spystrap

A Steam client bootstrapper bootstrapper, poorly implemented in Python.

why this exists

I have no idea.

Current Status

• Downloads client package information from the Valve CDN.
• Extracts package files to a target directory.
• Fails to produce a launchable, working Steam client.

install

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/m4dEngi/spystrap.git
cd spystrap

Create venv and install requirements

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

usage

Run spystrap and point it to install_path where you want steam client files to be downloaded

python spystrap.py -i <install_path>

And if you're lucky enough, it will download and extract client into the specified folder...

... but no amount of luck will make it produce a working client install at the moment.

acknowledgements

This project's implementation relies heavily on information gathered from the work of others:

• @johndrinkwater vzip file format https://gist.github.com/johndrinkwater/8944787
• @yaakov-h https://github.com/yaakov-h/vunzip