Can't Generate API Key

[regedya]

Hi. I Can't generate any API key since I had to delete mine 3 days ago. I keep gettting this

An error was encountered while processing your request:
Unable to create API Key. (8)

What should I do?

[Cathulhu]

What do you need one for?

[regedya]

Cathulhu eredeti hozzászólása:

What do you need one for?

I'm using 3rd party websites that needs user's API to operate.

[Cathulhu]

So, you're begging to get scammed then.
Never EVER give someone your Steam web API key. This gives the other party a wide range of control over your account and can easily be used to scam you or worse, use your account to scam others.

[J4MESOX4D]

regedya eredeti hozzászólása:

Cathulhu eredeti hozzászólása:

What do you need one for?

I'm using 3rd party websites that needs user's API to operate.

So you want these sites to monitor all your account activity?

If a thief came up to you and asked for a CCTV camera to be placed in your house, would you do it?

Any site that wants their API key to be placed on users accounts are doing it for scamming purposes.

[regedya]

J4MESOX4D eredeti hozzászólása:

regedya eredeti hozzászólása:

I'm using 3rd party websites that needs user's API to operate.

So you want these sites to monitor all your account activity?

If a thief came up to you and asked for a CCTV camera to be placed in your house, would you do it?

Any site that wants their API key to be placed on users accounts are doing it for scamming purposes.

Cathulhu eredeti hozzászólása:

So, you're begging to get scammed then.
Never EVER give someone your Steam web API key. This gives the other party a wide range of control over your account and can easily be used to scam you or worse, use your account to scam others.

Yeah guys writing these comments really helped me solve my problem. Thanks!

[Mailer]

regedya eredeti hozzászólása:

Yeah guys writing these comments really helped me solve my problem. Thanks!

Coming to this topic with a more passive approach, I'm curious, what is the name of the website asking you to manually input an API key for their services to work?

[regedya]

Guys all I can do is laughing at this point. Not even a single one comment that is not about "Ohh seek help you are going to be scammed".

You guys are so naive to believe that you know more than the people that put their hard-earned money on these sites.

[Cathulhu]

We see the aftermath of such poor decisions every single day.

[regedya]

Cathulhu eredeti hozzászólása:

We see the aftermath of such poor decisions every single day.

You see car crashes every single day. Does it stopping you from driving a one? Yeah, I think so.

[Cathulhu]

Still no reason to intentionally risk a crash by driving recklessly on the wrong side of the road.

[OPA]

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/5241649843380618299/?ctp=3
Here after 15 seconds Google search......

I recommend reading the ENTIRE contribution.

[Callahan420]

All skin trading/gambling sites are scam sites. Quit using them or risk losing your items and even worse if they cause a vac/game ban on the account.

[J4MESOX4D]

regedya eredeti hozzászólása:

Guys all I can do is laughing at this point. Not even a single one comment that is not about "Ohh seek help you are going to be scammed".

You guys are so naive to believe that you know more than the people that put their hard-earned money on these sites.

Nobody is going to aid and abet in a procedure whereby a 3rd party site has the ability to monitor crucial aspects of your account. You may be that naive but the community are not.

You don't even know what an API key is or its core functionality so if you want to risk having a 3rd party site having full monitoring access to your account then you go and deal with that with the scam site and leave the Steam community out of it.

[regedya]

Very helpfull comments really... Thanks big time folks

[Cathulhu]

Anyone wagering a bet when OP will report that their items and/or account were stolen?

P.S.: Spamming nonsense on other people's profiles will not be tolerated.