Can this plugin be used to queue subIDs obtained from SteamDB?

[woctezuma]

I see that some IDs can appear in Bot_FreePackages.db. For instance:

{
    "Activations": [
        "2023-10-04T10:06:02.5033286+02:00",
        "2023-10-04T10:02:40.8233594+02:00"
    ],
    "Packages": [
        {
            "Type": 0,
            "ID": 2630450,
            "StartTime": null
        },
        {
            "Type": 0,
            "ID": 2453970,
            "StartTime": null
        }
    ]
}

I don't know what "Type" is, but I can see that "ID" is the appID here:

• https://steamdb.info/app/2630450/ The Great Smog Demo
• https://steamdb.info/app/2453970/ No Stone Unturned Prologue

Can this ASF plugin be used to queue subIDs manually copied from the source page of SteamDB's /freepackages/? This would allow the plugin to manage the rate-limit, so this could be handy to activate many packages from before the first run of the plugin.

I understand this is not the point of the plugin, but I wonder if you think this would be a bad idea to manually edit the JSON file with many IDs. If you believe this is possible, would you mind clarifying if changing the Type would allow to submit a subID instead of an appID as ID.

Edit: I suspect the Type is used to distinguish between games, demos, etc.

FreePackages/FreePackages/Handlers/PackageFilter.cs

Lines 79 to 83 in 8f8f914

	EAppType type = kv["common"]["type"].AsEnum<EAppType>();
	if (type == EAppType.Demo) {
	return true;
	}

[Citrinate]

Type is defined here, it's used to differentiate between apps and subs, which are activated in different ways. (Demo there should instead be Beta, which means playtests)

This is something I do plan on implementing in the future. I'd like to create an alternative to ASF's addlicense command which adds items to this plugin's queue. I'd also like to create a userscript which will display a command on SteamDB's Free Packages page the same way it currently displays the addlicense command.

[woctezuma]

Thank you for the reply!

ASF currently supports a queue for redeem, but it is only for Steam keys. A way to queue items for addlicense would be nice!

Edit: Queuing subIDs (with Type 1) works fine! 🥳 For instance:

{
    "Activations": [
    ],
    "Packages": [
        {
            "Type": 1,
            "ID": 943397,
            "StartTime": null
        },
        {
            "Type": 1,
            "ID": 883270,
            "StartTime": null
        }
    ]
}