commendable that you're making your own. Also, a fresh approach is always welcome, it'll give people more options to chose from.

10 years ago
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well, i wrote a simple autoit script that does the following:

  • read list of games i want from text file

  • make list of current giveaways

  • compare both lists

  • filter out: (entered, missing base game, too low contributor value)

  • enter givaways

script takes approx 1 minute for the scan and 30s-1min for entering (depending on points and number on matching givaways).

thought about a python script, but some things are not that simple when you do it with python and urllib2 because of the login through steam and cookie stuff.

simple solution: use autoit or a userscript within a browser to let the browser handle that stuff

10 years ago
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yes, but I don´t want to learn autoit, I want to learn python... :-) So, my main reason is not the automation of steamgifts, my main reason is learning to program in python. Also with that urllib2 (quiet easy, exccept the cookies :D)

10 years ago
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yeah..figured that....tried python first ;)

also on the lookout for a small project that can be done in python to teach myself that language :)

be sure to make proper use of regular expressions, they make life really easy sometimes :)

10 years ago
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yep, I´m aware of that, the regexp was the easiest part of all... :D

10 years ago
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Dude, go for it. I would gladly use it.

10 years ago
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K, still strugling with the authentication on steamgifts.

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