SteamCommunityKit

SteamCommunityKit is a Python client for real Steam user workflows. It covers public Steam Web API reads, no-key Steam Community reads, and authenticated community actions such as profile management, privacy updates, trade URL helpers, market lookups, inventory helpers, and group workflows.

The library is built around features normal users can actually access. It intentionally avoids Steamworks publisher-only administration endpoints that require partner permissions.

Installation

Install from PyPI:

python -m pip install SteamCommunityKit

Upgrade an existing installation:

python -m pip install --upgrade SteamCommunityKit

Install from a local checkout for development:

python -m pip install -e .[dev]

Python 3.8+ is supported.

Quick Start

Use the client without login or API keys for public community data:

from steamcommunitykit import SteamClient

client = SteamClient()

steam_id = client.resolve_steam_id("gaben")
summary = client.get_player_summary("https://steamcommunity.com/id/gaben/")
price = client.get_market_price_overview(730, "AK-47 | Redline (Field-Tested)")

print(steam_id)
print(summary["personaname"])
print(price["lowest_price"])

Provide a normal steamcommunity.com/dev key when you need Web API methods:

from steamcommunitykit import SteamClient

client = SteamClient(api_key="YOUR_WEB_API_KEY")

summary = client.get_player_summary("gaben")
games = client.get_owned_games_for_user("https://steamcommunity.com/id/gaben/")
news = client.get_news_summary(570, count=2)

print(summary["personaname"])
print(games.get("game_count"))
print(news["items"][0]["title"])

Login only when you need account-backed community actions:

from steamcommunitykit import SteamClient

client = SteamClient()
client.login_to_community("YOUR_USERNAME", "YOUR_PASSWORD")

print(client.get_account_info())
print(client.get_trade_offer_url())
print(client.get_group_membership_state("Valve"))

If Steam Guard is required, interactive terminal logins prompt automatically. For non-interactive environments, you can still pass a steam_guard_code explicitly.

Common Workflows

Save and restore a logged-in community session:

from steamcommunitykit import SteamClient

client = SteamClient()
client.login_to_community("YOUR_USERNAME", "YOUR_PASSWORD")
client.save_community_session_bundle("steam_session.json")

restored = SteamClient()
restored.load_community_session_bundle("steam_session.json")
print(restored.get_community_session_state())

Reuse the authenticated session with raw requests calls:

from steamcommunitykit import SteamClient

client = SteamClient()
client.login_to_community("YOUR_USERNAME", "YOUR_PASSWORD")

session = client.build_community_requests_session()
response = session.get("https://steamcommunity.com/my/edit/")
print(response.status_code)

Build a market snapshot from a full listing URL:

from steamcommunitykit import SteamClient

client = SteamClient()
snapshot = client.get_market_price_snapshot_by_url(
    "https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/730/AK-47%20%7C%20Redline%20%28Field-Tested%29"
)

print(snapshot["price_overview"]["lowest_price"])
print(snapshot["listing_summary"]["listing_count"])

Feature Overview

Authentication and sessions

• Username and password login with Steam Guard support
• Refresh-token reuse helpers
• Cookie string, cookie dict, and JSON session import/export
• File-based session save and restore helpers
• Authenticated requests.Session handoff for custom workflows

Community account tools

• Account and profile state reads
• Profile edits for persona name, vanity URL, summary, real name, and location
• Privacy reads and updates
• Avatar upload
• Trade offer URL read and rotation helpers
• Web API key status parsing

Groups

• Group name, URL, and tag availability checks
• Group detail and member reads
• Multi-page member aggregation helpers
• Logged-in membership state parsing
• Group creation with validation and limited-account error handling

Market

• Market search and exact-match helpers
• Price overview and listing summaries
• Item name ID, order histogram, order summary, and price history
• Multi-page aggregation helpers
• Full URL-based helper variants

Inventory

• Raw and normalized inventory reads
• Pagination helpers
• Item search and filtering helpers
• Asset ID lookups and URL-based inventory helpers

Workshop and collections

• Published file detail helpers
• Collection detail and child item helpers
• Query helpers with cursor pagination
• Exact-match and normalized map helpers

Steam Web API

• Users, friends, bans, badges, and levels
• Owned games and recently played games
• App, news, and utility endpoints
• Trade and econ summary helpers that work with normal user-accessible keys

Documentation

• Installation Guide
• Authentication Guide
• Community Guide
• Groups Guide
• Market Guide
• Inventory Guide
• Workshop Guide
• Web API Guide
• Testing Guide
• Security Policy

Testing

Run the unit suite:

python -m pytest -q

Run public smoke tests with an API key:

python examples/smoke_test.py --api-key YOUR_WEB_API_KEY --public-only

Run community smoke tests with a Steam account:

python examples/smoke_test.py --username YOUR_USERNAME --password YOUR_PASSWORD --community-only

Notes

• Web API methods require a normal Steam Web API key from steamcommunity.com/dev.
• Community write actions require a logged-in Steam session.
• Some actions depend on Steam account state, including limited accounts, Family View, and privacy restrictions.
• When authentication or input requirements are missing, the library raises explicit errors instead of silently failing.

Disclaimer

This project is not affiliated with Valve or Steam. Steam pages and community response shapes can change over time, so community-backed helpers may require maintenance when Steam updates its web flows.