Report Abuse

POST /actions/ReportAbuse/

Submits an abuse report about a user or their content to Steam's moderation staff. Both the report dialog embedded in community pages and the profile report wizard served by /actions/ReportProfile/:steamid submit to this endpoint.

Rate limits

No known rate limit

Request

Authenticated: Yes

Method: POST

Host: steamcommunity.com

Path: /actions/ReportAbuse/

Form Data:

Name	Type	Required	Description
sessionid	string	Yes	The value of the sessionid cookie
json	number	Yes	When 1, the outcome is returned as a bare JSON number; without it the server renders the Steam Community :: Error page instead
abuseID	string	Yes	The ID of the user or content being reported
abuseType	string	No	The reason for the report, as submitted by the report dialog Harassment = Harassment Spoofing = Impersonating another user Offensive Profile = Offensive Profile or Avatar Offensive UGC = Offensive Screenshots or Art Spamming = Spamming Advertisement = Advertisement Suspected Hijacker = Suspected Hijacker Trade Scam = Trade Scam Cheating = Cheating
eAbuseType	number	No	The reason for the report, as submitted by the profile report wizard (the abuse_type field returned by /actions/AjaxGetReportProfileStep/)
ingameAppID	number	No	The Steam AppID of the game the abuse occurred in
abuseDescription	string	No	Additional details about the report

Response

200 OK

The response body is the bare JSON number outcome code.

Value	Description
1	The report was submitted
25	A report against this user has already been filed

Any other value means the report could not be submitted.

401 Unauthorized

The response body is the bare JSON string "You must be logged in to perform that action.".

When json is omitted the server responds 200 with the Steam Community :: Error HTML page instead.

Example

POST https://steamcommunity.com/actions/ReportAbuse/ { sessionid: "a0b1c2d3e4f5g6h7i8j9klmn", json: 1, abuseID: "76561197960287930", eAbuseType: 20, abuseDescription: "test", ingameAppID: "" }

"You must be logged in to perform that action."