#Servers - game server accounts

A dedicated server needs a game server account and its login token to keep a stable identity in the server browser. IGameServersService reads the accounts registered to the API key's owner; register them at https://steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers. As in econ, no parameter names an account.

for (def s in steam.gameServerAccounts($c)) {
    io.printf("%s app %d - %s\n", $s.steamId, $s.appId, $s.memo);
}

#The token is a password

GameServerAccount.loginToken is what the server process authenticates with; whoever holds it can impersonate the server. Verbose mode redacts login_token; redact it in your own logs too:

io.printf("token %s...\n", strings.substring($s.loginToken, 0, 4));

#A server that stops appearing

isUsableServerAccount is false when the account is deleted or its token has expired; Steam expires a token unused for a long time without notice. queryLoginToken checks one token directly:

def status as steam.LoginTokenStatus init steam.queryLoginToken($c, $token);
io.printf("banned %t, expires %d\n", $status.banned, $status.expires);

Valve bans server accounts for abusive listing; the ban follows the account, not the address.

gameServerInfo(c, steamId) reads the public record (id and app) of any server account, for checking someone else's registration.

See examples/servers.j.