Search Community

GET /search/SearchCommunityAjax

This endpoint searches the Steam Community, like the search box in the Steam Community header, and returns the rendered results as HTML.

Rate limits

No known rate limit

Request

Authenticated: Yes

Method: GET

Host: steamcommunity.com

Path: /search/SearchCommunityAjax

Query Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
text	string	No	The search term. Empty returns no results.
filter	string	No	The search filter. Known values: everything (default, all content), users (individuals), groups (groups). Unrecognized values fall back to everything.
sessionid	string	Yes	The value of the sessionid cookie
steamid_user	string	No	The 64-bit SteamID of the logged-in user
page	number	No	The page number of the results (default 1)

Response

200 OK

Name	Type	Description
success	number	Whether the request was successful
search_text	string	The search term (echoed)
search_result_count	number	The total number of matching results
search_filter	string	The search filter used. false when the filter parameter was omitted.
search_page	number	The page number
html	string	HTML of the results

401 Unauthorized

The response body is [].

429 Too Many Requests

The response body is null.

Example

GET https://steamcommunity.com/search/SearchCommunityAjax?text=steam&filter=everything&sessionid=a0b1c2d3e4f5g6h7i8j9klmn&page=1

{
    "success": 1,
    "search_text": "steam",
    "search_result_count": 721382,
    "search_filter": "everything",
    "search_page": 1,
    "html": "\t<div id=\"community_searchresults_pagination\" class=\"community_searchresults_container\">\n\t\t<span class=\"community_searchresults_title\">#Community_SearchResults_Title_everything</span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"community_searchresults_paging\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShowing 1 - 20 of 721,382\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"CommunitySearch.NextPage(); return false;\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pagebtn\">&gt;</span>\n\t\t\t</a>\n\t\t\t\t</span>\n\t<div style=\"clear: both\"></div>\n\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"search_row\" data-panel=\"{&quot;clickOnActivate&quot;:&quot;firstChild&quot;}\" role=\"button\" >\n\t<div class=\"mediumHolder_default\" data-miniprofile=\"1169436201\" style=\"float:left;\"><div class=\"avatarMedium\"><a href=\"https://steamcommunity.com/id/OdinSargnot\"><img src=\"https://avatars.akamai.steamstatic.com/97f57b58d639bf7e7f0de30ba44f013c32281139_medium.jpg\"></a></div></div>\n\t<div class=\"searchPersonaInfo\">\n\t\t<a class=\"searchPersonaName\" href=\"https://steamcommunity.com/id/OdinSargnot\">steam</a><br />\n\t\t\t\t\tsargnot odin<br />\t\t\tAltstatten, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland&nbsp;<img style=\"margin-bottom:-2px\" src=\"https://community.akamai.steamstatic.com/public/images/countryflags/ch.gif\" border=\"0\" />\t\t\t</div>\n\t<div class=\"search_result_friend\">\n\t\t\t</div>\n\t<div style=\"clear:right\"></div>\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both\"></div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"search_match_info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Custom URL: steamcommunity.com/id/<span style=\"color: whitesmoke\">OdinSargnot</span></div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t..."
}