API for managing Humble Bundle games library

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Humble Bundle Manager

Python library and command line tool to manage Humble Bundle games

List your bundles and games, Show their info, Download, Install and Uninstall them! It's like apt-get for Humble Bundle :)


Requirements

  • Python (tested in Python 2.7, can easily be ported to Python 3)
  • Bash (for the install hooks. Some may require version 4+)

Python and Bash are already installed by default in virtually all GNU/Linux distros.

Dependencies

The above can be installed in any modern Debian-like distros (like Ubuntu/Mint) with:

sudo apt-get install python-{lxml,progressbar,keyring,xdg}

Install

Clone the repository and install as an editable package:

cd ~/some/dir
git clone https://github.com/MestreLion/humblebundle.git
pip install -e humblebundle

This installs both the main script humblebundle and the library humblebundle.

Uninstall

Remove authentication files:

humblebundle --clear

Uninstall and delete the directory:

pip uninstall humblebundle-manager
rm -rf ~/some/dir/humblebundle

There may be additional files in the config folder, such as bundles.json and games.json, that are downloaded while using the app, as well as downloaded files in the cache folder. The default config folder on Unix-like systems is ~/.config/humblebundle, and the default cache folder is ~/.cache/humblebundle


Usage as a command-line tool

Adapted from --help:

Usage: humblebundle [general options] [command] [command options]

Optional arguments:
  -h|--help
	                show this help message and exit
  -g|--loglevel {debug,info,warn,error,critical}
	                set logging level, default is 'warn'
  -D|--debug
	                alias for --loglevel debug

  -u|--update
	                Fetch all games and bundles data from the server,
	                rebuilding the cache

Login options:
  -U|--username USERNAME
	                Account login, the user's email
  -P|--password PASSWORD
	                Account password
  -A|--auth AUTH
	                Account _simpleauth_sess cookie


Commands:
  -l|--list [REGEX]
	                List all available Games (Products), including
	                Soundtracks and eBooks, optionally filtering
	                by REGEX (Regular Expression)
  -L|--list-bundles
	                List all available Bundles (Purchases), including
	                Store Front (single product) purchases

  -s|--show GAME
	                Show all info about selected game
  -S|--show-bundle BUNDLE
	                Show all info about selected bundle

  -d|--download GAME
	                Name of the game to download. See --list

  -i|--install GAME
	                Install selected game
  -I|--uninstall GAME
	                Uninstall selected game


Download options:
  -t|--type NAME
	                Type (name) of the download, for example '.deb',
	                'mojo', 'flash', etc
  -a|--arch {32,64}
	                Download architecture: 32-bit (also known as i386) or
	                64-bit (amd64, x86_64, etc)
  -p|--platform {windows,mac,linux,android,audio,ebook,comedy}
	                Download platform. Default is 'linux'
  -F|--server-file FILE
	                Basename of the server file to download. Useful when
	                no combination of --type, --arch and --platform is
	                enough to narrow down choices to a single download.
  -b|--bittorrent
	                Download bittorrent file instead of direct download
  -f|--path PATH
	                Path to download. If PATH is a directory, default
	                download basename will be used. By if omitted,
	                download to current directory.

Show options:
  -j|--json
	                Output --show/--show-bundle in machine-readable, JSON
	                format

Install options:
  -m|--method {custom,deb,apt,mojo,air,steam}
	                Use this method instead of the default for
	                (un-)installing a game

Command line interface is heavily inspired on apt workflow:

  • List games and bundles to get their humble bundle id

  • Show info on a particular game or bundle (similar to apt-cache show)

  • Download a game archive (similar to apt-get download, and as such not needed for install)

  • Install and Uninstall a game (as easy as apt-get install)

Examples and sample output:

Authenticating (only needed once, it stores credentials in keyring):

$ humblebundle --username '[email protected]' --password '1234' --update --list

Show bundle and game info:

$ humblebundle --show-bundle androidbundle5

Bundle    : androidbundle5
Name      : Humble Bundle with Android 5
Category  : bundle
Price US$ :
Games     :
	Beat Hazard Ultra	[beathazardultra]
	Beat Hazard Ultra	[beathazardultra_android]
	Beat Hazard Ultra	[beathazardultra_soundtrack]
	Crayon Physics Deluxe	[crayonphysicsdeluxe_android_pc_soundtrack]
	Dungeon Defenders + All DLC	[dungeondefenders_dlc_android_pc]
	Dynamite Jack	[dynamitejack_android_pc]
	NightSky	[nightsky_android_pc]
	NightSky	[nightsky_soundtrack]
	Solar 2	[solar_android_pc]
	Splice	[splice]
	Splice	[splice_android]
	Splice Soundtrack	[splice_soundtrack]
	Super Hexagon	[superhexagon_android_pc]
	Super Hexagon	[superhexagon_asm]
	Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP	[swordandsworcery_android_pc_soundtrack]


$ humblebundle --list solar

solar_android_pc
solarflux
solarflux_android


$ humblebundle --show solar_android_pc

Game      : solar_android_pc
Name      : Solar 2
Developer : Murudai
URL       : http://murudai.com
Bundles   :
	Humble Bundle with Android 5 [androidbundle5]
	Humble Bundle: PC and Android 8 [androidbundle8]
Downloads :
	android
		Download            	 45.3 MB	Solar2_Android_1.13_1388267491.apk
	audio
		MP3                 	 53.5 MB	solar2_ost_mp3_1409159048.zip
		FLAC                	179.9 MB	solar_2_ost_flac_1409159048.zip
	linux
		.deb                	101.3 MB	solar2_1.10_i386_1409159048.deb
		.tar.gz             	101.3 MB	solar2-linux-1.10_1409159048.tar.gz
	mac
		Download            	 69.5 MB	solar2-mac-1.10_1409159048.dmg
	windows
		Download            	 41.2 MB	solar2-windows-1.10_1409159048.exe

Download a file:

$ humblebundle --download solar_android_pc --platform audio --type mp3

Downloading 'Solar 2' [solar_android_pc] 'MP3' 53.5 MB solar2_ost_mp3_1409159048.zip
  27% of 53.5 MiB |................                       |   1.23 M/s ETA:  00:00:3

Install a game (may require an entry in gamedata.json or manual options):

$ humblebundle --install dontmove

Downloading "Don't Move" [dontmove]  (64-bit)  4.7 MB  DontMove_v1-3_Linux-64.tar
Installing Don't Move
Done!

Usage as a library

import humblebundle

hb = HumbleBundle('[email protected]', '1234')

hb.update()

for name in hb.games:
    game = hb.get_game(name)
      # or simply hb.games[name] - It's a dictonary! (for now)
    print game['human_name']

    # Blame Humble Bundle for their weird dictionary structure, not me!
    for platforms in game.get('downloads', []):
        for download in platforms.get('download_struct', []):
            url = download.get('url', {}).get('web', '')
            if url:
               print url


filename = hb.download('dontmove', platform='linux', arch=64)

Building the humblebundle-manager package

Due to an earlier package called humblebundle, the package is called humblebundle-manager. To build the package:

pip install build twine
python -m build
twine check dist/*

Contributing

Patches are welcome! Fork, hack, request pull! Here is my current to-do list:

  • Better documentation: Improve this README, document installers/ usage, custom hooks/ interface, explain how credentials are used and stored, gamedata.json format and usage, config dir structure. And, most important, describe the install mechanics in more detail.

  • Classes: convert the games and bundles dictionaries to classes with attributes and methods. HumbleBundle.get_game() would return a Game instance, methods .install(), .download() etc would be there and not on the "main" HumbleBundle class.

If you find a bug or have any enhancement request, please to open a new issue

Written by

Rodrigo Silva (MestreLion) [email protected]

Copyright (C) 2014 Rodrigo Silva (MestreLion) [email protected].

License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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