API endpoint to reach app details using the app name instead of appid

[vin deagle]

Is there a steam web api endpoint I can utilise to get an apps data (like https://store.steampowered.com/api/appdetails?appids=218620) but query the app name instead of the appid?

[MalikQayum]

no, the reason being that you can find multiple of games with the same app name.

[vin deagle]

Originally posted by MalikQayum:

no, the reason being that you can find multiple of games with the same app name.

Ah thanks i see. I figured a way that wouldn't be as idea, but maybe the (only) reliable way. I just iterate over all of the apps (https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamApps/GetAppList/v2/) and then pull the dictionary of which game matches the requested game.

[MalikQayum]

Ideally you would make the request to that api, then store the data in your db tbl. you would do this once a while with a cronjob.
then use the appdetails to get whatever you need and then store that data as well in your tbl.

it really depends on what you make i guess.

[vin deagle]

Originally posted by MalikQayum:

Ideally you would make the request to that api, then store the data in your db tbl. you would do this once a while with a cronjob.
then use the appdetails to get whatever you need and then store that data as well in your tbl.

it really depends on what you make i guess.

Yeah thanks a lot for you're advice, I managed to get it sorted