Steam Missing Cover Downloader

Downloads missing portrait covers in your library for steam beta. Covers downloaded from steamgriddb.com

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Python 3.7+

Libraries:

• aiohttp
• steam

Install using the commands:

pip install aiohttp
pip install steam

Running

python missing_cover_downloader.py

Command Line Options

usage: missing_cover_downloader.py [-h] [-l] [-r] [-m MIN_SCORE] [-s STYLES]
                                   [-o] [-d]

Downloads missing covers for new steam UI. Covers are downloaded from
steamgriddb.com

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -l, --local           Local mode, this is the default operation.
  -r, --remote          Remote mode, if both local and remote are specified,
                        will try local mode first.
  -m MIN_SCORE, --minscore MIN_SCORE
                        Set min score for a cover to be downloaded.
  -s STYLES, --styles STYLES
                        Set styles of cover, can be comma separated list of
                        alternate, blurred, white_logo, material or no_logo.
  -o, --overwrite       Overwrite covers that are already present in local
                        steam grid path.
  -d, --delete-local    Delete local covers for games that already have
                        official ones.

Troubleshooting

Error	Solution
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'google'	Check if protobuf Python library is installed via pip list, if not, run pip install protobuf
File "asyncio\base_events.py", line 508, in _check_closed RuntimeError: Event loop is closed	Too many images needed to download at once? Try grabbing some images manually from steamgriddb.com, and placing them in Steam\userdata\[user id]\config\grid Also try running missing_cover_downloader.py with the -m argument. Start at 20 and work down (so missing_cover_downloader.py -m 20, then missing_cover_downloader.py -m 15, etc.)
Cannot connect to host www.steamgriddb.com:443 ssl:default	Your proxy settings may be preventing you from downloading images from steamgriddb. In Windows, go to Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN settings. Under Automatic configuration, check Automatically detect settings Under Proxy Server uncheck Use a proxy server for your LAN

Update History

1.0.0

• Initial release

1.2.0

• Added support to read data from local appcache.
• Fixed an issue that steamgriddb stopped returning correct covers
• Added Mac support (Thanks to UKMeng)

1.5.0

• Significantly imporves performance using asychronous requests
• Refactored code
• Added Linux support (Thanks to KrystianoXPL)
• Fixed a bug that some games in library are not returned.
• Fixed a bug that games in appcache but not in game library are returned.

1.6.0

• The script now uses SGDB API 2.3.0, which supports filtering by size. Scrapping the site is no longer needed.
• Added support for switching between local and remote mode.
• Added support to set the minimum score for a cover to be downloaded.

1.6.2

• Added option to overwrite existing covers.
• Added option to select cover styles.
• Added option to delete custom covers when official covers are available.