trying with strict truncation

Author: MasterOfGrey

.github/workflows/build-release.yml

@@ -90,18 +90,19 @@ 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
+
+#This method does not exist... T_T
+#      - 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

@@ -22,20 +22,40 @@ 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
-description=""
+else
+  printf 'Missing Steam description'
+  printf '\n'
+fi
+# If you need to test with a blank description:
+#description=""
+
+# After building $description (with all backslashes, quotes and newlines escaped):
+# 1) Measure its length in characters
+char_len=$(printf '%s' "$description" | wc -m)
+echo ">>> DEBUG: escaped description length = $char_len characters" >&2
+
+# 2) Define your max in characters (e.g. 8000)
+MAX_CHARS=8000
+
+# 3) If it’s too long, truncate to the first $MAX_CHARS characters
+if [ "$char_len" -gt "$MAX_CHARS" ]; then
+  echo ">>> WARNING: description too long (${char_len} > ${MAX_CHARS}), truncating" >&2
+  # cut -c works on characters
+  description=$(printf '%s' "$description" | cut -c1-"$MAX_CHARS")
+  # (optionally append an ellipsis)
+  # description="${description}…"
+fi
+
+
 
 # Clean up old file
 printf '' > workshop.vdf