discord-bot-steam

Discord bot, that search for game and show how many players are playing the game currently.

Bot has only one command /player-count <game-name>.

To run bot, you need first setup config, then you can start bot via shell script start-detached.sh.

Setup local config

File config

You have to create creds.json file in src/App/Config/. Then you can run bot via start.sh shell script.

File content

{
  "token": "xxxx",
  "steam": {
    "apiKey": "xxxx"
  }
}

Environment variable config

You can use environment variable as config. This comes handy, while you are using bot via Docker.

Variables

• botToken - for Discord bot token generated from admin section of Discord
• steamApiKey - for Steam API generated in Steam

Docker environments variables

You have to create .env file.

.env content

botToken=xxxx
steamApiKey=xxxx

Steam commands examples

Searching games

https://steamcommunity.com/actions/SearchApps/(game-name)

Response:

[{"appid":"1517290","name":"Battlefield™ 2042","icon":"https:\/\/cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com\/steamcommunity\/public\/images\/apps\/1517290\/dc805cd05c36a1b26f4eb57b64301e6708e20776.jpg","logo":"https:\/\/cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com\/steam\/apps\/1517290\/capsule_184x69.jpg"}]

Current player count for game

https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?key=(api-key)&appid=(game-id)

Response:

{"response":{"player_count":4517,"result":1}}