Garry's Mod addon that allows to request clientside demos, which are sent by the client to a web Flask server.
This addon was created for use on my server, to compensate for the broken serverside demos in the game. It allows a serveradmin / admin to request a clientside demo of a certain length from a specific player, which is recorded without him being aware and then sent to a web server where it is stored. Due to the demo being sent using HTTP, the upload is quite fast and no lag is noticed by the client.
This addon is fully functional, but perfect behavior is not guaranteed, nor is support for this addon. A random key is given to the client for each requested demo, and all client data is checked when uploading, but a full security check was not done on this system, so be careful when using it.
Feel free to edit this addon, and re-distribute it under the same license.
- Copy the demorec folder into your server's addons folder.
- Copy demorec/web to your desired location for the web server.
- Install dependencies using
pip3 install -r requirements.txtfrom the web folder (or whatever your Python3 pip executable is). - Important : change the server key to a custom one in lua/demorec_settings.lua and web/key.txt.
- Done, now just start the web server using
python3 api.py, or for a long-term solution find how to use Flask in your preferred web server (apache2 / nginx).
Simply run the console command demorec [SteamID64] [length(seconds)] to request a demo. The server console can also request a demo, allowing to automate their recording while no admin is present.