A CLI tool written in Rust 2021 for automatically downloading the contents of a collection on SteamGridDB into the Steam configuration folder with the appropriate filenames. The code is honestly far from perfect (and whether or not doing it as a Rust project versus just making it a Bash/ Powershell script being the best option is debatable), this project mainly served as a learning experience for me.
To be written. Will link to its own document.
If you have Cargo installed, all you need to do is run
cargo install steamgriddb-dlAfter which the tool can be run using the following command in your shell:
steamgriddb-dl <id> <options>
Alternatively, the binary can be downloaded from the releases page, after which you can easily run it from the downloaded directory, or after adding it to a folder in your $PATH.
steamgriddb-dl <id> <options>Where <id> is the id-number for a collection on SteamGridDB (ie. https://www.steamgriddb.com/collection/[number]). This does not parse the full URL, so only the number will work.
| Option | Purpose |
|---|---|
-n |
Dry run. Runs the tool as normal— printing all of the files that are to be saved and their directories, but without actually saving them. |
--directory=<dir> |
In some cases the tool cannot find your Steam installation's personal configuration directory, or you may want to save the images in a collection elsewhere. This option lets the user set an override directory. |
-h |
Prints help information. |
At the moment, no special actions have to be taken to build the binaries. If you have Cargo installed, you can simply use
cargo buildor for release binaries
cargo build -r...to build the executable yourself. See also the Rust documentation.