HTTP/SOCKS proxy settings not applied - Steam sees real IP

[ancymon]

Describe the bug
When attempting to log in to Steam using a proxy, Steam still sees my real IP address instead of routing traffic through the proxy. I have tried both HTTP‐over‐HTTP (httpProxy) and SOCKS5 (createConnection + SocksProxyAgent) approaches in two separate test files, but neither one works as expected.

Versions
- steam-user: v5.2.0  
- steam-totp: v2.1.2  
- socks-proxy-agent: v8.0.5  
- Node.js: v22.14.0  
- OS: Windows 11  

Screenshots and Error Logs
When running either test file, login succeeds but `client.publicIP` reports my real IP, not the proxy’s IP:

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PS C:\path\to\test> node http.js ✅ Logged in – Steam sees IP as xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (<= logs out my real IP)
PS C:\path\to\test> node socks5h.js ✅ Logged in – Steam sees IP as xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (<= logs out my real IP)

 

No other errors are thrown.

http.js

const SteamUser = require("steam-user");
const SteamTotp = require("steam-totp");

// ––– your 2FA & creds –––
const sharedSecret = "ABCDEFGH1234IJKL=";
const accountName = "myUserName";
const password = "MyP@ssw0rd!";

// just “user:pass@host:port” (percent‑encode any “=” or “@” in your password)
const httpProxy = "user123:pa%40ssw0rd%[email protected]:8080";

const client = new SteamUser({
  httpProxy,
  webCompatibilityMode: true,
  // you can force raw‑TCP if you like:
  // protocol: SteamUser.EConnectionProtocol.TCP
});

client.logOn({
  accountName,
  password,
  twoFactorCode: SteamTotp.generateAuthCode(sharedSecret),
});

client.on("loggedOn", () => {
  console.log("✅ Logged in – Steam sees IP as", client.publicIP);
});
client.on("error", (err) => {
  console.error("❌ Login error:", err);
});

socks5h.js

const SteamUser = require("steam-user");
const SteamTotp = require("steam-totp");
const { SocksProxyAgent } = require("socks-proxy-agent");

//––– your 2FA & creds –––
const sharedSecret = "ABCDEFGH12345678=";
const accountName = "exampleUser";
const password = "Tr1ckyP@ss";

// your socks5h URL:
const socksUri = "socks5h://fake-user:[email protected]:1080";
const agent = new SocksProxyAgent(socksUri);

const client = new SteamUser({
  // force raw‐TCP
  protocol: SteamUser.EConnectionProtocol.TCP,
  // whenever steam-user wants a socket, we hand it over to our proxy agent
  createConnection: (opts) => agent.createConnection(opts),
  autoRelogin: true,
});

client.logOn({
  accountName,
  password,
  twoFactorCode: SteamTotp.generateAuthCode(sharedSecret),
});

client.on("loggedOn", () => {
  console.log("✅ Logged in – Steam sees IP as", client.publicIP);
});
client.on("error", (err) => console.error("❌ Login error:", err));

 

[Dr. McKay]

1. The string you pass to httpProxy needs to start with http://
2. createConnection is not a valid option for the SteamUser constructor. To use a SOCKS proxy, you should use the socksProxy option.

[ancymon]

43 minutes ago, Dr. McKay said:

1. The string you pass to httpProxy needs to start with http://
2. createConnection is not a valid option for the SteamUser constructor. To use a SOCKS proxy, you should use the socksProxy option.

Thank you so much for your help and proposed fix, but unfortunately it still doesn’t work in my case. I've focused on httpProxy this time. Below are the details.

Output:

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PS C:\Users\ancymon\Downloads\testlab> node .\http.js
❌ Login error: Error: Request timed out
    at timeoutPromise (…\node_modules\@doctormckay\stdlib\lib\promises\timeoutPromise.js:12:15)
    at HttpClient.request (…\node_modules\@doctormckay\stdlib\lib\http\client\HttpClient.js:63:46)
    at SteamUser._apiRequest (…\node_modules\steam-user\components\06-webapi.js:60:26)
    at SteamUser._doConnection (…\node_modules\steam-user\components\09-logon.js:296:32)
    at Timeout._onTimeout (…\node_modules\steam-user\components\09-logon.js:316:27)
    at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:594:17)
    at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:529:7)

Code:

const SteamUser = require("steam-user");
const SteamTotp = require("steam-totp");

// ––– your 2FA & creds (censored) –––
const sharedSecret = "*****";
const accountName  = "*****";
const password     = "*****";

// proxy must start with "http://"
const httpProxy = "http://*****:*****@*****:8000";

const client = new SteamUser({
  httpProxy,
  webCompatibilityMode: true,
  // protocol: SteamUser.EConnectionProtocol.TCP, // uncomment to force raw‑TCP
});

client.logOn({
  accountName,
  password,
  twoFactorCode: SteamTotp.generateAuthCode(sharedSecret),
});

client.on("loggedOn", () => {
  console.log("✅ Logged in – Steam sees IP as", client.publicIP);
});

client.on("error", (err) => {
  console.error("❌ Login error:", err);
});

Proxy test:

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C:\Users\ancymon>curl -x "http://*****:*****@*****:8000" "https://steamcommunity.com"
curl: (56) CONNECT tunnel failed, response 502

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C:\Users\ancymon>curl -x "http://*****:*****@*****:8000" "https://ip.smartproxy.com/json"
{
    "browser": {
        "name": "",
        "version": ""
    },
    "platform": {
        "os": "undefined undefined"
    },
    "engine": {},
    "isp": {
        "isp": "***********",
        "asn": ******,
        "domain": "",
        "organization": "***********vv"
    },
    "city": {
        "name": "",
        "code": "",
        "state": "",
        "time_zone": "***********",
        "zip_code": "",
        "latitude": **.****,
        "longitude": **.***
    },
    "proxy": { "ip": "***.***.***.***" },
    "country": {
        "code": "**",
        "name": "***********",
        "continent": "***********"
    }
}

 

Edited yesterday at 09:32 AM by ancymon

[Dr. McKay]

You've got some problem with your proxy being unable to connect to Steam, it seems.