Automatically refreshes the page when Steam fails to load your inventory history.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Steam Retry
// @author https://github.com/Matt-RJ
// @namespace https://github.com/Matt-RJ/tampermonkey-scripts/blob/master/steam-retry
// @version 1.0.0
// @description Automatically refreshes the page when Steam fails to load your inventory history.
// @match *://steamcommunity.com/id/*/tradehistory*
// @grant GM_getValue
// @grant GM_setValue
// ==/UserScript==
(function () {
'use strict';
// Max number of retries before the script stops. Set to 0 to retry indefinitely.
const MAX_RETRIES = 5;
// How long in ms to wait before refreshing the page when loading fails.
const RETRY_DELAY = 500; // ! Beware of potential flashing lights and rate limits if lowering this
class SteamRetry {
constructor({ maxRetries, retryDelay }) {
if (!Number.isInteger(maxRetries)) {
throw new Error('SteamRetry | maxRetries must be an integer.');
}
if (!Number.isInteger(retryDelay)) {
throw new Error('SteamRetry | retryDelay must be an integer.');
}
this.ERROR_EL_CLASS_NAME = '.profile_fatalerror_message';
this.LOAD_ERROR_MESSAGE = 'There was a problem loading your inventory history.';
this.RETRY_KEY = 'steam-retry-retries-count';
this.maxRetries = maxRetries;
this.retryDelay = retryDelay;
this.retries = 0;
}
shouldRetry() {
if (this.maxRetries <= 0) {
return true;
}
return this.retries < this.maxRetries;
}
async start() {
// Once you run out of retries, the page stops refreshing automatically.
// This resets the retry count when you refresh the page afterwards manually, or navigate away to a new page.
window.addEventListener('beforeunload', async (e) => {
e.preventDefault(); // Stop the event until the async function is done.
// reset the retry count only if the maximum number of retries has been reached
if (!this.shouldRetry()) {
await GM_setValue(this.RETRY_KEY, 0);
}
return e;
});
window.addEventListener('load', async () => {
this.retries = await GM_getValue(this.RETRY_KEY, 0);
console.log('SteamRetry | Starting...');
console.log(`SteamRetry | Retry ${this.retries}/${this.maxRetries <= 0 ? 'ထ' : this.maxRetries}`);
const errorEl = document.querySelector(this.ERROR_EL_CLASS_NAME);
if (errorEl && errorEl.innerText === this.LOAD_ERROR_MESSAGE) {
console.log('SteamRetry | Failed to load.');
if (!this.shouldRetry()) {
console.log('SteamRetry | Max retries reached.');
return;
}
await this.refresh();
} else {
console.log('SteamRetry | Could not find error message; stopping.');
await this.reset();
}
});
}
async refresh() {
console.log('SteamRetry | Refreshing...');
await Promise.all([
new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, this.retryDelay)),
GM_setValue(this.RETRY_KEY, this.retries + 1)
]);
document.location.reload();
}
async reset() {
console.log('SteamRetry | Resetting retries to default...');
await GM_setValue(this.RETRY_KEY, 0);
}
}
const steamRetry = new SteamRetry({
maxRetries: MAX_RETRIES,
retryDelay: RETRY_DELAY,
});
steamRetry.start();
})();