[Script][SGLC](v0.23 2018.06.08) SteamGifts Library Checker <<Discontinued>>

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SteamGifts Library Checker

Who has that game already? Who really wants it?

UPDATE:

I'm discontinuing support for this. I haven't had time, energy, or drive to focus on it, including some of the ever present functional bugs.

If you are looking to continue using the script, I won't disable it, but no guarantee it will work forever. You can always make your own fork if you are so inclined, but...

If you want another option, ESGST has nearly the same functionality and is much better supported (and has a plethora of other features baked in as well).

What's this about?

I was looking to give away some games to my whitelist and, to make it as worthwhile a giveaway as I could, I wanted to see how many people already had the game. If everyone on my list had it, it wouldn't be worth giving. Likewise if only 10 out of the list really wanted it (wishlisted), that's still not doing the greatest service to those on my list. There was no way I was going to manually look up every user to find out if the GA was going to be worth it.

I looked to see if there were any scripts out there to do this for me, but alas, there were none, so I set out to fix that. A few days into the process, someone else on the forums asked for the same thing. Well, that kicked me into higher gear to make something useful for anybody else who wanted this functionality, and at this point, I think it's ready to show. It may not be 100% yet, but good enough probably for most.

As the script has gotten use, there have been a few different additional suggestions for improvement and I've been trying to add them all in. I will continue to add features based on your feedback!

What does it do?

The script will scan through your whitelist or a group for an appID (only one game at a time, and no subs at this point), and report a count of how many in that list have it or want it, and what the ratio to the overall list size is. It will work from any active page of your WL or group page on SteamGifts, or from the Steam store for that particular app.

It will also work with m0l0's Whitelist Wishlist and Tools with no (obvious) conflicts, though your header may get a little crowded if you use both.

Steam API Key

The script uses the Steam API key (you can get yours here). From the Steam site, you can enter any value you like into the domain field (even invalid domain names), so long as nobody has already used it. Once done, you'll receive your API key. Plug this value into the appropriate field on the script's form and the rest should work without needing to re-enter it in the future. If there are errors, the script may prompt you to enter the API key again. If you've lost it, the API key should still be accessible to you via the link above.

Stop blabbing and let me at it!

You can get to the script HERE, and it should auto-update when I post changes, based on your userscript tool's update scheme.

How to use from SteamGifts:

Step 1: Go to your whitelist page or a group page (either the main giveaway page or the user listing - either works).
Step 2: Click on the new "Check game ownership button". (see first screenshot for WL page, second screenshot for group page)
Step 3: Enter the App ID for the game you want to check and make sure your API key is posted. (see third screenshot)
Step 4: Click the "Check it" button and wait a moment. The progress will be displayed on the right. (see fourth screenshot)
Step 5: When done, the text box at the bottom will tell you how many users have the game. (see fifth screenshot)

How to use from Steam store:

Step 1: Go to a game page on Steam (i.e. http://store.steampowered.com/app/######)
Step 2: Click on the new "SG Check" button. (see sixth screenshot)
Step 3: Wait a moment (check the progress on the button). (see seventh screenshot)
Step 4: When done, the button you just clicked will tell you how many users have the game. (see eighth screenshot)

Changes/Updates

2018.05.23 - v 0.23: Fixed searching when on a /search?q= page. Thanks, Tristar.
2018.05.02 - v 0.21: Adjusted @match parameter from "http*://" to simply "*://" as the former worked with TamperMonkey, but not GreaseMonkey. (Thanks, Corran!)
2018.04.15 - v 0.20: Fixed incorrect http/https matching for Steam store search. Should now work on both, whether logged in or not. Thanks, enigma9q
2018.04.06 - v 0.19: Fixes done by Tristar(THANK YOU!) to address changes in Steam's http/https handling, fixed a bad group listing check (after searching for a user in a group), and added a new feature to ignore inactive group members.
2018.02.23 - v 0.17: Updated the wishlist scan to track properly on Steam's new wishlist. (Thanks, x4mer!)
2018.02.15 - v 0.16: 0.15 update was unnecessary and I managed to break the code. Reverting to 0.14 state until I can fix.
2018.02.12 - v 0.15: Minor update. Fixed a few typos/comments. Changed http to https in a few instances.
2017.05.31 - v 0.14: Fixed an error with the Steam Page not loading the game ID correctly, added a new feature of displaying the results in progress. (Thanks, stlpaul!)
2017.05.08 - v 0.13: Fixed an issue with the API key not storing/retrieving properly.
2017.03.31 - v 0.12: Makes the button load more consistently on group/WL pages, allows searching of games removed from Steam store (this also allows searching for non-existent games/bad IDs), cleaned up some of the mess with tabs/spaces in the code.
2016.11.07 - v 0.11: Adds the ability to scan user's wishlists to see who really wants a game, in addition to who owns it. Fixed some minor issues with scanning groups and from the Steam store (change in Steam store UI). Added caching to the Steam store, so should run faster. Fixed some caching issues across the board.
2016.10.31 - v 0.10: Now can scan groups for user ownership of games.
2016.10.05 - v 0.09: Revamped UI quite a bit (ease of use, set up for bigger changes in the future), corrected a caching issue, added more debugging console logging.
2016.09.14 - v 0.08: Fixed stupid typo.
2016.09.14 - v 0.07: Corrected problem with script not running when user has only one page of users (<=25). This should now work whether you have 1, 10, or 100 users on your whitelist.
2016.09.08 - v 0.06: Added APi caching for SteamGifts site. No caching added when running from the Steam store as there would be a separate cache, unlinked to the SG cache, plus Steam uses up much of the storage space already.
2016.09.02 - v 0.05: Added integration with Steam store. Now you can check a game before buying to see how many people on your WL already have it.
2016.08.28 - v 0.04: Corrected 'null' name when nobody owned a game. Added progress tracking (will display in button) and more console logging to help identify issues.
2016.08.25 - v 0.03: First release.

Plans

Allow searching ownership and wishlist status from Steam store.
Displaying details about ownership, such as who has/wants a game (rather than only summary statistics)
Want something else? Let me know and I'll see what I can do!

Compatibility?

I have only personally tested on Chrome with Tampermonkey, but should also work with anything else.

Drevorn reports that the script works with Opera and violentmonkey.
MrAwesomeFalcon reports it works with Firefox and Tampermonkey.
Vlmbcn reports it works with Firefox and Greasemonkey.

If you use the script under other configurations, please let me know (whether there are issues or not!) so I can make a note of it. Also, if you find any bug, problems, or miscellaneous weirdness, please report them on the GitHub issue log.

Other feedback

If you have any other comments, suggestions, or other feedback, please share! I want to make this as useful and user-friendly as possible for all of you.

One last thing

I need to give a shout out to a few users in particular here:

Sighery: A GINORMOUS thank you for helping me get going (and allowing me to tear apart his fine work for myself), plus lots and lots of testing/troubleshooting.
ShandyAndy for offering early testing and feedback!
vonRaven for changing my code and allowing me to plug it in to the script.
d3m4n for pre-release testing.

Thanks guys!

Thanks also to everyone else who has offered suggestions for improving and whatever other feedback you have provided! I'm am slowly but surely adding in what I can and I appreciate the support from the community. <3

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Khalaq

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First, thank you for contributing something useful to the SG community. You have made many people's lives that much easier, already. )

Second, there are many of us who are waiting (patiently, or otherwise) until your script is able to check wishlists. While there have been scripts which managed this function in the past, I anticipate that yours will not only replace them, it will surpass them. The day that happens, you will become known as "The Script Guy," and everyone will wonder how they ever got along before you saved the day. D

Third, I will begin the process of replacing references to past/defunct scripts with your new script. (People often need to be pointed to such helpful things.) I will, of course, give you all of the credit for your work. )

Keep on keeping on.

7 years ago