Steam API - Can't get the users inventory - PHP

Question

I'm messing around and creating a website that uses Steam API to log in. I'm currently trying to load the users inventory into the website without any greater success and can't find the problem. If I open the link normally in a web browser it works without any problems.

I have tried multiple different urls without success.

Here's an example of the code:

<?php

// Replace STEAM_ID with the Steam ID of the player whose inventory you want to retrieve
$steamid = "STEAM_ID";

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/$steamid/inventory/json/730/2");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_ENCODING, '');

// Execute the cURL request and fetch the response
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$http_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
echo $response;
// Close the cURL session
curl_close($ch);

$response_data = json_decode($response, true);
$inventory = $response_data['rgDescriptions'];
print_r($inventory);

echo "HTTP status code $http_code\n";

Output: {"success":false,"Error":"Unsupported request"}Error: HTTP status code 403

I have also googled and tried different solutions without any different outcome sadly.

Does this answer your question? [Getting someone's Steam inventory](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17393099/getting-someones-steam-inventory) — Markus Zeller, Jan 08 '23 at 15:51
file_get_contents() may not be right command for this. Use curl instead. — Markus Zeller, Jan 08 '23 at 16:31
Please give more debugging information about your problem. What is the request answer? How are the headers? — Markus Zeller, Jan 08 '23 at 16:32
While using curl I got the following Error: HTTP status code 403. — William Bergman, Jan 08 '23 at 16:41
I've tested the code. Works, but there is a cloudflare protection on the server site to prevent grabbing. So you need to obtain a API key to use it properly. https://steamcommunity.com/dev — Markus Zeller, Jan 08 '23 at 18:14
sorry for this dumb question, not really an expert in this area.. I do have an API-key, where do I enter it to get it to work? — William Bergman, Jan 08 '23 at 18:55
Just read the link from above. `All API calls take the form http://api.steampowered.com///v/?key=&format=`. — Markus Zeller, Jan 08 '23 at 18:58

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 09 '23 at 09:47

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I tried using this endpoint as my url and it worked. Maybe try implementing this in your code to see if you get a response

https://steamcommunity.com/inventory/{}/730/2

answered May 09 '23 at 09:47

Johnny Nguyen

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