upload description via web api instead

Author: MasterOfGrey

.github/workflows/build-release.yml

@@ -90,4 +90,18 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf "$STEAM_CMD"
           rm -rf "$STEAM_DIR"
           rm -rf "$STEAM_TEMP"
-
+          
+      - name: Publish description via Steam Web API
+        if: ${{ inputs.update-description == 'true' }}
+        env:
+          STEAM_WEB_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.STEAM_WEB_API_KEY }}
+          APPID: "529340"
+          MOD_ID: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.mod-id }}
+        run: |
+          desc="$(< ../steam-release/STEAM_PAGE.bbcode)"
+          curl -X POST "https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamRemoteStorage/SetPublishedFileDetails/v1/" \
+               -d "key=${STEAM_WEB_API_KEY}" \
+               -d "appid=${APPID}" \
+               -d "publishedfileid=${MOD_ID}" \
+               --data-urlencode "description=${desc}" \
+            || exit 1

script/create-release-vdf.sh

@@ -22,19 +22,20 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Check mod description
-if [ -f "$3" ]; then
-  description=$(sed -e ':a;N;$!ba' -e 's/\r//g' -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' -e 's/"/\\"/g' -e 's/\n/\\n/g' "$3")
+#if [ -f "$3" ]; then
+#  description=$(sed -e ':a;N;$!ba' -e 's/\r//g' -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' -e 's/"/\\"/g' -e 's/\n/\\n/g' "$3")
 # slurp entire file			-e ':a;N;$!ba'
 # remove any stray CR (^M)	-e 's/\r//g'
 # escape backslashes		-e 's/\\/\\\\/g'
 # escape double-quotes		-e 's/"/\\"/g'
 # escape newlines			-e 's/\n/\\n/g'
-  echo ">>> DEBUG: first 200 chars of desc:" >&2
-  printf '%s' "$description" | cut -c1-200 >&2
-else
-  printf 'Missing Steam description'
-  printf '\n'
-fi
+#  echo ">>> DEBUG: first 200 chars of desc:" >&2
+#  printf '%s' "$description" | cut -c1-200 >&2
+#else
+#  printf 'Missing Steam description'
+#  printf '\n'
+#fi
+description=""
 
 # Clean up old file
 printf '' > workshop.vdf