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+import { error, json } from '@sveltejs/kit'
+import type { RequestHandler } from './$types'
+import SteamAPI, { Game, GameInfo, GameInfoExtended, UserPlaytime } from 'steamapi'
+
+export const GET: RequestHandler = async ({ params }) => {
+	const steam = new SteamAPI(process.env.STEAM_API_KEY)
+	try {
+		const steamId = '76561197997279808'
+
+		const ownedGames = await steam.getUserOwnedGames(steamId, { includeExtendedAppInfo: true })
+
+		const sortedGames = sortUserPlaytimes(ownedGames).slice(0, 5)
+		const extendedGames = sortedGames.filter(
+			(game): game is UserPlaytime<GameInfoExtended> => 'coverURL' in game.game
+		)
+		const serializableGames: SerializableGameInfo[] = extendedGames.map((game) => ({
+			id: game.game.id,
+			name: game.game.name,
+			playtime: game.minutes,
+			coverURL: game.game.coverURL
+		}))
+
+		return new Response(JSON.stringify(serializableGames), {
+			headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
+		})
+	} catch (err) {
+		console.log('Catching here')
+		console.error('Error fetching recent game:', err)
+		throw error(500, 'Error fetching recent game data')
+	}
+}
+
+function sortUserPlaytimes(
+	userPlaytimes: UserPlaytime<GameInfoExtended | Game | GameInfo>[]
+): UserPlaytime<GameInfoExtended | Game | GameInfo>[] {
+	return userPlaytimes.sort((a, b) => {
+		if (a.lastPlayedTimestamp === undefined && b.lastPlayedTimestamp === undefined) {
+			// Both games have never been played, sort by total minutes (which will be 0)
+			return b.minutes - a.minutes // This will always be 0 - 0, but we keep it for consistency
+		}
+		if (a.lastPlayedTimestamp === undefined) return 1 // a goes after b
+		if (b.lastPlayedTimestamp === undefined) return -1 // a goes before b
+
+		// If both have lastPlayedTimestamp, compare them
+		if (a.lastPlayedTimestamp !== b.lastPlayedTimestamp) {
+			return b.lastPlayedTimestamp - a.lastPlayedTimestamp
+		}
+
+		// If lastPlayedTimestamp is the same, compare total minutes
+		return b.minutes - a.minutes
+	})
+}