Python Flask App to provide a quick overview of the last steam news for each game in your library for the past 4 weeks. Pretty usefull to easily spot which game has been or will be updated if you dont have auto-update enabled. Quick and dirty replacement for the clunky steam news interface.
Flask and Requests need to be installed using the requirements.txt file.
pip install -r requirements.txt
You need to modify steamnews.py to specify your Steam API key and your Steam ID in order to query your owned game list. Look for 'API_KEY' and 'STEAM_ID' variables in the script.
You can get your Steam ID from any website offering this service (must feed your steam profile URL) and your Steam API key at this URL: https://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey
Run it once manually to generate the JSON file (data.json):
python steamnews.py
You can now run the webapp.py (Flask app) to enjoy your dirty steam news dashboard. Run it in background or use gunicorn coupled with any webserver.
python webapp.py
It is suggested to create a cronjob for the steamnews.py script. Running it twice a day is clearly enough to get an overview of what's new amongst your games.
Preview:
