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* <code>http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerSummaries/v0001/?steamids=XXXXXXXXXXXX&full=1</code> | * <code>http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerSummaries/v0001/?steamids=XXXXXXXXXXXX&full=1</code> | ||
=== Provide games information === | === Provide games and packages information === | ||
There should be something like <code>ISteamGame</code> to retrieve information about every game available on Steam. One method to get all games and one for detailed information about one game, e.g. appid, name, release date, publisher, achievements, store link, price (depending on the country code) etc. and all subIDs (packages) they're included in. | There should be something like <code>ISteamGame</code> to retrieve information about every game available on Steam. One method to get all games and one for detailed information about one game, e.g. appid, name, release date, publisher, achievements, store link, price (depending on the country code) etc. and all subIDs (packages) they're included in. | ||
Equally there should be something like <code>ISteamPackage</code> to retrieve information about every package available on Steam. One method to get all packages and one for detailed information about one package. e.g subid, name and all appIDs of games, that are included and price (depending on the country code). | Equally there should be something like <code>ISteamPackage</code> to retrieve information about every package available on Steam. One method to get all packages and one for detailed information about one package. e.g subid, name and all appIDs of games, that are included and price (depending on the country code). | ||
Both interfaces also should have a third method that only returns a "last update" time stamp of the games / packages list to decrease traffic. This way a developer only needs to update his data if the time stamp has changed. | |||
Revision as of 06:42, 9 July 2010
Suggestions
Provide more information about player profiles (like the old XML interface)
ISteamUser should either have another method to get the entire information about a player (e.g. friends, groups and games) or GetUserSummaries should provide these (with an optional argument):
http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerProfile/v0001/?steamid=XXXXXXXXXXXXhttp://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUser/GetPlayerSummaries/v0001/?steamids=XXXXXXXXXXXX&full=1
Provide games and packages information
There should be something like ISteamGame to retrieve information about every game available on Steam. One method to get all games and one for detailed information about one game, e.g. appid, name, release date, publisher, achievements, store link, price (depending on the country code) etc. and all subIDs (packages) they're included in.
Equally there should be something like ISteamPackage to retrieve information about every package available on Steam. One method to get all packages and one for detailed information about one package. e.g subid, name and all appIDs of games, that are included and price (depending on the country code).
Both interfaces also should have a third method that only returns a "last update" time stamp of the games / packages list to decrease traffic. This way a developer only needs to update his data if the time stamp has changed.