Steam Credentials

This is not the same as signing in to SGI. Steam Credentials are a separate set of Steam Community session cookies used only by Card Farming and Inventory Manager to check card drops and list items on the marketplace

If you signed in with Steam on a Gamer tier account, SGI already has everything it needs. This page only applies if you're on a lower tier, or you signed in via Legacy Sign In

You must get your cookies from https://steamcommunity.com/ and not https://store.steampowered.com/

Do not share these credentials with anyone

These credentials allow limited access to your Steam account, but they do not allow access to changing your password, email address, or other sensitive information

Steam Credentials are used to verify which of your games have card drops remaining, as well as fetching and listing your inventory items on the Steam market.

SGI offers both a Manual Method and an Automated Method (Pro Gamer tier) for providing your Steam Credentials.

Manual Method

Log In to the Steam Community Website

Open your browser and log in to https://steamcommunity.com/ with the account you use with SGI

Find Your Steam Cookies

Press "F12" to open the Developer Tools

Navigate to the "Application" tab (or "Storage" on Firefox)

Under "Cookies", select https://steamcommunity.com/

Copy the "value" for both "sessionid" and "steamLoginSecure"

OPTIONAL: If you have either a "steamParental" or "steamMachineAuth" cookie, you will need to copy its "value" as well

Add Credentials to SGI

Open SGI and go to Settings → Steam Credentials

Paste your credentials into the appropriate fields and click Save

Reauthentication

Steam credentials expire after a certain period of time. When this happens, repeat the steps above

Signing Out

To clear your stored credentials, click the Clear button

Automated Method (Pro Gamer tier)

This method will not work if you have Family View enabled on your Steam account. You must disable Family View to use this method.

Open SGI and Navigate to the Settings

Open SGI and go to Settings → Steam Credentials

On the Automatic tab, click Sign In and sign in to your Steam account in the new window via:

Username and password
Scanning the QR Code

Once signed in, SGI will automatically retrieve your sessionid and steamLoginSecure cookies and close the window

Reauthentication

Steam credentials expire after a certain period of time. SGI will attempt to automatically refresh your credentials when this happens. If automatic validation does happen to fail, you can still manually click Reauthenticate and your credentials will be refreshed automatically

Signing Out

To clear your stored credentials, or to sign in to another account, click the Sign Out button

Setting credentials here also fills in the same saved credentials on the Card Farming and Inventory Manager connect prompts, and vice versa. You only need to do this once

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