Steam-News

This is an easy to use module that get's the latest news from a steam game. This module is using steams api. This module was made and published by OlleThunberg.

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Install

npm install steam-news --save

Import

const news = require('steam-news');

Methods

Get the latest news from a steam game. Please note that all the input values should be defined as string values. This may not work if they're floats or ints.

const news = require('steam-news');
news.getNews(appid, amount, maxlength, function(err, data){});

• appid: The appid of the game you want to get the news from.
• amount: The amount of articles you want to load.
• maxlength: The maxlength of the article response. Recommended to be set at 300.
• callback: The callback you get.
  • err: If there are any errors.
  • data: The data that you get as a response.

Example in JS format

const news = require('steam-news');
news.getNews('730', '3', '300', (err, callback)=> {
    if(err) throw err;
    console.log(callback);
});

Get every title of the news feed

const news = require('steam-news');
news.getNews('730', '3', '300', (err, callback)=> {
    if(err) throw err;
    for(var i = 0; i < callback.length; i++){
        console.log(callback[i].title);
    }
});

Output

CS:GO's UI update is a needed upgrade
CS:GO and Dota 2 trading disabled in the Netherlands after loot box crackdown
Put CS:GO s new Panorama UI through its paces

Get all the urls for the news

news.getNews('730', '3', '300', (err, callback)=> {
    if(err) throw err;
    for(var i = 0; i < callback.length; i++){
        console.log(callback[i].url);
    }
});

Output

https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/pcgamer/2499943313631643550
https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/pcgamer/2499943313627017630
https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/rps/2499943313626956705

More info

I'm really happy if you'd like to share this module or use this in your upcomming bot or script or whatever you are going to use this for. If you feel like there is anything missing then please open an issue on the Github page. I will fix it as soon as possible.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2018 Olle Thunberg

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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