Can't download game list

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I'm getting a 503 error while attempting to download my game list. Profile is 
set to private and I got the right url.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by seawulf...@gmail.com on 10 Feb 2013 at 6:24

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*Public profile I mean...

Original comment by seawulf...@gmail.com on 11 Feb 2013 at 8:48

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Same thing here. And the few times it manages to actually download something, 
it's missing several hundred games.

Original comment by Stefan.L...@gmail.com on 18 Feb 2013 at 5:50

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Unfortunately, I can't really solve this. The 503 error is coming from the 
Steam Community site. It doesn't happen every time in my testing, but it 
usually does. It's not the program itself; when the problem occurs it seems I'm 
also unable to download the file using a web browser.

I'm still looking into it, trying to find some workaround, but there might not 
be much I can do.

Original comment by rallion on 19 Feb 2013 at 9:14

• Changed state: Accepted

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If anybody wants to confirm, the URL the program is using to get the game list 
is:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/rallion/games?tab=all&xml=1

Just replace "rallion" with your own profile name.

Original comment by rallion on 19 Feb 2013 at 9:16

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It seems to work on that URL for me though (changed to my own of course). But 
not in the program at the same time as it is working in the browser.

Original comment by Stefan.L...@gmail.com on 19 Feb 2013 at 9:21

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The problem seems to only be affecting the XML version of the game list and not 
the normal HTML version.

As a workaround, I've added a feature to allow the program to get the game list 
from the normal web site instead of using the XML version. By default, it will 
use this as a fallback option if the XML download fails, but this can be 
changed.

Original comment by rallion on 20 Feb 2013 at 9:39

• Changed state: Fixed

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Still only gets 83 items like before with either setting though :/ 

The profile is indeed public, so that shouldn't be the issue at least. 

I guess it might be a case of me using the wrong URL though, as it says you 
should use the one from the edit page, which I guess (logically, since you 
can't access it) is wrong.

And the one to the main profile (http://steamcommunity.com/id/<profile>/) 
doesn't seem to work either.

It does however get the categories and some (83/531) of the games/items, which 
I guess it retrieves locally or something?

Original comment by Stefan.L...@gmail.com on 20 Feb 2013 at 10:12

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Boy, do I feel dumb. It just wanted the name, talk about user error >_< By URL 
I interpreted it as wanting an actual URL, not just the name :x

Original comment by Stefan.L...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2013 at 5:26

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Don't feel dumb, I entered a URL there too. Had to view this issue to see what 
the problem was. The wording in the dialog is technically correct but 
functionally a bit vague. Couldn't we (perhaps in the next version) make it 
more clear by adding the http:// section as an unchangeable part of the setting 
screen? Which would match the way the edit profile page shows it and eliminate 
any confusion.

Original comment by nnt...@gmail.com on 9 Jun 2013 at 8:50

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nnt042, I'm doing better than that. The next version will actually pretty much 
eliminate this kind of issue. You don't have to type the name at all.

Original comment by rallion on 9 Jun 2013 at 8:56