Copy‑paste the code above into a file ( dashboard.html ) and open it in a browser. No server needed!
: The site's main appeal is that games are "pre-installed," meaning users download a folder and run the game executable immediately rather than going through a standard installation process.
: The site hosts a vast range of genres, including action, racing, simulators, and VR games.
| Issue | Why it matters | Quick fix / mitigation | |-------|----------------|------------------------| | | Public API may throttle > 30 requests/second per IP. | Add a tiny time.sleep(0.2) between calls or use a local cache ( pickle / sqlite ). | | Stale data | The site updates its cache only a few times per day. | Show a “last‑updated” timestamp ( data["generated_at"] ) and warn the user. | | CORS on the browser version | Some browsers block cross‑origin fetch if the site doesn’t set Access‑Control‑Allow-Origin . | Use a CORS‑proxy (e.g., https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/ ) for a quick hack, or host a tiny server‑side wrapper that proxies the request. | | Legal / ToS | Steam’s API has restrictions on commercial resale. | Keep the tool personal / non‑commercial , attribute steamggnet, and add a disclaimer in any public repo. | | Missing fields | Not all games have guides or price_history . | Use dict.get() with defaults ( [] ) to avoid KeyError . |
| Goal | One‑liner (bash) | |------|-----------------| | | curl "https://api.steamgg.net/v1/games?search=half+life+2" | jq . | | Save price history to CSV | python -c "import requests, csv, sys; data=requests.get('https://api.steamgg.net/v1/games?search=portal+2').json()['results'][0]; w=csv.writer(open('history.csv','w')); w.writerow(['date','price_usd']); w.writerows([(p['date'],p['price_usd']) for p in data['price_history']])" | | Set a cheap‑alert (bash + mail) | while :; do p=$(curl -s 'https://api.steamgg.net/v1/games?search=the+witcher+3' | jq -r '.results[0].price.usd'); if (( $(echo "$p < 14.99" | bc -l) )); then echo "Witcher 3 now $p!" | mail -s "SteamGGNet Alert" you@example.com; fi; sleep 3600; done |