github P-Adamiec/Free-Games-Claimer-Remaster v1.14

3 hours ago

Steam no longer reads SteamDB: free Steam games now come from GamerPower and Steam's own store search (#84).

Added

  • DLC giveaways are switched per store – STEAM_CLAIM_DLC, EG_CLAIM_DLC and MS_CLAIM_DLC, all on, decide whether Steam, Epic and the Microsoft Store take DLC; itch.io, IndieGala and Fanatical take theirs too. GamerPower's DLC count only when it gives them a price, so codes for items inside a game stay out.
  • STEAM_SEARCH=false leaves Steam to GamerPower – a safety switch should Steam ever mind the search: Steam then claims only what GamerPower found, and does not start Chrome when GamerPower had nothing.
  • Discord notifications without link previews (PR #81 by @ckl) – src/core/notifier.py now sends each Discord message with its links but without preview cards, so a summary with many games stays short. DISCORD_SUPPRESS_EMBEDS=false brings the cards back; Apprise services are not affected.
  • DEBUG_SCREENSHOTS=true sends the failure screenshots – every screenshot the bot takes when something goes wrong also reaches your Discord and Apprise services, so you see what the page showed without opening data/screenshots/. Off by default: a screenshot can show your account name, e-mail or a game code.
  • Issues get their labels on their own – .github/workflows/issue-digest.yml runs each morning: Claude labels new and closed issues and may change nothing but labels, and the owner gets a Discord digest of new issues, replies and discussions waiting for an answer. The bot itself does not change.

Changed

  • Steam no longer uses SteamDB (#84) – SteamDB asked bots to stop reading its pages, so src/stores/steam.py takes GamerPower's Steam giveaways first, then Steam's own store search, and claims an item only when its page shows the 100% discount. Free-to-play games and items free for good are skipped.
  • GamerPower remembers where its links lead – src/stores/gamerpower.py keeps each giveaway's store for two weeks in data/gamerpower_routes.json, so a giveaway for a store you don't run is looked up and reported once, not on every run.

Removed

  • GP_CLAIM_DLC – replaced by the per-store switches above: if you set it, set STEAM_CLAIM_DLC, EG_CLAIM_DLC or MS_CLAIM_DLC instead, the log names the old setting until you do. Alienware Arena's DLC keys are no longer reported.
  • data/steamdb_dump.html – the SteamDB page the bot saved with DEBUG=true is gone with SteamDB; leave it out when you send debug files.

Fixed

  • Another part of a game series is no longer taken for one you have – src/stores/gamerpower.py matched titles by fragment, so a claimed "DOOM" hid "Doomtrooper CCG Card Pack" and "Pony Island" would hide "Pony Island 2". A giveaway now counts as done only when its whole title matches, after GamerPower's tags such as "(IndieGala)" are dropped.

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