WebAPI/GetNewsForApp
< WebAPI
Main article about WebAPI.
URL
GET http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp/v0002
Method-specific Parameters
- appid (uint32)
- The game/item to retrieve news for. This can be any valid app ID as seen in the Steam store.
- maxlength (Optional) (uint32)
- The max length of the contents field.
- enddate (Optional) (uint32)
- Unix timestamp, returns posts before this date.
- count (Optional) (uint32)
- The max number of news items to retrieve. Default: 20.
- feeds (Optional) (string)
- Commma-seperated list of feed names to return news for.
Result Data
- appnews
-
- appid
- The appid of the item news is fetched for.
- newsitems
- A list of objects describing each news item.
- gid
- The unique identifier of the news item.
- title
- Title of the news item.
- url
- Permanent link to the item
- is_external_url
- true if the url given links to an external website. false if it links to the Steam store.
- author
- The author of the news item.
- contents
- The article body with a length equal to the given length with an appended ellipsis if it is exceeded.
- feedlabel
- The category label of the news item.
- date
- A unix timestamp of the date the item was posted.
- feedname
- An internal tag that describes the source of the news item.
