Changing Display Name with API or Command

[Diff3RentBreed]

I'm looking to make a hotkey in order to change my display name through a stream deck. Is there a way to do this with code? I tried looking up if it was possible to change your display name through an API but people's answers confused me.

Essentially I want to build something that when executed changes my name to a name written within the code. That way I can just run the program and my name changes. I can then set a button on my stream deck to run said program. Any ideas?

[MalikQayum]

there is no API, that will let you do this. this requires authentication, meaning you have to be signed in to execute a post request with your sessionid.

is it possible? yes.
depending on how you want it set up, you make it a userscript or a bot, using one of the various wrappers that signs you in on steam.
not sure if it is steamctl or steampy, node steamcommunity or steam-user, a userscript etc..
all of which can accomplish what you want.

[Diff3RentBreed]

MalikQayum původně napsal:

there is no API, that will let you do this. this requires authentication, meaning you have to be signed in to execute a post request with your sessionid.

is it possible? yes.
depending on how you want it set up, you make it a userscript or a bot, using one of the various wrappers that signs you in on steam.
not sure if it is steamctl or steampy, node steamcommunity or steam-user, a userscript etc..
all of which can accomplish what you want.

It doesn't matter what I use, as long as I can get the end result to be a push of a button (running a file). I figured I would need a login which is fine with me. I'm not trying to make this a public thing. Just something that runs off my own computer.
I work with javascript and I've done some things with python. What would you recommend out of your list? What do you think would work easiest with the stream deck?

[Diff3RentBreed]

MalikQayum původně napsal:

node steamcommunity
all of which can accomplish what you want.

I was looking into this and it looks like there is a name which says can be changed in the properties of the user object but there doesn't appear to be a method to change said name. Am I just missing something?
https://github.com/DoctorMcKay/node-steamcommunity/wiki/CSteamUser

[MalikQayum]

you can execute the request yourself.

const request = require('request');


community.request.post({
          headers: {'content-type' : 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
          url:     '',
          body:    ''
        }, function(error, response, body){

          //console.log(response);
          console.log(body);
      });

copy the post request from steam then add it.

all you need node-steamcommunity for is to log into steam.

[Diff3RentBreed]

MalikQayum původně napsal:

you can execute the request yourself.

const request = require('request');


community.request.post({
          headers: {'content-type' : 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
          url:     '',
          body:    ''
        }, function(error, response, body){

          //console.log(response);
          console.log(body);
      });

copy the post request from steam then add it.

all you need node-steamcommunity for is to log into steam.

I've been looking into this for the past couple hours now. Can I pay you to get into a discord call with me to go over how to get this up and running?