Steam
The Steam modules allow you to list the recently played games, new games, and news for the steam app in your Steam account.
Prerequisites
- A Steam account
In order to use Steam with , is necessary to have a Steam account. If you do not have one, you can create a Steam account at store.steampowered.com.
To connect your Steam account to Make you need to obtain the API Key from your Steam account and insert it in the Create a connection dialog in the Make module.
1. Go to the Steam API Key page and log in to your Steam account.
2. Copy the API Key to your clipboard.
You must have games in your account to enable the API key.
3. Go to Make and open the Steam module's Create a Connection dialog.
4. In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.
5. In the API Key field, enter the API Key copied in step 2, and click Continue.
Steam does not provide a method to verify the API key. Ensure to double-check that the entered API key is correct.
The connection has been established.
Gets a list of owned games by Profile ID.
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Connection | Establish a connection to your Steam account. |
Steam ID | Enter (map) the Steam ID whose games you want to list. Your Steam is an integer and can be found at Your Profile Icon > Accounts. |
Include App Info | Select whether you want to include the game name and logo information in the results. |
Include Played Free Games | Select whether you want to include the free games played by the user. |
Apps ID Filter | Enter the App ID to list the games related to the specified App ID. |
Limit | Set the maximum number of owned games Make should return during one execution cycle. |
Gets a list of recently played games of two weeks on a specified account.
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Connection | Establish a connection to your Steam account. |
Steam ID | Enter (map) the Steam ID whose recently played games you want to list. Your Steam is an integer and can be found at Your Profile Icon > Accounts. |
Limit | Set the maximum number of played games Make should return during one execution cycle. |
Gets all news about the specified app.
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Connection | Establish a connection to your Steam account. |
Steam ID | Enter (map) the Steam ID whose games you want to list. Your Steam is an integer and can be found at Your Profile Icon > Accounts. |
Include App Info | Select whether you want to include the game name and logo information in the results. |
Include Played Free Games | Select whether you want to include the free games played by the user. |
Apps ID Filter | Enter the App ID to list the games related to the specified App ID. |
Limit | Set the maximum number of news items Make should return during one execution cycle. |
Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Connection | Establish a connection to your Steam account. |
URL | Enter a path relative to https://api/steampowered.com. For example: /ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp/v0002 |
Method | Select the HTTP method you want to use: GET: to retrieve information for an entry. POST: to create a new entry. PUT: to update/replace an existing entry. PATCH: to make a partial entry update. DELETE: to delete an entry. |
Headers | Enter the desired request headers. You don't have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you. |
Query String | Enter the request query string. |
Body | Enter the body content for your API call. |
The following API call returns all the news items for the specified app from your Steam account:
URL: /ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp/v0002
Method: GET
Matches of the search can be found in the module's Output under Bundle > Body > newsitems. In our example, 152 news items were returned:
For the list of available endpoints, refer to the Steam API Documentation.