SteamRPC/README.md

SteamRPC

SteamRPC pulls your game and presence from Steam and puts it onto discord.

Table of Contents

• Setup
  • Discord Setup
  • Steam Setup
  • Running it
• Customization
• Notes

Setup

In order for SteamRPC to run, you need to give it 2 environment variables.
Example:

    CLIENT_ID=1234567890 STEAM_ID=12345678 node index.js

Below you can find documentation for how to get the Discord Client ID and the Steam ID.

Discord Setup

1. Navigate to the Discord Developer Portal and sign in.
2. In the top right, hit the button that says "New Application". You can name this application whatever you want, but I recommend SteamRPC.
3. Copy the application ID.

And thats pretty much it! Now just fill the CLIENT_ID environment variable in with your newly obtained Application ID

Steam Setup

Getting your Steam ID is a much simpler process.

1. Navigate to Steam and login if you haven't already (You can do this both in the app or on the web)
2. Hover on your username at the top and go to "friends"
3. Navigate to the "Add a friend page" on the left
4. Copy your friend code

Now replace the STEAM_ID environment variable with the SteamID you just got.

Although this isn't nessacarily the most sophisticated method for getting your steam ID, its the one I find the easiest.

Customization

By default, you may notice that the games have no images

This is sadly a limitation of Discord, and I currently do not believe there is an easy method around it. For now, I have developed an easy alternative.

1. Go back to the Discord Developer Portal and navigate to the page for your newly made application.
2. On the left, click on "Rich Presence" and go to "Art Assets"
3. Click Add Image(s) and upload the icon you want for your game
4. Name it the name of your game Without Spaces or caps

• Please note that images do need to be 256x256, but you can easily find some application to upscale it if you so desire.

And your done! Here is an example of my current setup:

Running it

Lastly, all you need to do, is open a terminal and run

CLIENT_ID=[your discord client ID] STEAM_ID=[your steam id] node index.js

There are also option environment variables:

• UPDATE_TIME=[number of seconds to update]
  • this HAS TO BE over 15 seconds

Notes

This project was never meant to be public, but I decided there was no reason not to. Please do report any problems you encounter, and if there are any issues with the documentation, please let me know!