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ps4-time-tracking

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Util for tracking PlayStation 4 usage times

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# ps4-time-tracking

This program helps you keep track of your PS4 gaming habits. It will create an [iCalendar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar) file which contains timespans from the time you were playing.

## Prerequisites

Install the Python requirements with `pip install -r requirements.txt`.

If you want to use the Telegram Bot you need to install [this Bot Framework](https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot) first.

## Usage

Run `ps4watch.sh` in very short frequency to track what game your PS4 is
running at the time. After an amount of time the log file will fill with dates:

``` csv
2016-08-12T14:55+0000,null,null
2016-08-12T15:00+0000,null,null
2016-08-12T15:05+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:10+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:15+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:20+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:25+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:30+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:35+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:40+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:45+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:50+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T15:55+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T16:00+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T16:05+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T16:10+0000,"Pro Evolution Soccer 2016","CUSA02640"
2016-08-12T16:15+0000,"Destiny","CUSA00219"
2016-08-12T16:20+0000,"Destiny","CUSA00219"
2016-08-12T16:25+0000,"Destiny","CUSA00219"
2016-08-12T16:30+0000,"Destiny","CUSA00219"
```

You can generate calendar entries in ics format by running `parseTimeSpans.py ps4watch.log calendar.ics`.

Run `ps4ical.sh` to calculate time-spans and to generate an `ics` file out of it. Adapt it to your needs. Currently it contains a statement for FTP uploading to my server.

`makeScore.sh` is also a utilty custom made for my needs, which will generate a top 10 list of my top games and will notify me whenever a different game enters or moves up the top 10.

If you're subscribing to this calendar, you will get a nice output:

![Output in Calendar](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/snipem/ps4-time-tracking/master/example.png)

Additionally a file called `statistics.csv` is generated which summarizes
all minutes that you played one particular game.

## Example crontab

The following crontab setting will run `ps4watch.sh` every 5 minutes between 10pm till 2am and every half hour between 3 am and 9 pm.

``` crontab
*/5 10-23 * * * ps4watch.sh
*/5 0-2 * * * ps4watch.sh
*/30 3-9 * * * ps4watch.sh
```

## Firewall exception

After receiving the request from your client, the PS4 answers on a random UDP port in the range of 30000-65000. You will have to make a firewall exception for these ports. In my case this was:

firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=FedoraServer --add-port=30000-65000/udp

## Bot Usage

Create new Telegram Bot via Telegrams own BotFather and insert your newly created Api Token in PS4-Time-Bot.py.
In addition to your Api Token you need to specify the path to your ps4watch.log file.
Thats it, now you can start PS4-Time-Bot.py with python3 and use your Telegram Bot.

### Predefined Commands

Chat Commands | Description
------------ | -------------
/times_all | get all playtimes in min
/times_last_month | get playtimes from last month in min
/times_last_week | get playtimes from last week in min
/times_today | get playtimes from today in min
/times_all_h | get all playtimes in hours
/times_last_month_h | get playtimes from last month in hours
/times_last_week_h | get playtimes from last week in hours
/times_today_h | get playtimes from today in hours

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