Auto-trader

A Stem plugin that allows 2 accounts to trade one another to remove the captcha restriction.

Installation

Installing on Windows

Linux and OS X steps below:

Install Stem
$ git clone https://github.com/alvinl/stem.git && cd stem
$ npm install
Install the auto-trader plugin
$ npm install git://github.com/alvinl/auto-trader.git
Create a config file called auto.json (this can be named anything as long as it's a json file) with the contents below.

Make sure this file is created inside the stem folder.

(Optional) If you have previous sentry files saved for your accounts you will need to copy them over. Rename them to .<username> and place in the stem folder, where <username> is the bot's username (not display name). This is to avoid having to login again with SteamGuard and avoid the 7 day trade ban.

Example: If you have a sentry file for your account named bot_1.sentry then you can copy it over inside the stem folder like so $ cp bot_1.sentry stem/.bot_1.
If you use backpack.tf-automatic, run the import-hash.js script to create a sentry file that can be used with Stem.
You can also use the import-ssfn.js script to import the sentry file (ssfn) that the Steam client uses.

Start the bot

$ BOT_USERNAME=bot1 BOT_PASSWORD=botpass node bin/stem auto.json repeat this command for the second bot. Remember to change BOT_USERNAME and BOT_PASSWORD accordingly.
Example: Start the first bot with the following command $ BOT_USERNAME=bot1 BOT_PASSWORD=botpass node bin/stem auto.json and the second via $ BOT_USERNAME=bot2 BOT_PASSWORD=botpass node bin/stem auto.json

Remember to check the notes section and available commands

Updating

Updates can be installed by going into the stem folder and running the following command:

$ npm install git://github.com/alvinl/auto-trader.git.

Scripts

The following scripts are located in the scripts folder and can be used to import and convert sentry files into a format that Stem can use.

import-hash.js

Use this script to create a sentry file from the shaSentryfile field in your settings.json file if you use BP.tf's automatic bot. While inside the stem folder run the following command to create the sentry file.

$ node node_modules/auto-trader/scripts/import-hash.js <username> <shaSentryfile>

username - The accounts username
shaSentryfile - The value of shaSentryfile in your settings.json file.

import-ssfn.js

Use this script to create a sentry file that is compatible with stem from the sentry file that the Steam client uses (also known as a ssfn file). While inside the stem folder run the following command to create the sentry file.

$ node node_modules/auto-trader/scripts/import-ssfn.js <username> <ssfnLocation>

username - The accounts username
ssfnLocation - The location of the ssfn file.

Config

{

  "admins": ["76561198042819371", "76561198042819371"],
  "plugins": ["auto-trader"],

  "initBot": "76561198089129440",
  "initTradeBot": "76561198089063899",

  "inventories": ["tf2"],

  "cratesOnly": false,

  "notifyThreshold": 5500

}

Config values

The following properties need to be filled out:

admins - An array of strings containing the steamID's of admins
initBot - The steamID of the first bot that will be trading
initTradeBot - The steamID that the first bot will be trading with
inventories - An array of inventories you want to trade items from.
- The following games are currently supported: tf2, cs:go, dota2, steam
- Multiple inventories example: "inventories": ["tf2", "cs:go"]
cratesOnly - Setting this to true will only allow crates, chests, or cases to be traded.
notifyThreshold - The bot will message users in the admins array once this number of trades has been reached

Notes

Verify that the 2 accounts that are trading each other are friends with one another and have at least 5 TF2 items in each account.
There are some cases where the bots may stall while trading each other, restarting both bots will fix this.
If there are any crashes please open an issue with the crash log.
If you have any questions please open an issue regarding them.

Commands

Commands that you can message the bots

.status

This command will return the amount of trades per minute and trades completed since starting the bot.