Get steamID by user nickname

Question

Is it possible to get user\'s steamID by his nickname? I didn\'t find solution in steam API documentation. The only one thing that I found is an old post on http://dev.dota2.com

Answer 1

Here is my solution for this problem:

module.exports.getProfile = async (req, res) => {
let response = { success: false, data: {}, error: {} }
let { profileAddress } = req.body;
if (profileAddress) {
    try {
        let steamId;
        let split = profileAddress.split('/');
        split = split.filter(arrayItem => arrayItem != '');
        if (split[split.length - 2] === 'profiles') {
            steamId = split[split.length - 1]
        } else {
            let vanityUrl = split[split.length - 1];
            let steamIdResponse = await axios.get(
                `http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/ResolveVanityURL/v0001/?key=${process.env.steamApiKey}&vanityurl=${vanityUrl}`,
            );
            if (steamIdResponse.data.response.success === 1) {
                steamId = steamIdResponse.data.response.steamid;
            } else {
                response.error = steamIdResponse.data.response.message;
            }
        }
        let profileResponse = await axios.get(
            `http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerSummaries/v0002/?key=${process.env.steamApiKey}&steamids=${steamId}`,
        );
        if (profileResponse.data.response.players[0]) {
            response = {
                success: true,
                data: profileResponse.data.response.players[0],
                error: null
            }
            res.status(200);
        } else {
            response.error = response.error ? response.error : "Failed to get Profile.";
            res.status(500);
        }
        res.send(response);
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error)
        response.error = "Failed to get Profile."
        res.status(500).send(response);
    }
} else {
    response.error = "Profile URL missing."
    res.status(500).send(response);
}
};