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An API to download Steam reviews

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Download Steam Reviews

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This repository contains Python code to download every Steam review for the games of your choice.

Installation

The code is packaged for PyPI, so that the installation consists in running:

pip install steamreviews

Usage

The Steam API is rate-limited so you should be able to download about 10 reviews per second.

NB: If you do not know the appID of a game, look for it on the Steam store. The appID is a unique number in the URL.

For instance, for SpyParty, the appID is 329070.

appID for SpyParty

Process a batch of appIDs

import steamreviews

app_ids = [329070, 573170]
steamreviews.download_reviews_for_app_id_batch(app_ids)

Process a batch of appIDs, written down in a text file

  • For every game of interest, write down its appID in a text file named idlist.txt. There should be an appID per line.
  • Then proceed as follows:
import steamreviews

steamreviews.download_reviews_for_app_id_batch()

Load reviews for one appID

import steamreviews

app_id = 329070
review_dict = steamreviews.load_review_dict(app_id)

Download reviews for one appID

import steamreviews

app_id = 573170
review_dict, query_count = steamreviews.download_reviews_for_app_id(app_id)

Download reviews for one appID, with specific request parameters (language, sentiment, store)

import steamreviews

request_params = dict()
# Reference: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/localization#supported_languages
request_params['language'] = 'english'
# Reference: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/getreviews
request_params['review_type'] = 'positive'
request_params['purchase_type'] = 'steam'

app_id = 573170
review_dict, query_count = steamreviews.download_reviews_for_app_id(app_id,
                                                                    chosen_request_params=request_params)

Download a few of the most helpful reviews for one appID, which were created in a time-window

Caveat: with filter set to all, you will only be able to download a few reviews within the specified time-window.

import steamreviews

request_params = dict()
# Reference: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/getreviews
request_params['filter'] = 'all'  # reviews are sorted by helpfulness instead of chronology
request_params['day_range'] = '28'  # focus on reviews which were published during the past four weeks

app_id = 573170
review_dict, query_count = steamreviews.download_reviews_for_app_id(app_id,
                                                                    chosen_request_params=request_params)

Download reviews for one appID, which were created within a specific time-window

import steamreviews

request_params = dict()
request_params['filter'] = 'recent'
request_params['day_range'] = '28'

app_id = 573170
review_dict, query_count = steamreviews.download_reviews_for_app_id(app_id,
                                                                    chosen_request_params=request_params)

Download reviews for one appID, which were updated within a specific time-window

import steamreviews

request_params = dict()
request_params['filter'] = 'updated'
request_params['day_range'] = '28'

app_id = 573170
review_dict, query_count = steamreviews.download_reviews_for_app_id(app_id,
                                                                    chosen_request_params=request_params)

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