EpicGames Free Games

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Automatically login and find available free games the Epic Games Store. Sends you a prepopulated checkout link so you can complete the checkout after logging in. Supports multiple accounts, login sessions, and scheduled runs.

We use the cookie import method to authenticate users.

This app is hosted on Cocoa as a docker container

https://github.com/trentnbauer/agg/blob/main/docker-compose/epicgames.yml

version: '3'

services:

  app:

    image: ghcr.io/claabs/epicgames-freegames-node:bullseye-slim@sha256:8a27d14aa613ae6af7ed629847a8ca9d60444061528e2da3b530646b33fb5050

    ports:

      - ${WEBPORT:-3000}:3000/udp

      - ${WEBPORT:-3000}:3000/tcp

    restart: unless-stopped

    volumes:

      - config:/usr/app/config

    environment:

      - TZ=${TZ:-Australia/Melbourne}

      - EMAIL=${RECIPIENT_EMAIL} #Email this person when a new free game is released

      - RUN_ON_STARTUP=${RUN_ON_STARTUP:-true}

      - BASE_URL=https://${RECIPIENT_NAME}-egf.${DOMAIN}

      - SMTP_HOST=${SMTP_HOST:-smtp.gmail.com}

      - SMTP_PORT=${SMTP_PORT:-587}

      - EMAIL_SENDER_ADDRESS=${SMTP_FROM} #Emails will be sent from this address

      - EMAIL_SENDER_NAME=${SMTP_SUBJECT:-Epic Games Free Games}

      - EMAIL_RECIPIENT_ADDRESS=${RECIPIENT_EMAIL} #Email this person when a new free game is released

      - SMTP_SECURE=${SMTP_SECURE:-false}

      - SMTP_USERNAME=${SMTP_USERNAME}

      - SMTP_PASSWORD=${SMTP_PASSWORD}

      - LOCAL_TUNNEL=${LOCAL_TUNNEL:-false}

    mem_limit: 2G

    labels:

      - dfgeneric.enable=true

      - dfgeneric.hostname=${RECIPIENT_NAME}-egf.${DOMAIN}

      - dfgeneric.service=http://${HOSTNAME:-localhost}:${WEBPORT:-3000}

      - dfgeneric.access.policy=${CFPOLICY:-bypass}

      - dfgeneric.zonename=${DOMAIN}

    logging:

      driver: "json-file"

      options:

        max-size: "5m"

        max-file: "3"



volumes:

  config:



##     I RECOMMEND A CONTAINER PER USER

##     MINIMUM ENV

##     SET THE SUBDOMAIN TO BE UNIQUE AND RECIPIENT TO BE UNIQUE

#RECIPIENT_EMAIL=

#RECIPIENT_NAME=

#FROM_SMTP=

#SMTP_USERNAME=

#SMTP_PASSWORD=

#SUBDOMAIN=

#DOMAIN=

#HOSTNAME=

Port	Purpose
3434	WebUI

Host Volume	Container Volume	Purpose
epicgames_config	/usr/app/config	Stores config and cookie files

Cookie Import

1. Follow the official guide to export your cookies

2. Log into Portainer

3. Select Cocoa

4. On the left, select Volumes

5. Click on 'Browse' next to the epicgames_config volume

6. Click on upload

7. Upload your JSON file

8. Edit the config.json file

   1. Download the config.json file

   2. Open the config.json in Visual Studio code

   3. Locate line 35 (accounts), click on the end and then hit enter

   4. Copy and paste the below code block and replace the example email with yours

          {
            "email": "[email protected]"
          },

   5. Save the file

9. Upload the edited config.json file

10. On the left, click on Stacks

11. Select Epic Games

12. Click on 'Stop this stack', then OK

13. Click on 'Start this stack'