WebAPI
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Contributing
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Common elements
Parameters
Most WebAPI methods take the following arguments in their URL:
- key
- Your Steam Web API key. Without this, the server will return an HTTP 403 (forbidden) error. A key can be generated here.
- format (Optional)
- The file format to return output in.
json(default)- The JavaScript Object Notation format
xml- Standard XML
vdf- Valve Data Format
- language (Optional)
- The ISO639-1 language code for the language all tokenized strings should be returned in. Not all strings have been translated to every language. If a language does not have a string, the English string will be returned instead. If this parameter is omitted the string token will be returned for the strings.
Terminology
A "tokenized string" refers to a string containing "#"-prefixed tokens that are replaced with the equivalent string in the game's VDF for the chosen language. For instance, "TF_Weapon_Jar" is defined as "Jar Based Karate" in tf/resource/tf_english.txt (as found in "team fortress 2 content.gcf").
Methods
General interfaces
- ISteamApps
- Methods relating to Steam Apps in general.
- GetAppList
- Full list of every publicly facing program in the store/library.
- GetServersAtAddress
- Shows all steam-compatible servers related to a IPv4 Address.
- UpToDateCheck
- Check if a given app version is the most current available.
- ISteamEconomy
- Methods relating to games' store's assets.
- GetAssetClassInfo
- Asset metadata
- GetAssetPrices
- Prices of items in the economy.
- ISteamNews
- Methods relating to Steam News.
- GetNewsForApp
- News feed for various games
- ISteamRemoteStorage
- Methods relating to stored files.
- GetCollectionDetails
- GetPublishedFileDetails
- GetUGCFileDetails
- UGC file size, local filename, and URL.
- ISteamUser
- Methods relating to Steam users.
- GetFriendList
- User friend list
- GetPlayerBans
- Player ban/probation status
- GetPlayerSummaries
- User profile data
- GetUserGroupList
- Lists Group ID(s) linked with 64 bit ID
- ResolveVanityURL
- Resolve vanity URL parts to a 64 bit ID.
- ISteamUserStats
- Methods relating to User stats.
- GetGlobalAchievementPercentagesForApp
- Statistics showing how much of the player base have unlocked various achievements.
- GetGlobalStatsForGame
- GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers
- Returns the current number of players for an app.
- GetPlayerAchievements
- Game achievements
- GetSchemaForGame
- GetUserStatsForGame
- IPlayerService
- Methods relating to a Steam user's games.
- ISteamWebAPIUtil
- Methods relating to the WebAPI itself.
- GetServerInfo
- Returns WebAPI server time & checks server status.
- GetSupportedAPIList
- Lists all available WebAPI interfaces.
Game specific interfaces
Generic
- IEconItems_<ID>
- Methods relating to in-game items for supported games.
- GetPlayerItems
- Lists items in a player's backpack.
- GetSchema
- Information about the items in a supporting game.
- GetSchemaURL
- Returns a URL for the games' item_game.txt file.
- GetStoreMetadata
- Information about the game's store.
- GetStoreStatus
- The game's store status.
- IGCVersion_<ID>
- TODO.
- GetClientVersion
- TODO
- GetClusterVersion
- TODO
- GetServerVersion
- TODO
Dota 2
- IDOTA2Match_<ID>
- Methods relating to Dota 2 matches.
- GetLeagueListing
- Information about DotaTV-supported leagues.
- GetLiveLeagueGames
- A list of in-progress league matches, as well as details of that match as it unfolds.
- GetMatchDetails
- Information about a particular match.
- GetMatchHistory
- A list of matches, filterable by various parameters.
- GetMatchHistoryBySequenceNum
- A list of matches ordered by their sequence num.
- GetScheduledLeagueGames
- A list of scheduled league games coming up.
- GetTeamInfoByTeamID
- A list of all the teams set up in-game.
- GetTournamentPlayerStats
- Stats about a particular player within a tournament.
- IDOTA2_<ID>
- Methods relating to Dota 2.
- GetRarities
- Dota 2 item rarity list.
- GetHeroes
- A list of heroes within Dota 2.
- GetTicketSaleStatus
- TODO.
Portal 2
- IPortal2Leaderboards_<ID>
- Methods relating to Portal 2 Leaderboards.
- GetBucketizedData
- TODO
Other undocumented interfaces
- ISteamGameServerAccount
- TODO
- ISteamOAuth2
- TODO
- ISteamUserAuth
- TODO
- ISteamWebUserPresenceOAuth
- TODO
Notes
List of IDs
For a complete list, see GetAppList.
- 260
- Counter Strike: Source Beta
- 440
- Team Fortress 2
- 520
- Team Fortress 2 Public Beta
- 570
- Dota 2
- 620
- Portal 2
- 710
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Dev
- 816
- Dota 2 internal test
- 841
- Portal 2 Beta
- 205790
- Dota 2 (beta) test
Methods Requiring a 64-bit User ID
Most API requests that take an ID parameter require a 64 bit ID, if one is not readily available a vanity URL part can be resolved via ResolveVanityURL.
Implementations
- Steam Condenser Ruby, PHP, and Java library.
- Steamodd Python library, used by OPTF2.
- More
See also
- Feedback for requests, suggestions, and issues.
