RedM: Steam Web API Key setup
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(Details may vary with products from different providers but the main concepts remain the same)
Introduction
A Steam Web API key has important uses for RedM. This includes authentication by the API Key when Steam is used as identifier by different scripts and/or resources.
Prerequisites
A non-limited Steam account is required to request an API key. Restricted Steam accounts have limited access to Steam's features, so without full access it is not possible to request an API key. You have to spend at least 5.00 USD in the Steam store to unlock your account and its features.
Requesting an API Key
Once you have your Steam account ready, you should be able to request your own Steam Web API key. You can do this by signing up on Steam's website with your Steam account name and password.
Once logged in, you will have to enter a domain name, confirm the terms of use for the Steam Web API and click on the Register button. The domain should be set to your Server IP (without port), so enter it there.
If everything is successful, you should be able to see your own Steam Web API Key, as shown below.
Activation of an API key
Now that you have your Steam Web API Key, you must place it into your server configuration (server.cfg) file on your RedM game server. You can access your server.cfg file either through FTP (as seen above), or via the Configs section on your game server's webinterface.
Find an existing line or create a new one if it doesn't exist, and add the following, replacing YOUR_KEY_HERE with the key you generated:
set steam_webApiKey "YOUR_KEY_HERE"
Finally, you can restart your server. Your Steam Web API key will be loaded the next time your server has fully started. You have successfully added a Steam Web API Key into your RedM game server!