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

Using PHP and the Steam Condenser project, you can accomplish this.

require_once('steam/steam-condenser.php');

$playername = 'NAMEOFPLAYER';
try
{
    $id = SteamId::create($playername);
} 
catch (SteamCondenserException $s)
{
    // Error occurred
}

echo $id->getSteamId;

There are usage examples in the wiki for the project if you need more information.

Answer 2

You can use

GET http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/ResolveVanityURL/v0001/

to get the SteamID from the custom URL of a Steam Profile. See http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/WebAPI/ResolveVanityURL

You can't get the steamID from someone's current nickname because nicknames can change and are not unique.

Answer 3

Have you read over this from the Steam Web API?

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_Web_API#GetPlayerSummaries_.28v0002.29

It has an example of using a steam profile url to return the users Steam ID, also some other arguments to gather other information.

If you read down a bit from there it states that "Returns the friend list of any Steam user

Example URL: http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetFriendList/v0001/?key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&steamid=76561197960435530&relationship=friend"

• you can add the arguments for profile information to be returned such as the Steam ID providing the profile is public.

Answer 4

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);
}
};