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Add deserialization support for appinfo.vdf V29
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appinfo.vdf V29 was introduced in Steam beta. This new version
introduces a space-saving optimization: instead of encoding each key
name in the binary VDF segment directly, an int64 identifier is instead
used for each key, with a table at the end of the 'appinfo.vdf' file
providing the mapping to actual key names.

Also see
SteamDatabase/SteamAppInfo@56b1fec

Fixes #462

Co-authored-by: Eamonn Rea <[email protected]>
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sonic2kk authored and Matoking committed Jun 30, 2024
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51 changes: 45 additions & 6 deletions steam/utils/appcache.py
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>>> header, apps = parse_appinfo(open('/d/Steam/appcache/appinfo.vdf', 'rb'))
>>> header
{'magic': b"(DV\\x07", 'universe': 1}
{'magic': b")DV\\x07", 'universe': 1}
>>> next(apps)
{'appid': 5,
'size': 79,
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uint32 = struct.Struct('<I')
uint64 = struct.Struct('<Q')
int64 = struct.Struct('<q')

def parse_appinfo(fp):
"""Parse appinfo.vdf from the Steam appcache folder
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:return: (header, apps iterator)
"""
# format:
# uint32 - MAGIC: "'DV\x07" or "(DV\x07"
# uint32 - MAGIC: "'DV\x07" or "(DV\x07" or b")DV\x07"
# uint32 - UNIVERSE: 1
# int64 - OFFSET TO KEY TABLE (added in ")DV\x07")
# ---- repeated app sections ----
# uint32 - AppID
# uint32 - size
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# uint64 - accessToken
# 20bytes - SHA1
# uint32 - changeNumber
# 20bytes - binary_vdf SHA1 (added in "(DV\x07"
# 20bytes - binary_vdf SHA1 (added in "(DV\x07")
# variable - binary_vdf
# ---- end of section ---------
# uint32 - EOF: 0
#
# ---- key table ----
# uint32 - Count of keys
# char[] - Null-terminated strings corresponding to field names

magic = fp.read(4)
if magic not in (b"'DV\x07", b"(DV\x07"):
if magic not in (b"'DV\x07", b"(DV\x07", b")DV\x07"):
raise SyntaxError("Invalid magic, got %s" % repr(magic))

universe = uint32.unpack(fp.read(4))[0]

key_table = None

appinfo_version = magic[0]
if appinfo_version >= 39: # b')'
# appinfo.vdf V29 and newer store list of keys in separate table at the
# end of the file to reduce size. Retrieve it and pass it to the VDF
# parser later.
key_table = []

key_table_offset = struct.unpack('q', fp.read(8))[0]
offset = fp.tell()
fp.seek(key_table_offset)
key_count = uint32.unpack(fp.read(4))[0]

# Read all null-terminated strings into a list
for _ in range(0, key_count):
field_name = bytearray()
while True:
field_name += fp.read(1)

if field_name[-1] == 0:
field_name = field_name[0:-1]
field_name = field_name.decode("utf-8")

key_table.append(field_name)
break

# Rewind to the beginning of the file after the header:
# we can now parse the rest of the file.
fp.seek(offset)

def apps_iter():
while True:
appid = uint32.unpack(fp.read(4))[0]
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'change_number': uint32.unpack(fp.read(4))[0],
}

if magic == b"(DV\x07":
if magic != b"'DV\x07":
app['data_sha1'] = fp.read(20)

app['data'] = binary_load(fp)
# 'key_table' will be None for older 'appinfo.vdf' files which
# use self-contained binary VDFs.
app['data'] = binary_load(fp, key_table=key_table)

yield app

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