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POST /friends/recommendgame

Submits a game recommendation (a thumbs-up/thumbs-down rating plus an optional note) for the given app to the user's store recommendations.

Rate limits

No known rate limit

Request

Authenticated: Yes

Method: POST

Host: store.steampowered.com

Path: /friends/recommendgame

Form Data:

Name Type Required Description
appid number Yes The Steam AppID
steamworksappid number TODO The Steamworks AppID of the game being recommended
comment string TODO The recommendation text
rated_up boolean TODO Whether the recommendation is positive
is_public boolean TODO Whether the recommendation is public
language string TODO The language of the recommendation
received_compensation boolean TODO Whether the game was received for free
disable_comments boolean TODO Whether comments on the recommendation are disabled
saved_hardware_id number TODO The ID of the saved hardware profile used to play the game
sessionid string Yes The value of the sessionid cookie

Response

200 OK

Name Type Description
success boolean Whether the request was successful
strError string The error message (present when the request fails)

Example

POST https://store.steampowered.com/friends/recommendgame { appid: 0, sessionid: "a0b1c2d3e4f5g6h7i8j9klmn" }
{
  "success": false
}

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