Question [Help] Bot declines ALL offers and says "Declined cause escrow"

Mr. Inka · June 16, 2016

Hello,

I got a node.js bot from someone on my friendlist.

What it does / should do:

    Instantly accept donations (offers, that don't take anything from my inventory)
    Ignore every offer that is not a donation (just don't decline it)
    Decline offers from people who have escrow
    Send a notification to my smartphone

It worked without problems for days on my RaspberryPI. Suddenly, I saw some declined trades and checked my bot.

The error log:

Bot connected to Steam!

Got API key for bot: 792A6EBE693DE91876804BXXXXX

Received new offer from 76561198293XXXXXX
Accepting offer from 76561198293XXXXXX
Sending notification!

Received new offer from 765611982934XXXXX
Accepting offer from 765611982934XXXXX
Sending notification!

Received new offer from 76561198292XXXXXX
[Error: Not Logged In]
Declined cause escrow - 76561198292XXXXXX - undefined - undefined

Received new offer from 76561198292XXXXXX
[Error: Not Logged In]
Declined cause escrow - 76561198292XXXXXX - undefined - undefined

Received new offer from 76561198292XXXXXX
[Error: Not Logged In]
Declined cause escrow - 76561198292XXXXXX - undefined - undefined

Received new offer from 76561198292XXXXXX
[Error: Not Logged In]
Declined cause escrow - 76561198292XXXXXX - undefined - undefined

Received new offer from 76561198292XXXXXX
[Error: Not Logged In]
Declined cause escrow - 76561198292XXXXXX - undefined - undefined

Received new offer from 765611982931XXXXX
[Error: Not Logged In]
Declined cause escrow - 765611982931XXXXX - undefined - undefined

Received new offer from 76561198292XXXXXX
[Error: Not Logged In]
Declined cause escrow - 76561198292XXXXXX - undefined - undefined

Received new offer from 765611982934XXXXX
[Error: Not Logged In]
Declined cause escrow - 765611982934XXXXX - undefined - undefined

Received new offer from 765611982934XXXXX
[Error: Not Logged In]
Declined cause escrow - 765611982934XXXXX - undefined - undefined

Received new offer from 765611982934XXXXX
[Error: Not Logged In]
Declined cause escrow - 765611982934XXXXX - undefined - undefined

Received new offer from 765611982934XXXXX
[Error: Not Logged In]
Declined cause escrow - 765611982934XXXXX - undefined - undefined

I greyed out the IDs for privacy reasons. He accepted two offers, then he declined ALL offers from four different accounts. Three tradebots (which belong together with the first two he accepted) and my roommates account, who 100% sure is not on escrow.

I am kind of new to JS and SteamBots in general, but I got the feeling, that there is an error in my SteamBot causing it not to be able to read the "daysTheirEscrow" and "daysMyEscrow" variable (they appear to be "undefined" in the error).

Here is my Node.JS script:

var Pushover = require('node-pushover');
var fs =                require('fs');
var util =              require('util');
var SteamUser =         require('steam-user');
var TradeOfferManager = require('steam-tradeoffer-manager');
var SteamCommunity =    require('steamcommunity');
var SteamTotp =         require('steam-totp');
var community =         new SteamCommunity();
var client =            new SteamUser();
var manager =           new TradeOfferManager({
    "steam": client,
    "domain": "localhost",
    "language": "en",
});
var ConfirmationChecker = false;
var shared_secret = 'x=';
var identity_secret = 'x';
 
var timekey = Math.round(Date.now() / 1000);
var code = SteamTotp.generateAuthCode(shared_secret);
 
var logOnOptions = {
    accountName: 'x',
    password: 'x',
    twoFactorCode: code
};
 
var push = new Pushover({
    token: "x",
    user: "x"
});
 
client.logOn(logOnOptions);
client.on('loggedOn', function(details) {
    console.log("Bot connected to Steam!");
});
 
client.on('webSession', function(sessionID, cookies) {
    manager.setCookies(cookies, function(err) {
        if(err) {
            console.log(err);
            process.exit(1);
            return;
        }
 
        console.log("Got API key for bot: " + manager.apiKey);
       
        community.setCookies(cookies);
        var identity_hashed = identity_secret.toString('base64');
       
        var poll_interval = setInterval( function() {
            manager.doPoll();
        }, 1000);
    });
});
 
manager.on('pollData', function(pollData) {
    fs.writeFile('polldata.json', JSON.stringify(pollData));
});
 
manager.on('newOffer', function(offer) {
    var steamID = offer.partner.getSteamID64();
   
    console.log("Received new offer from " + steamID);
    offer.getEscrowDuration(function(_err, daysTheirEscrow, daysMyEscrow) {
        if (daysTheirEscrow != 0 || daysMyEscrow != 0 || _err)
        {
            offer.decline( function() {
                console.log('Declined cause escrow - ' + steamID + ' - ' + daysTheirEscrow + ' - ' + daysMyEscrow);
            });
            console.log(_err);
        }
        else
        {
            if (!offer.itemsToGive.length || steamID == "76561198046273125")
            {
                console.log("Accepting offer from " + steamID);
                console.log("Sending notification!");
                var newItemsReceive = [];
                offer.itemsToReceive.forEach(item => newItemsReceive.push(item.market_hash_name));
                push.send("Bot accepted!", offer.message + "\nItem: " + newItemsReceive[0] + " [" + newItemsReceive.length + "]");
                offer.accept();
            }
            else
            {
                var newItems = [];
                offer.itemsToReceive.forEach(item => newItems.push(item.market_hash_name));
                var newItemsReceive = [];
                offer.itemsToReceive.forEach(item => newItemsReceive.push(item.market_hash_name));
                var newItemsGive = [];
                offer.itemsToGive.forEach(item => newItemsGive.push(item.market_hash_name));
                push.send("New offer!", "Give: " + newItemsGive + "! " + "Receive: " + newItemsReceive + "!");
                console.log("Ignoring an offer from " + steamID);
            }
        }
    });
});
 
community.on('confKeyNeeded', function(tag, callback) {
    var time = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
    console.log('Conf Key Needed');
    callback(null, time, SteamTotp.generateAuthCode(shared_secret, time, tag));
});

Any help is appreciated! Thank you in advance!

Dr. McKay · June 17, 2016

Your web session is expiring.

When you get the "Not Logged In" error you should call client.webLogOn() (provided you're still connected to Steam). It doesn't hurt to call it periodically (say, every hour) either.

Mr. Inka · June 17, 2016

Ah, thanks for the answer. I had an interval doing this in my code:

setInterval( function() {
	client.webLogOn();
}, 1000*60*10);

I removed these lines after a friend told me to do so to solve it. My bot was crashing a few times with the following error.

I am really sorry about the bad "screenshot". It was running on my Raspberry Pi and i was a bit in a rush to resart it, so i just took a photo with my phone.

http://imgur.com/hf0Jw1Z

Could you tell me what this error is about? I got it a few times before I removed the webLogOn. After I did this, I was only getting the escrow error.

Edited June 17, 2016 by Mr. Inka

Dr. McKay · June 17, 2016

That error is because your bot got disconnected from Steam and you tried to call webLogOn, which only works if you're connected.

Mr. Inka · June 17, 2016

Thank you!

I added an interval with the webLogOn after client.on('webSession', . . .

var Pushover = require('node-pushover');
var fs =                require('fs');
var util =              require('util');
var SteamUser =         require('steam-user');
var TradeOfferManager = require('steam-tradeoffer-manager');
var SteamCommunity =    require('steamcommunity');
var SteamTotp =         require('steam-totp');
var community =         new SteamCommunity();
var client =            new SteamUser();
var manager =           new TradeOfferManager({
    "steam": client,
    "domain": "localhost",
    "language": "en",
});
var ConfirmationChecker = false;
var shared_secret = 'x';
var identity_secret = 'x';
 
var timekey = Math.round(Date.now() / 1000);
var code = SteamTotp.generateAuthCode(shared_secret);
 
var logOnOptions = {
    accountName: 'x',
    password: 'x',
    twoFactorCode: code
};
 
var push = new Pushover({
    token: "x",
    user: "x"
});
 
client.logOn(logOnOptions);
client.on('loggedOn', function(details) {
    console.log("Bot connected to Steam!");
});
 
client.on('webSession', function(sessionID, cookies) {
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


    setInterval( function() {
        client.webLogOn();
    }, 1000*60*5);
 

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
    manager.setCookies(cookies, function(err) {
        if(err) {
            console.log(err);
            process.exit(1);
            return;
        }
 
        console.log("Got API key for bot: " + manager.apiKey);
       
        community.setCookies(cookies);
        var identity_hashed = identity_secret.toString('base64');
       
        var poll_interval = setInterval( function() {
            manager.doPoll();
        }, 1000);
    });
});
 
manager.on('pollData', function(pollData) {
    fs.writeFile('polldata.json', JSON.stringify(pollData));
});
 
manager.on('newOffer', function(offer) {
    var steamID = offer.partner.getSteamID64();
   
    console.log("Received new offer from " + steamID);
    offer.getEscrowDuration(function(_err, daysTheirEscrow, daysMyEscrow) {
        if (daysTheirEscrow != 0 || daysMyEscrow != 0 || _err)
        {
            offer.decline( function() {
                console.log('Declined cause escrow - ' + steamID + ' - ' + daysTheirEscrow + ' - ' + daysMyEscrow);
                push.send("CrashBot declined!", "Error! Error! Error!\n" + offer.message + "\nError! Error! Error!");
            });
            console.log(_err);
        }
        else
        {
            if (!offer.itemsToGive.length || steamID == "76561198046273125")
            {
                console.log("Accepting offer from " + steamID);
                console.log("Sending notification!");
                var newItemsReceive = [];
                offer.itemsToReceive.forEach(item => newItemsReceive.push(item.market_hash_name));
                push.send("CrashBot accepted!", offer.message + "\nItem: " + newItemsReceive[0] + " [" + newItemsReceive.length + "]");
                offer.accept();
            }
            else
            {
                var newItems = [];
                offer.itemsToReceive.forEach(item => newItems.push(item.market_hash_name));
                var newItemsReceive = [];
                offer.itemsToReceive.forEach(item => newItemsReceive.push(item.market_hash_name));
                var newItemsGive = [];
                offer.itemsToGive.forEach(item => newItemsGive.push(item.market_hash_name));
                push.send("New offer!", "Give: " + newItemsGive + "! " + "Receive: " + newItemsReceive + "!");
                console.log("Ignoring an offer from " + steamID);
                console.log("Give: " + newItemsGive);
                console.log("Receive: " + newItemsReceive);
            }
        }
    });
});
 
community.on('confKeyNeeded', function(tag, callback) {
    var time = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
    console.log('Conf Key Needed');
    callback(null, time, SteamTotp.generateAuthCode(shared_secret, time, tag));
});

Now I am somehow getting this error right after the bot connected to Steam and reacted to an already existing offer:

Bot connected to Steam!

Got API key for bot: 792A6EBEXXXXXDE91876804B40EA1B856F

Received new offer from 76561198078452185

{ [Error: socket hang up] code: 'ECONNRESET' }

Declined cause escrow - 76561198078452185 - undefined - undefined

Edited June 17, 2016 by Mr. Inka

Dr. McKay · June 17, 2016

You'll still get crashes if you aren't checking whether you're actually connected to Steam.

Your socket hang up error is indicative of network issues on your end.

Mr. Inka · June 17, 2016

Okay, makes sense. I don't know enough about coding to implement a check like this myself. Will ask a friend who knows a bit more than I do.

Additionaly information: I just realized, that whenever I get those escrow errors, I can't acces Steam through the browser or through Steam itself.

If I try to go to my inventory for example (Chrome / Steam Client / Android App), I get this:

"You don't have permission to access "http://steamcommunity.com/" on this server."

After a few minutes it's gone. On the phone: If i switch to mobile data instead of WiFi, it works.

This seems a bit like Steam is blocking my connection. Am I somewhere spamming them with something so an automatic block kicks in?

Dr. McKay · June 17, 2016

Steam will automatically block your IP if you hit them too often, yes.

Mr. Inka · June 17, 2016

Guessed so, but what action is hitting them so often? Would it help to set the poll interval to a higher value than 1s?

Dr. McKay · June 17, 2016

No, polling uses the WebAPI which isn't IP rate-limited. Hitting steamcommunity.com is what gets you limited (e.g. inventories).

Mr. Inka · June 17, 2016

Hm. Thanks, but sadly I can't see where my script is hitting steamcommunity.com.

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