How do I get the number of Steam friends online programmatically?
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How can I get the current number of Steam friends online in order to insert it into a script or program? I'm looking to use this value to do something like changing an LED colour or for providing data for a desktop widget etc.
Is this possible? How do I get access to that number?
P.S. I got my idea from here: Xbox Live Traffic Light Notifies You When Friends are Gaming
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How can I get the current number of Steam friends online in order to insert it into a script or program? I'm looking to use this value to do something like changing an LED colour or for providing data for a desktop widget etc.
Is this possible? How do I get access to that number?
P.S. I got my idea from here: Xbox Live Traffic Light Notifies You When Friends are Gaming
steam companion-app
edited Jan 25 at 12:35
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How can I get the current number of Steam friends online in order to insert it into a script or program? I'm looking to use this value to do something like changing an LED colour or for providing data for a desktop widget etc.
Is this possible? How do I get access to that number?
P.S. I got my idea from here: Xbox Live Traffic Light Notifies You When Friends are Gaming
steam companion-app
edited Jan 25 at 12:35
Alexandre Vaillancourt♦
12.7k114149
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How can I get the current number of Steam friends online in order to insert it into a script or program? I'm looking to use this value to do something like changing an LED colour or for providing data for a desktop widget etc.
Is this possible? How do I get access to that number?
P.S. I got my idea from here: Xbox Live Traffic Light Notifies You When Friends are Gaming
steam companion-app
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Steam does not support it, but there is a workaround to get it done programmatically. However, private profiles will not work, so you will not be able to see a friend's status, even if they allowed you to see it. The API is public and it will only be able to see and parse public profiles.
In short you need to query Steam's web API in a loop:
GetFriendList- get all friends of that account- For each friend use
GetPlayerSummariesand thepersonastatein the returned result will include their online status. - Save results, repeat, compare.
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Steam does not support it, but there is a workaround to get it done programmatically. However, private profiles will not work, so you will not be able to see a friend's status, even if they allowed you to see it. The API is public and it will only be able to see and parse public profiles.
In short you need to query Steam's web API in a loop:
GetFriendList- get all friends of that account- For each friend use
GetPlayerSummariesand thepersonastatein the returned result will include their online status. - Save results, repeat, compare.
edited Jan 25 at 12:38
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Steam does not support it, but there is a workaround to get it done programmatically. However, private profiles will not work, so you will not be able to see a friend's status, even if they allowed you to see it. The API is public and it will only be able to see and parse public profiles.
In short you need to query Steam's web API in a loop:
GetFriendList- get all friends of that account- For each friend use
GetPlayerSummariesand thepersonastatein the returned result will include their online status. - Save results, repeat, compare.
edited Jan 25 at 12:38
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Steam does not support it, but there is a workaround to get it done programmatically. However, private profiles will not work, so you will not be able to see a friend's status, even if they allowed you to see it. The API is public and it will only be able to see and parse public profiles.
In short you need to query Steam's web API in a loop:
GetFriendList- get all friends of that account- For each friend use
GetPlayerSummariesand thepersonastatein the returned result will include their online status. - Save results, repeat, compare.
edited Jan 25 at 12:38
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Steam does not support it, but there is a workaround to get it done programmatically. However, private profiles will not work, so you will not be able to see a friend's status, even if they allowed you to see it. The API is public and it will only be able to see and parse public profiles.
In short you need to query Steam's web API in a loop:
GetFriendList- get all friends of that account- For each friend use
GetPlayerSummariesand thepersonastatein the returned result will include their online status. - Save results, repeat, compare.
edited Jan 25 at 12:38
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