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Try the Steam App News API

Test Crawlora's Steam App News API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /steam/news
Platform: Steam
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Required params: appid
Common optional params: count, maxlength

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/steam/news?appid=<appid>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
appid	string	Yes	Numeric Steam app id
count	integer	No	Number of posts (max 50)
maxlength	integer	No	Max characters of each post body; default 300, set -1 for full content

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "appid": "570",
    "count": 1,
    "items": [
      {
        "gid": "5123456789",
        "title": "Gameplay Update",
        "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/570/view/5123456789",
        "author": "Valve",
        "contents": "Balance changes...",
        "feedlabel": "Community Announcements",
        "feedname": "steam_community_announcements",
        "date": 1619740800,
        "is_external_url": true
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp/v2/?appid=570&count=10&maxlength=300"
  }
}

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GETapiKey1 credit/requeststeam.newsResponseDocSteam

GET /steam/news

Get recent news posts for a Steam app

Returns recent news/announcement posts for an app (title, author, contents, feed, date). Credential-free public Steam WebAPI JSON.

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Required query parameters

appid

requiredstring

Numeric Steam app id

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "appid": "570",
    "count": 1,
    "items": [
      {
        "gid": "5123456789",
        "title": "Gameplay Update",
        "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/570/view/5123456789",
        "author": "Valve",
        "contents": "Balance changes...",
        "feedlabel": "Community Announcements",
        "feedname": "steam_community_announcements",
        "date": 1619740800,
        "is_external_url": true
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp/v2/?appid=570&count=10&maxlength=300"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns recent news/announcement posts for an app (title, author, contents, feed, date). Credential-free public Steam WebAPI JSON.

Method: GET
Path: /steam/news
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 1 credit/request
Platform: Steam
Parameters: 4 documented fields

Request parameters

appid:querycount:querymaxlength:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.appiddata.countdata.itemsdata.items[].authordata.items[].contentsdata.items[].datedata.items[].feedlabeldata.items[].feednamedata.items[].giddata.items[].is_external_url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "appid": "570",
    "count": 1,
    "items": [
      {
        "gid": "5123456789",
        "title": "Gameplay Update",
        "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/570/view/5123456789",
        "author": "Valve",
        "contents": "Balance changes...",
        "feedlabel": "Community Announcements",
        "feedname": "steam_community_announcements",
        "date": 1619740800,
        "is_external_url": true
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp/v2/?appid=570&count=10&maxlength=300"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/steam/news?appid=<appid>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /steam/news
Platform: Steam
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Required params: appid
Common optional params: count, maxlength

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/steam/news?appid=<appid>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
appid	string	Yes	Numeric Steam app id
count	integer	No	Number of posts (max 50)
maxlength	integer	No	Max characters of each post body; default 300, set -1 for full content

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "appid": "570",
    "count": 1,
    "items": [
      {
        "gid": "5123456789",
        "title": "Gameplay Update",
        "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/570/view/5123456789",
        "author": "Valve",
        "contents": "Balance changes...",
        "feedlabel": "Community Announcements",
        "feedname": "steam_community_announcements",
        "date": 1619740800,
        "is_external_url": true
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp/v2/?appid=570&count=10&maxlength=300"
  }
}

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GETapiKey1 credit/requeststeam.newsResponseDocSteam

GET /steam/news

Get recent news posts for a Steam app

Returns recent news/announcement posts for an app (title, author, contents, feed, date). Credential-free public Steam WebAPI JSON.

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

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API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

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Active Playground key: not configured

Manage API keys in Console

Required query parameters

appid

requiredstring

Numeric Steam app id

Add an API key to send a live request.

If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

View docs

Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "appid": "570",
    "count": 1,
    "items": [
      {
        "gid": "5123456789",
        "title": "Gameplay Update",
        "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/570/view/5123456789",
        "author": "Valve",
        "contents": "Balance changes...",
        "feedlabel": "Community Announcements",
        "feedname": "steam_community_announcements",
        "date": 1619740800,
        "is_external_url": true
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp/v2/?appid=570&count=10&maxlength=300"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns recent news/announcement posts for an app (title, author, contents, feed, date). Credential-free public Steam WebAPI JSON.

Method: GET
Path: /steam/news
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 1 credit/request
Platform: Steam
Parameters: 4 documented fields

Request parameters

appid:querycount:querymaxlength:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.appiddata.countdata.itemsdata.items[].authordata.items[].contentsdata.items[].datedata.items[].feedlabeldata.items[].feednamedata.items[].giddata.items[].is_external_url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "appid": "570",
    "count": 1,
    "items": [
      {
        "gid": "5123456789",
        "title": "Gameplay Update",
        "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/570/view/5123456789",
        "author": "Valve",
        "contents": "Balance changes...",
        "feedlabel": "Community Announcements",
        "feedname": "steam_community_announcements",
        "date": 1619740800,
        "is_external_url": true
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp/v2/?appid=570&count=10&maxlength=300"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/steam/news?appid=<appid>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"