Steam Game Scraper (steamgrab)

A TypeScript library for fetching game information from the Steam store. This library provides easy-to-use functions for searching games by name and retrieving detailed game information by Steam App ID.

Features

• Search for games by name and get multiple results
• Fetch detailed game information using Steam App ID
• TypeScript support with full type definitions
• Modern async/await API
• Error handling with custom error types
• Compatible with Node.js 16+ and modern browsers

Installation

npm install steamgrab
# or
yarn add steamgrab
# or
bun add steamgrab

This package is distributed as TypeScript source files rather than compiled JavaScript, which provides several benefits:

• Better type information directly from the source
• Easier debugging with source maps
• Ability to adapt the code to your TypeScript configuration

Note that you'll need TypeScript ≥4.5.0 in your project to use this package.

Usage

Searching for games

import { Steam } from 'steamgrab';

async function searchGames() {
  try {
    // Get up to 10 games matching "Portal"
    const games = await Steam.getGames('Portal');
    
    console.log(`Found ${games.length} games:`);
    games.forEach(game => {
      console.log(`${game.title} (${game.appid}) - ${game.price}`);
    });
  } catch (error) {
    if (error instanceof Steam.SteamScraperError) {
      console.error('Steam scraper error:', error.message);
    } else {
      console.error('Error:', error);
    }
  }
}

searchGames();

Getting game details by App ID

import { Steam } from 'steamgrab';

async function getGameDetails(appId: number) {
  try {
    const game = await Steam.getGameInfoById(appId);
    
    if (game) {
      console.log(`Title: ${game.title}`);
      console.log(`Release Date: ${game.release}`);
      console.log(`Price: ${game.price}`);
      console.log(`Image URL: ${game.image}`);
    } else {
      console.log(`No game found with AppID: ${appId}`);
    }
  } catch (error) {
    if (error instanceof Steam.SteamScraperError) {
      console.error('Steam API error:', error.message);
    } else {
      console.error('Error:', error);
    }
  }
}

// Get details for Portal 2 (App ID: 620)
getGameDetails(620);

API Reference

getGames(query: string, limit?: number): Promise<GameInfo[]>

Searches for games by name and returns an array of game information.

• query: The game name to search for
• limit: Maximum number of results to return (default: 10)

getFirstGameInfo(query: string): Promise<GameInfo | null>

Fetches the first game information result by searching for a game name.

• query: The game name to search for

Note: This function is deprecated. Use getGames(query, 1) instead.

getGameInfoById(appId: string | number): Promise<GameInfo | null>

Fetches game information directly using the Steam API with a game ID.

• appId: The Steam app ID of the game

GameInfo Interface

interface GameInfo {
  title: string;
  release: string;
  price: string;
  image: string | undefined;
  appid: number | undefined;
}

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/RedWilly/steamgrab.git
cd steamgrab

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the library
npm run build

# Run tests
npm test

License

MIT