Respect rate-limits of SteamSpy API

steamspy.py

import json
import time
from pathlib import Path

import steamspypi


def get_cooldown():
    cooldown = 70  # 1 minute plus a cushion

    return cooldown


def get_some_sleep():
    cooldown = get_cooldown()
    print("Sleeping for {} seconds on {}".format(cooldown, time.asctime()))

    time.sleep(cooldown)

    return


def download_a_single_page(page_no=0):
    print("Downloading page={} on {}".format(page_no, time.asctime()))

    data_request = dict()
    data_request["request"] = "all"
    data_request["page"] = str(page_no)

    data = steamspypi.download(data_request)

    return data


def get_file_name(page_no):
    # Get current day as yyyymmdd format
    date_format = "%Y%m%d"
    current_date = time.strftime(date_format)
    
    file_name = "{}_steamspy_page_{}.json".format(current_date, page_no)
    
    return file_name


def download_all_pages(num_pages):
    # Download

    for page_no in range(num_pages):
        file_name = get_file_name(page_no)

        if not Path(file_name).is_file():
            page_data = download_a_single_page(page_no=page_no)

            with open(file_name, "w", encoding="utf8") as f:
                json.dump(page_data, f)

            if page_no != (num_pages - 1):
                get_some_sleep()

    # Aggregate

    data = dict()

    for page_no in range(num_pages):
        file_name = get_file_name(page_no)

        with open(file_name, "r", encoding="utf8") as f:
            page_data = json.load(f)

            data.update(page_data)

    return data


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # TODO: one would have to figure out the number of pages, it should be close to 40 as of August 2020.
    data = download_all_pages(num_pages=40)

First, thanks for the module and the gist, they do the job perfectly.

Is there another an API that can be used to retrieve data like "executable", "arguments", and "steam_deck_compatibility". The only thing that I have found so far is https://steamdb.info/ which does not have an API, and prohibit web scraping, and steamcmd does not work with games that are not in my library.

Is there another an API that can be used to retrieve data like "executable", "arguments", and "steam_deck_compatibility"?

I don't know for "executable" or "arguments". For "steam_deck_compatibility", you may be able to use resolved_category from:
https://store.steampowered.com/saleaction/ajaxgetdeckappcompatibilityreport?nAppID=570

I will figure something. Thanks.