User:RJackson/StorefrontAPI

Rough documentation for the storefront API - exposed via Big Picture mode. Data is returned in JSON format.

Global parameters

Parameters observed to be used on all methods:

cc (Optional)

Country code for method to return appropriate currency values.

l (Optional)

For localized strings; takes English name of language (none of those fancy ISO distractions).

v (Optional)

Unknown.

Shared data structures

App info

id

type

name

discounted

discounted_percent

original_price

Pre-discount application price.

final_price

Post-discount application price.

currency

What currency prices are denoted in.

large_capsule_image

URL of large-capsule image.

small_capsule_image

URL of small-capsule image.

discount_expiration (Optional)

Unix timestamp of when the discount noted above :expires. Is not provided if the app is not discounted.

headline (Optional)

Headline to atop large-capsule widget.

controller_support (Optional)

Whether the app has controller support. Known values:

• partial
• full

purchase_package (Optional)

Subscription ID for purchasing the app.

Known methods

featured

Data about apps featured on storefront.

GET http://store.steampowered.com/api/featured/

Result data

large_capsules

An array of objects denoting app information; see #App info.

featured_win

An array of objects denoting app information; see #App info.

featured_mac

An array of objects denoting app information; see #App info.

layout

status

featuredcategories

Even more data about featured apps.

GET http://store.steampowered.com/api/featuredcategories/

Parameters

trailer (Optional)

Unknown.

extra (Optional)

extra=controller.

Result data

N

id

name

items

An array of objects, with differing app structures dependant upon N.id:

cat_spotlight

name

header_image

body

url

cat_dailydeal

See #App info

specials

id

name

items

An array of objects denoting app information; see #App info.

coming_soon

id

name

items

An array of objects denoting app information; see #App info.

top_sellers

id

name

items

An array of objects denoting app information; see #App info.

new_releases

id

name

items

An array of objects denoting app information; see #App info.

genres

id

name

trailerslideshow

id

name

status

appdetails

GET http://store.steampowered.com/api/appdetails/

Parameters

appids

CSV of app IDs to return details of.

If you request information about more than 1 appid, the server will respond with "null". It only works if you set filters parameter to value "price_overview". If in this case you try to use multiple filers or any other filter, the server will respond with null. This might be a bug from steam's server side.

filters (Optional)

CSV list of keys to return.

The filter basic returns the following keys:

type

name

steam_appid

required_age

dlc

detailed_description

about_the_game

supported_languages

detailed_description

supported_languages

header_image

website

pc_requirements

mac_requirements

linux_requirements

Any key names except those listed under basic are acceptable as filter values.

Result data

App ID

success

data

type

Observed values: "game", "dlc", "demo", "advertising", "mod", "video".

name

steam_appid

required_age

controller_support (Optional)

Whether the app has controller support. Known values:

• partial
• full

dlc (Optional)

Array of app ids.

detailed_description

String (html).

about_the_game

String (html).

short_description

String (html).

fullgame (Optional)

Shown for movies or demos.

appid

Can be null.

name

Can be "Uninitialized".

supported_languages

String (html).

header_image

URL to image.

website

pc_requirements

Array

minimum

String (html).

recommended

String (html).

mac_requirements

Array

minimum

String (html).

recommended

String (html).

linux_requirements

Array

minimum

String (html).

recommended

String (html).

legal_notice (Optional)

developers (Optional)

Array of strings

publishers

Array of strings.

demos (Optional)

Whether there are demos available for this app.

appid

Demo app's id.

description

To note the demo's restrictions.

price_overview (Optional)

Omitted if free-to-play.

currency

Currency prices are denoted in.

initial

Pre-discount price.

final

Post-discount price.

discount_percent

packages

Array of package IDs.

package_groups

Array of purchase options

name

Observed values: default, subscriptions

title

description

selection_text

If display_type is 1, this describes what the subs represent.

save_text

Marketing text about the massive savings you'll get!

display_type

Numeric value noting how it should be displayed on store pages.

0 - list subs as seperate purchase blocks.

1 - list subs in a dropdown box, contained within a single purchase block for the package group.

is_recurring_subscription

subs

Array of subscriptions in this package group.

packageid

percent_savings_text

percent_savings

option_text

option_description

platforms

Booleans.

windows

mac

linux

metacritic (Optional)

score

url

categories (Optional)

Array.

id

description

genres (Optional)

Array.

id

description

screenshots (Optional)

Array.

id

path_thumbnail

URL to image.

path_full

URL to image.

movies (Optional)

Array.

id

name

thumbnail

webm

480

URL of 480p video.

max

URL of max-quality video.

highlight

Boolean; not sure it's purpose.

recommendations (Optional)

total

Int

achievements (Optional)

total

Int

highlighted

Array

name

path

URL to achievement icon.

release_date

coming_soon

Boolean, true if unreleased; false if released.

date

Format is localized, according to the cc parameter passed. Is an empty string when date is unannounced.

appuserdetails

Information about apps & users in the context of the Steam account logged in to storefront.

GET http://store.steampowered.com/api/appuserdetails/

Parameters

appids

CSV of app IDs to return details of.

Result data

App ID

success

data

friendswant (Optional)

steamid

playtime_twoweeks

playtime_total

friendsown (Optional)

steamid

playtime_twoweeks

playtime_total

recommendations

totalfriends

friends (Optional)

steamid

timestamp

recommendation

commentcount;

added_to_wishlist

is_owned (Optional)

Omitted when false

messages

Messages that are displayed to users either in a dedicated section of Big Picture mode, or as their own window when a user launches Steam or closes a game.

GET http://store.steampowered.com/api/messages/

Parameters

gids

ID of the message.

Result data

gid

ID for the message.

linkurl

button_text

Text for the button linking to linkurl

partner

image

URL of the messages image.

association

vOv

type

id

packagedetails

GET http://store.steampowered.com/api/packagedetails/

Parameters

packageids

CSV of package IDs to return details of.

Result data

Package ID

success

data

name

page_image

Header image on the storefront page.

header_image (Optional)

Header image but scaled to the same size as appdetails' header_image images.

apps

Array of apps the package contains.

id

name

price

currency

Currency prices are denoted in.

initial

Pre-discount price.

final

Post-discount price.

discount_percent

individual

The sum of each individual app's price.

platforms

Booleans.

windows

mac

linux

release_date

coming_soon

Boolean, true if unreleased; false if released.

date

Format is localized, according to the cc parameter passed. Is an empty string when date is unannounced.

salepage

GET http://store.steampowered.com/api/salepage/

Parameters

id

ID of the sale.

Result data

status

id

Sale ID

name

'Default' observed, seemingly unused.

available

Date-range of the sale, formatted as %b %d - %b %d

items

Array of apps in the sale.

id

App ID

name

Name of app

type

Type of app, usually seen as string but represented as an int here; enum structure not known.

0 - game