Account Management - Link Steam Account
Links the Steam account associated with the provided Steam authentication ticket to the user's PlayFab account
POST https://titleId.playfabapi.com/Client/LinkSteamAccountRequest Header
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| X-Authorization | True |
string |
This API requires a client session ticket, available from any Client Login function. |
Request Body
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| SteamTicket | True |
string |
Authentication token for the user, returned as a byte array from Steam, and converted to a string (for example, the byte 0x08 should become "08"). |
| CustomTags |
object |
The optional custom tags associated with the request (e.g. build number, external trace identifiers, etc.). |
|
| ForceLink |
boolean |
If another user is already linked to the account, unlink the other user and re-link. |
|
| TicketIsServiceSpecific |
boolean |
True if ticket was generated using ISteamUser::GetAuthTicketForWebAPI() using "AzurePlayFab" as the identity string. False if the ticket was generated with ISteamUser::GetAuthSessionTicket(). |
Responses
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 200 OK | ||
| 400 Bad Request |
This is the outer wrapper for all responses with errors |
Security
X-Authorization
This API requires a client session ticket, available from any Client Login function.
Type:
apiKey
In:
header
Definitions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
|
Api |
The basic wrapper around every failed API response |
|
Link |
Steam authentication is accomplished with the Steam Session Ticket. More information on the Ticket can be found in the Steamworks SDK, here: https://partner.steamgames.com/documentation/auth (requires sign-in). NOTE: For Steam authentication to work, the title must be configured with the Steam Application ID and Publisher Key in the PlayFab Game Manager (under Properties). Information on creating a Publisher Key (referred to as the Secret Key in PlayFab) for your title can be found here: https://partner.steamgames.com/documentation/webapi#publisherkey. |
|
Link |
ApiErrorWrapper
The basic wrapper around every failed API response
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| code |
integer |
Numerical HTTP code |
| error |
string |
Playfab error code |
| errorCode |
integer |
Numerical PlayFab error code |
| errorDetails |
object |
Detailed description of individual issues with the request object |
| errorMessage |
string |
Description for the PlayFab errorCode |
| status |
string |
String HTTP code |
LinkSteamAccountRequest
Steam authentication is accomplished with the Steam Session Ticket. More information on the Ticket can be found in the Steamworks SDK, here: https://partner.steamgames.com/documentation/auth (requires sign-in). NOTE: For Steam authentication to work, the title must be configured with the Steam Application ID and Publisher Key in the PlayFab Game Manager (under Properties). Information on creating a Publisher Key (referred to as the Secret Key in PlayFab) for your title can be found here: https://partner.steamgames.com/documentation/webapi#publisherkey.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CustomTags |
object |
The optional custom tags associated with the request (e.g. build number, external trace identifiers, etc.). |
| ForceLink |
boolean |
If another user is already linked to the account, unlink the other user and re-link. |
| SteamTicket |
string |
Authentication token for the user, returned as a byte array from Steam, and converted to a string (for example, the byte 0x08 should become "08"). |
| TicketIsServiceSpecific |
boolean |
True if ticket was generated using ISteamUser::GetAuthTicketForWebAPI() using "AzurePlayFab" as the identity string. False if the ticket was generated with ISteamUser::GetAuthSessionTicket(). |
LinkSteamAccountResult
Error Codes
| Name | Code |
|---|---|
| AccountAlreadyLinked | 1011 |
| InvalidSteamTicket | 1010 |
| LinkedAccountAlreadyClaimed | 1012 |
| SteamNotEnabledForTitle | 1258 |
| SteamUserNotFound | 1513 |