game-notifier

• Get notifications on wanted Steam games being on sale and this weeks free games on EpicGames.
• Python script to run in the background that checks its sources on a given interval and sends notifications via ntfy

instructions

requirements

• only tested on Linux
• Pixi
• a ntfy topic (note: those are usually public and I have not implemented auth for topics yet)

getting started

see below first in case your setup differs from linux standards

• clone this repo
• copy .env.example to .env and edit the values
• set up databases (and systemd service): pixi run start --install --config-dir /path/to/configuration --script-dir /path/to/script/main.py
• view with journalctl --user -u game-notifier@game-notifier -f
• remove service with pixi run rmservice

side-note: I'm aware this isn't very neat and every help in fixing that is appreciated :]

development

• enter dev environment: pixi shell

usage on NixOS

help wanted: this is impure and not a proper flake

• edit and include game-notifier-service.nix in your configuration
• when setting up the database, pass --no-service
• rebuild your configuration and enjoy

monitor with: journalctl -u gameNotifierService.service -f

TODO

• allow for configuration changes (without relying on re-installation)

motivation

• the upcoming Python exam
• my partner wanting to be notified about Sims 3 being on sale (let's hope that'll happen one day)
• me being too lazy to check EpicGames every week