Register Key

POST /account/ajaxregisterkey

Rate limits

In the past 60 mins, there can be at most 10 failed activations and/or 50 succesful activations. Free license activations do not count.

Request

Authenticated: Yes

Method: POST

Host: store.steampowered.com

Path: /account/ajaxregisterkey

Form Data:

Name	Type	Required	Description
product_key	string	Yes	The value of the Steam product key
sessionid	string	Yes	The value of the sessionid cookie

Response

200 OK

Name	Type	Description
purchase_result_details	number	The purchase result details
purchase_receipt_info	object	The purchase receipt information
purchase_receipt_info.transactionid	string	The transaction ID
purchase_receipt_info.packageid	number	The Steam package ID
purchase_receipt_info.purchase_status	number	The purchase status
purchase_receipt_info.result_detail	number	The result detail
purchase_receipt_info.transaction_time	number	The transaction time
purchase_receipt_info.payment_method	number	The payment method
purchase_receipt_info.base_price	string	The base price
purchase_receipt_info.total_discount	string	The total discount
purchase_receipt_info.tax	string	The tax amount
purchase_receipt_info.shipping	string	The shipping amount
purchase_receipt_info.currency_code	number	TODO
purchase_receipt_info.country_code	string	The country code
purchase_receipt_info.error_headline	string	The error headline
purchase_receipt_info.error_string	string	The error string
purchase_receipt_info.error_link_text	string	The error link text
purchase_receipt_info.error_link_url	string	The error link URL
purchase_receipt_info.error_appid	number	The error app ID
purchase_receipt_info.line_items[]	array	The line items
purchase_receipt_info.line_items[].packageid	number	The Steam package ID
purchase_receipt_info.line_items[].appid	number	The Steam AppID
purchase_receipt_info.line_items[].line_item_description	string	The line item description
success	number	Whether the request was successful
rwgrsn	number	The revision number (internal)

Example

POST https://store.steampowered.com/account/ajaxregisterkey { product_key: "TZV5T-M235R-D64ER", sessionid: "a0b1c2d3e4f5g6h7i8j9klmn" }

{
    "purchase_result_details": 9,
    "purchase_receipt_info": {
        "transactionid": "18446744073709551615",
        "packageid": 4294967295,
        "purchase_status": 2,
        "result_detail": 9,
        "transaction_time": 1791570072,
        "payment_method": 1,
        "base_price": "0",
        "total_discount": "0",
        "tax": "0",
        "shipping": "0",
        "currency_code": 0,
        "country_code": "",
        "error_headline": "",
        "error_string": "",
        "error_link_text": "",
        "error_link_url": "",
        "error_appid": 0,
        "line_items": [
            {
                "packageid": 128256,
                "appid": 0,
                "line_item_description": "Battlecrew: Space Pirates BETA: Will Lose Access At Launch"
            }
        ]
    },
    "success": 2,
    "rwgrsn": -2
}