This script iterates over subdirectories and if the subdirectory's name is a Steam Game ID, it renames that directory to the year the game was released and its full name -- see example below.
This makes use of a semi-undocumented portion of the Steam API: https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/User:RJackson/StorefrontAPI
Paste the following snippet into a python script, then run it, passing the full directory name as the input argument (e.g. python3 main.py /my/directory)
import os
import requests
import time
import sys
import pdb
if __name__ == "__main__":
if (len(sys.argv) != 2):
print("ERROR: Must provide directory as argument")
sys.exit(2)
current_directory = sys.argv[1]
# os.path.isdir doesn't work for mounted directories: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39492524/os-path-isfile-returns-false-for-file-on-network-drive
subdirectories = os.listdir(current_directory)
for directory in subdirectories:
if all([char.isnumeric() for char in directory]):
# Candidate for steam ID...
steam_api_resp = requests.get("https://store.steampowered.com/api/appdetails?appids={}".format(directory))
if (steam_api_resp.ok):
print("Directory {} is a valid Steam game ID".format(directory))
game_data_obj = steam_api_resp.json()[directory]['data']
game_name, release_date_raw = game_data_obj['name'], game_data_obj['release_date']['date'] if (game_data_obj['release_date']['coming_soon'] == False) else ""
if (release_date_raw == ""):
print("Game \" {} \" hasn't been released yet. Are you sure this is the right Steam ID?")
sys.exit(1)
# Release date format is: "Aug 13, 2022"
game_year_released = release_date_raw.split(" ")[-1]
print("Game \"{}\" was released in year {}".format(game_name, game_year_released))
os.rename(os.path.join(current_directory, directory), os.path.join(current_directory, "({}) {}".format(game_year_released, game_name)))
else:
print("Unable to find Steam game with ID ", directory)
sys.exit(3)