How to reliably get all account status flags: VAC bans, market/trade restrictions, limited accounts, and “red warning” flags?

[Erikino]

Hi!
I’m building an automated Steam account manager and need to reliably fetch all possible account status flags for a given account, including:

• VAC bans (vacBanned)
• Trade bans and restrictions (tradeBanState, “red warning” banners)
• Market restrictions (e.g. “not allowed to use the Community Market”, cooldowns, etc.)
• Limited account status (isLimitedAccount)
• Any “red warning”/security flags shown on the profile (e.g. “This account has been restricted”, “Community banned”, etc.)
• I’m currently using node-steamcommunity and my code looks like this
   

const SteamCommunity = require('steamcommunity');
const community = new SteamCommunity();

community.setCookies(cookies); // cookies from steam-session (WebBrowser)
community.getSteamUser(steamId, (err, user) => {
    if (err) {
        // Often get: 'The specified profile could not be found.'
        // Sometimes get HTTP 302 redirect to /id/<customURL>
        // Sometimes get empty user object
        console.warn('getSteamUser error', err);
        return;
    }
    // Trying to read:
    // user.vacBanned, user.tradeBanState, user.isLimitedAccount
    // But sometimes these fields are missing or user is undefined
    console.log('User status:', {
        vacBanned: user.vacBanned,
        tradeBanState: user.tradeBanState,
        isLimitedAccount: user.isLimitedAccount,
        // ...other fields?
    });
});

 

Questions:

What is the most reliable way to get all these status flags for any account (including limited, banned, restricted, etc.)?
Is there a better method or recommended workflow to avoid “profile not found” errors and reliably get all status fields?
How do I detect “red warning” banners (community ban, trade ban, market ban) if getSteamUser fails or returns incomplete data?
Any best practices for cookies/session setup to maximize success rate?

Thanks for any advice or code examples! 💙

[Dr. McKay]

Are you trying to get this data for your own account, or for other users?