Using proxy

[Sync]

Hello, it is planned to have a large number of bots in the future. Can I have problems with Steam related to ip?

I already connected the proxy to node-steamcommunity, Is it possible to connect the Proxy to node-tradeoffer-manager? Or is there no particular need for this?

[Dr. McKay]

Yes, you won't really be able to run more than 10-15 bots on a single IP. You'll need to use proxies or multiple IPs on your machines. You can have steam-tradeoffer-manager use a proxy by setting a request instance with a proxy set using request.defaults to the TradeOfferManager constructor.

[Sync]

8 hours ago, Dr. McKay said:

Yes, you won't really be able to run more than 10-15 bots on a single IP. You'll need to use proxies or multiple IPs on your machines. You can have steam-tradeoffer-manager use a proxy by setting a request instance with a proxy set using request.defaults to the TradeOfferManager constructor.

Sorry, does this definitely work for the TradeOfferManager constructor? I specifically tried to set a non-existent proxy. Strange, But the requests did not break, and they work as if nothing had happened, what could be the reason?

Interestingly, this method of attaching a proxy works great in SteamCommunity constructor
 

const Request = require('request')

const mng = new TradeOfferManager({
		'request': Request.defaults({'proxy': 'http://1.2.3.4'}),
		'domain': 'example.com',
		'language': 'en',
		'pollInterval': 5000
	})

 

Edited July 25, 2020 by Sync

[Dr. McKay]

My mistake; you pass the request into the SteamCommunity constructor, then pass that SteamCommunity instance to the TradeOfferManager constructor as the community property.

[dixianren]

On 7/25/2020 at 5:16 PM, Dr. McKay said:

我的错; 您可以将请求传递给SteamCommunity构造函数，然后将该 SteamCommunity实例作为社区属性传递给TradeOfferManager构造函数。

hi,doc，can you help me see if this is the right way to use  proxy ？

it not pass that SteamCommunity instance to the TradeOfferManager constructor as the community property，but it still work

 

and i'm come from china，i can't use node-steam-tradeoffer-manager in my computer，now i only can use it on vps，if i want use in my computer ，how i can set proxy？

Edited September 22, 2020 by Dr. McKay
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[Dr. McKay]

That looks correct, just uncomment your "community": community line.

[dixianren]

3 hours ago, Dr. McKay said:

That looks correct, just uncomment your "community": community line.

Ty，Doc，but this still can't work on my computer，even i change ip by vpn，i still can‘t use node-steam-tradeoffer-manager，,always ETIMEOUT， do you know why？Do I need to set the proxy at node-steam-user？If it's not convenient for you to say that, that's fine， I just want to know if there is a way to solve it

Edited September 22, 2020 by dixianren

[Dr. McKay]

You likely do need to set the proxy on your steam-user instance as well.

[dixianren]

10 hours ago, Dr. McKay said:

You likely do need to set the proxy on your steam-user instance as well.

This is right or not？i still can‘t use normal’

Edited September 22, 2020 by dixianren

[Dr. McKay]

Do you know where exactly that error is coming from?

[dixianren]

6 hours ago, Dr. McKay said:

您知道该错误的确切来源吗？

no，when i use it on my HK vps，It works. but when i use on my computer its etimeout  even i change my ip success.I've been wondering what went wrong, before I thought I needed to set up a proxy, so I did it, but it still not work

[Dr. McKay]

I guess maybe the proxy connection is also being blocked. Using an http:// proxy is not encrypted and any upstream firewall can see what host you're trying to connect to.

[behzadpp]

Hi Doctor, thanks for your   instructions. Just a quick question. Is it possible to run steam tradeoffer manager using different proxies? Suppose that I have 100 proxies and I want to run a single account (as bot) using these IP addresses. Is it possible to do so?
In fact, I'm looking for a way to prevent bot from banning

[rahimi0151]

On 4/26/2024 at 12:50 AM, behzadpp said:

Hi Doctor, thanks for your   instructions. Just a quick question. Is it possible to run steam tradeoffer manager using different proxies? Suppose that I have 100 proxies and I want to run a single account (as bot) using these IP addresses. Is it possible to do so?
In fact, I'm looking for a way to prevent bot from banning

Hi Doc! is there a way to use rotating proxies? getUserInventoryContent will give 429 error (rate limit) after maybe 20-30 times. 

 

can i rotate the proxy every 5-15 minute to avoid this rate limit?

 

[Dr. McKay]

You'd need to create a new instance for each proxy.