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Data snapshots of app lists on Steam.
https://github.com/woctezuma/steam-store-snapshots
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Data snapshots of app lists on Steam.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/woctezuma/steam-store-snapshots
- Owner: woctezuma
- License: mit
- Created: 2021-01-09T11:42:38.000Z (about 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-11-06T12:57:12.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-06T06:09:38.911Z (2 months ago)
- Topics: steam
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 3.82 MB
- Stars: 3
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Steam Store Snapshots
This repository contains data snapshots of the list of apps on the Steam store.
## Data
Data can be fetched from the following API interfaces:
- `ISteamApps`
- `IStoreService`
### `ISteamApps`
![Illustration for ISteamApps][illustration-ISteamApps]
A request is made to the following endpoint:
> `https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamApps/GetAppList/v2/?`
`ISteamApps` does not require any argument.
### `IStoreService`
![Illustration for IStoreService][illustration-IStoreService]
A request is made to the following endpoint:
> `https://api.steampowered.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/?key=is_here_but_hidden&max_results=50000`
`IStoreService` should be called with the following arguments:
- `key=is_here_but_hidden`: your access key,
- `max_results=50000`: the number of apps to return at a time. Max is 50k.
Your access key is **secret**, and can be:
- either your WebAPI key,
- or your OAuth access token.
Please refer to the explanation below to figure out your secret key:
![Illustration for the secret key][illustration-secret-key]
## Usage
An example script `main.py` is provided to load JSON data.
It can be run as follows:
```bash
python main.py
```
Output:
```
[ISteamApps] #apps = 107911
[IStoreService] #apps = 48792
```
Depending on the API interface, the data snapshots are different.
As of January 9, 2021:
- `ISteamApps` retrieves about 108k apps,
- `IStoreService` retrieves about 49k apps.
The discrepancy is likely due to the fact that:
- `ISteamApps` retrieves games, DLC, software items, hardware, videos and series,
- `IStoreService` only retrieves games (if used with the default request arguments).
## Unofficial API: GameDataCrunch
[GameDataCrunch][gdc-website] provides an unofficial API to retrieve the list of apps on the Steam store.
It can be an alternative if you don't have an access key for the official API.
A Python package [`gamedatacrunch`][gdc-github] is available on [PyPI][gdc-pypi].
## References
- Official API:
- [`ISteamApps` interface][steam-web-api-ISteamApps]
- [`IStoreService` interface][steam-web-api-IStoreService]
- [Steam Web API Documentation][steam-web-api-documentation]
- Unofficial API:
- Website: [GameDataCrunch][gdc-website]
- Python package: [`gamedatacrunch`][gdc-github]@[PyPI][gdc-pypi]
[gdc-website]:
[gdc-github]:
[gdc-pypi]:
[steam-web-api-ISteamApps]:
[steam-web-api-IStoreService]:
[steam-web-api-documentation]:
[illustration-ISteamApps]:
[illustration-IStoreService]:
[illustration-secret-key]: