Steam-explorer NPM

About The Project

API to search on Steam Community. This is not an official Steam Application and it has no connection with Steam nor its developers

Built With

Getting Started

You need to follow some steps to get this running.

Prerequisites

You need to acquire an API key from Steam. You can acquire one by filling out this form.

Installation

Install the package using your package manager of choice.

npm install steam-explorer --save

Usage

You may then import SteamExplorer into your project.

// ES Modules
import { SteamExplorer } from 'steam-explorer';

// CommonJS
const { SteamExplorer } = require('steam-explorer');

After that, you need to instantiate the class providing the Steam API key in the config and you're ready to use it!

const steamExplorer = new SteamExplorer({ apiKey: 'YOUR-API-KEY' });

const usersResults = await steamExplorer.findUsers('johndoe')

Methods

`new SteamExplorer(config) ===> SteamExplorer object`

Constructor to create a new SteamExplorer object. You need to provide a config object

Constructor Arguments
- config: {SteamExplorerConfig}. Config object that contains the API key
Example Use

const config = {
  apiKey: 'YOUR-API-KEY'
}

const steamExplorer = new SteamExplorer(config);

`findUsers(q, options) ===> Promise<FindResults<SteamUser>>`

Find users in Steam Community

Method Arguments
- q: {string}. Username to be searched
- options: {FindOptions}. Search options. Default values: page = 1
Example Use

const config = {
  apiKey: 'YOUR-API-KEY'
}

const steamExplorer = new SteamExplorer(config);

const usersResults = await steamExplorer.findUsers('johndoe')

const moreUsersResults = await steamExplorer.findUsers('johndoe', { page: 2 })

`getSteamId(nickname) ===> Promise<string>`

Get the SteamId of an user from his custom url nickname https://steamcommunity.com/id/{{nickname}}

Method Arguments
- nickname: {string}. Custom url nickname to be searched
Example Use

const config = {
  apiKey: 'YOUR-API-KEY'
}

const steamExplorer = new SteamExplorer(config);

//https://steamcommunity.com/id/johndoe12`
const steamId = await steamExplorer.getSteamId('johndoe12')

ℹ️ More functionalities coming soon... Ideas are welcome. You can request a feature creating a new issue

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!