https://github.com/cheshire137/steam-screenshots-rss

A Sinatra app that produces an RSS feed of a user's Steam screenshots.
https://github.com/cheshire137/steam-screenshots-rss

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A Sinatra app that produces an RSS feed of a user's Steam screenshots.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cheshire137/steam-screenshots-rss
• Owner: cheshire137
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-04-24T14:55:21.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-12-09T03:08:47.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-17T17:30:15.496Z (28 days ago)
• Topics: rss-feed, screenshots, sinatra-applications, steam, video-games
• Language: Ruby
• Homepage:
• Size: 64.5 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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# Steam Screenshots RSS

A Sinatra app that produces an RSS feed of a user's Steam screenshots.

## How to Run

    bundle

    rackup

Visit [localhost:9292](http://localhost:9292/) to see an RSS feed of my Steam screenshots. Pass the `user` parameter to specify a different Steam user name, e.g., `http://localhost:9292?user=mySteamName`.

## How it Works

Steam has a [web API](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_Web_API),

but it doesn't include any way of getting a user's screenshots. Ruby and

Mechanize to the rescue! This script will scrape a

[user's screenshot page](http://steamcommunity.com/id/cheshire137/screenshots/?appid=0&sort=newestfirst&browsefilter=myfiles&view=grid)

and grab the screenshots. The screenshots are then listed in an RSS feed so

you can consume it with, say, [IFTTT](https://ifttt.com).

## IFTTT Recipe

Deploy this app to a server, [Heroku](https://dashboard.heroku.com/apps) is

pretty easy. Then, set up a recipe on IFTTT with the Feed channel. Set the URL

to wherever you deployed this app. Be sure to pass the `user` parameter to set

your Steam name! Choose 'New feed item' for the IFTTT trigger.

For a Tumblr recipe, the following works:

![Tumblr IFTTT recipe](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cheshire137/steam-screenshots-rss/master/ifttt-screenshot.png)