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Get notified for new Steam forum mentions of your game
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Steam Forum Mentions Notifier

This is a cron that uses dreww's Steam Forum Scanner to regularly pull updates from Steam and surfaces them in Discord.

Set up instructions

1. Environment Variables

Before you can run the cron, you must add the following Environment Variables (via left sidebar of this val):

  • DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL: In your Discord server → Server Settings → Integrations → Webhooks → New Webhook → Copy Webhook URL

2. Modify gameName and steamId in main.tsx:

import scanSteamForums from "https://esm.town/v/dreww/steamforumscanner";

export default async function(interval: Interval) {
  const dota2Threads = await scanSteamForums({
    gameName: "Dota 2",
    embedColor: 9043685, // optional decimal color to change the embed highlight
    steamId: "570",
    discordWebhook: Deno.env.get("DISCHOOK_URL_1"), 
  });
} 

How to use

  • main.tsx is a cron that runs automatically based on your configured schedule. You may also click Run to manually trigger the cron at any time, especially for testing purposes.
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