Steam
The Steam modules allow you to list the recently played games, new games, and news for the steam app in your Steam account.
Getting Started with Steam
Prerequisites
- A Steam account
In order to use Steam with Boost.space Integrator, it is necessary to have a Steam account. If you do not have one, you can create a Steam account at store.steampowered.com.
The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Boost.space Integrator scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!
Connecting Steam to Boost.space Integrator
To connect your Steam account to Boost.space Integrator you need to obtain the API Key from your Steam account and insert it in the Create a connection dialog in the Boost.space Integrator 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 toBoost.space Integrator 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.
Games
List Owned Games
Gets a list of owned games by Profile ID.
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 Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.
List Recently Played Games
Gets a list of recently played games of two weeks on a specified account.
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 Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.
List News for App
Gets all news about the specified app.
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 Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.
Other
Make an API Call
Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.
Connection
Establish a connection to your Steam account.
URL
Enter a path relative to https://api/steampowered.com. For example: /ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp/v0002
For the list of available endpoints, refer to the Steam API Documentation.
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.
Example of Use – Get News for App
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:
Legacy article, imported from the original Boost.space knowledge base (/knowledge-base/applications/lifestyle/steam/).
