Steam
The Steam integration will allow you to track the online status of public Steam
Configuration
To add the Steam service to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:
If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:
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Browse to your Home Assistant instance.
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In the bottom right corner, select the
Add Integration button. -
From the list, select Steam.
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Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.
Steam has a friends list privacy feature that interferes with easily adding sensors to track friends’ activities. Setting the friends list to Public during initial setup will allow the integration to see them for easy adding. It is not necessary to keep the friends list Public.
Go to your profile, select “Edit Profile”, “Privacy Settings”.
Setup
You need a free API key
To find an account’s 64-bit SteamID:
- Open Steam.
- Open the dropdown menu labeled with your username.
- Select Account details.
- Your Steam ID is displayed just below the label Your-Account-Name Account.
Examples
If you want to add the accounts to a group for example you will have to use:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
group:
steam:
name: Steam
entities:
- sensor.steam_account1
- sensor.steam_account2