gameDealScraper

A standalone web application designed to find and share free games. Currently supports the Humble Store and Reddit's /r/GameDeals, with more to come. Probably.

Installation:

Note: You will need a free Reddit API account to run your own instance.

Download the latest release or clone the project
Create src/main/credentials.properties and fill in your reddit API credentials (see credentials.properties.example for more info)
(Optional) Configure which port you want the app to run on by uncommenting the server.port line in src/main/application.properties (default is 8080)
Run mvn package in the root project folder to build a standalone, executable jar file (Requires Apache Maven)
Run java -jar 'target\gamedealscraper-[version].jar' (Requires Java)
Access the app in a web browser at http://localhost:8080

Planned features:

Initial release:

Finds "free to own" games from /r/GameDeals and the Humble Store
Displays results in an attractive, responsive webpage
Easily deployable to a free VPS as a single .jar file

Soon™:

Logging to diagnose server failures
Caching to reduce API calls and server load
Installer script for easy VPS deployment
Proper Unit Testing
Full Javadoc

Future: