lancache-autofill/README.md

# lancache-autofill
Automatically fill a Lancache with content.

# Features
* Choose which platform(s) to download an app for
* Use multiple Steam accounts to download apps
* See which apps downloaded successfully
* See which apps failed, and what the error message was

# Requirements
* Ubuntu 16.04 x64

# Installation
* `git clone https://github.com/zeropingheroes/lancache-autofill.git`
* `cd lancache-autofill`
* `sudo ./install.sh`

# Quick Start
Set the default Steam account to be used when queueing apps for download:

`nano .env`

Search for the apps you wish to download to find their app ID:

`./lancache-autofill steam:search-apps "team fortress 2"`

	440     Team Fortress 2
	[...]

Queue the app for download by ID:

`./lancache-autofill steam:queue-app 440`

Start downloading items in the download queue:

`./lancache-autofill steam:start-downloading`

View the download queue to see the status of the downloads:

`./lancache-autofill steam:show-queue`

Clear the temporary download location:

`./lancache-autofill app:initialise-downloads-directory`

# Command Reference

`app:initialise-database`

* Initialise the database.

`app:initialise-downloads-directory`

* Initialise the downloads directory.

`steam:authorise-account [account]`

* Authorise a Steam account to allow download of apps in their library.
* If no account is specified, the `DEFAULT_STEAM_USER` account is used

`steam:queue-app appid [platform(s)] [--account=account]`

* Queue a Steam app for downloading.
* Optionally the platform(s) to download can be specified as a comma-separated list
* Available platforms are: windows, osx, linux
* If no platform is specified, the Windows version of the app will be queued

`steam:search-apps name`

* Search Steam apps by name.

`steam:show-queue [status]`

* Show the Steam app download queue.
* Optionally only show items with specified status
* Available statuses are: queued, failed, completed

`steam:start-downloading`

* Start downloading the Steam apps in the queue.
* The account(s) specified in the queue to download from are checked before any app downloads are attempted

`steam:update-app-list`

* Get the latest list of apps from Steam.

# Limitations & Known Issues
* Steam is the only supported platform currently
* No support for forcing download of 32 bit apps
* Yes, it's written in PHP. No shame.

# Reference

* [SteamCMD Reference](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD)
* [SteamCMD Commands and Variables](https://github.com/dgibbs64/SteamCMD-Commands-List/blob/master/steamcmdcommands.txt)
* [Laravel Query Builder](https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/queries)
* [Laravel Artisan Console](https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/artisan)
* [Symfony Process Component](http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/process.html)