Commands

Commands

ASF supports variety of commands, which can be used to control behaviour of the process and bot instances.

Below commands can be sent to the bot through various different ways:

• Through interactive ASF console
• Through Steam private/group chat
• Through our IPC interface

Keep in mind that ASF interaction requires from you to be eligible for the command according to ASF permissions. Check out SteamUserPermissions and SteamOwnerID config properties for more details.

Commands executed through Steam chat are affected by CommandPrefix global configuration property, which is ! by default. This means that for executing e.g. status command, you should actually write !status (or custom CommandPrefix of your choice that you set instead). CommandPrefix is not mandatory when using console or IPC and can be omitted.

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Interactive console

ASF has support for interactive console, as long as you're not running ASF in Headless mode. Simply press c button in order to enable command mode, type your command and confirm with enter.

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Steam chat

You can execute command to given ASF bot also through Steam chat. Obviously you can't talk to yourself directly, therefore you'll need at least one another bot account if you want to execute commands targetting your main.

In similar way you can also use group chat of given Steam group. Keep in mind that this option requires properly set SteamMasterClanID property, in which case bot will listen for commands also on group's chat (and join it if needed). This can also be used for "talking to yourself" since it doesn't require a dedicated bot account, as opposed to private chat. You can simply set SteamMasterClanID property to your newly-created group, then give yourself access either through SteamOwnerID or SteamUserPermissions of your own bot. This way ASF bot (you) will join group and chat of your selected group, and listen to commands from your own account. You can join the same group chatroom in order to issue commands to yourself (as you'll be sending command to chatroom, and ASF instance sitting on the same chatroom will receive them, even if it shows only as your account being there).

Please note that sending a command to the group chat acts like a relay. If you're saying redeem X to 3 of your bots sitting together with you on the group chat, it'll result in the same as you'd say redeem X to every single one of them privately. In most cases this is not what you want, and instead you should use given bot command that is being sent to a single bot in private window. ASF supports group chat, as in many cases it can be useful source for communication with your only bot, but you should almost never execute any command on the group chat if there are 2 or more ASF bots sitting there, unless you fully understand ASF behaviour written here and you in fact want to relay the same command to every single bot that is listening to you.

And even in this case you should use private chat with [Bots] syntax instead.

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IPC

The most advanced and flexible way of executing commands, perfect for user interaction (ASF-ui) as well as third-party tools or scripting (ASF API), requires ASF to be run in IPC mode, and a client executing command through IPC interface.

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Commands

Command	Access	Description
2fa [Bots]	Master	Generates temporary 2FA token for given bot instances.
2fafinalize [Bots] <ActivationCode>	Master	Finalizes process of assigning new 2FA credentials for given bot instances, using SMS/e-mail activation code.
2fafinalized [Bots] <ActivationCode>	Master	Imports already-finalized 2FA credentials for given bot instances, using 2FA token for verification.
2fafinalizedforce [Bots]	Master	Imports already-finalized 2FA credentials for given bot instances, skipping 2FA token verification.
2fainit [Bots]	Master	Starts process of assigning new 2FA credentials for given bot instances.
2fano [Bots]	Master	Denies all pending 2FA confirmations for given bot instances.
2faok [Bots]	Master	Accepts all pending 2FA confirmations for given bot instances.
addlicense [Bots] <Licenses>	Operator	Activates given licenses, explained below, on given bot instances (free games only).
balance [Bots]	Master	Shows wallet balance of given bot instances.
bgr [Bots]	Master	Prints information about BGR queue of given bot instances.
encrypt <encryptionMethod> <stringToEncrypt>	Owner	Encrypts the string using provided cryptographic method - further explained below.
exit	Owner	Stops whole ASF process.
farm [Bots]	Master	Restarts cards farming module for given bot instances.
fb [Bots]	Master	Lists apps blacklisted from automatic farming of given bot instances.
fbadd [Bots] <AppIDs>	Master	Adds given appIDs to apps blacklisted from automatic farming of given bot instances.
fbrm [Bots] <AppIDs>	Master	Removes given appIDs from apps blacklisted from automatic farming of given bot instances.
fq [Bots]	Master	Lists priority farming queue of given bot instances.
fqadd [Bots] <AppIDs>	Master	Adds given appIDs to priority farming queue of given bot instances.
fqrm [Bots] <AppIDs>	Master	Removes given appIDs from farming queue of given bot instances.
hash <hashingMethod> <stringToHash>	Owner	Generated a hash of the string using provided cryptographic method - further explained below.
help	FamilySharing	Shows help (link to this page).
input [Bots] <Type> <Value>	Master	Sets given input type to given value for given bot instances, works only in Headless mode - further explained below.
level [Bots]	Master	Shows Steam account level of given bot instances.
loot [Bots]	Master	Sends all LootableTypes Steam community items of given bot instances to Master user defined in their SteamUserPermissions (with lowest steamID if more than one).
loot@ [Bots] <AppIDs>	Master	Sends all LootableTypes Steam community items matching given AppIDs of given bot instances to Master user defined in their SteamUserPermissions (with lowest steamID if more than one). This is the opposite of loot%.
loot% [Bots] <AppIDs>	Master	Sends all LootableTypes Steam community items apart from given AppIDs of given bot instances to Master user defined in their SteamUserPermissions (with lowest steamID if more than one). This is the opposite of loot@.
loot^ [Bots] <AppID> <ContextID>	Master	Sends all Steam items from given AppID in ContextID of given bot instances to Master user defined in their SteamUserPermissions (with lowest steamID if more than one).
mab [Bots]	Master	Lists apps blacklisted from automatic trading in MatchActively.
mabadd [Bots] <AppIDs>	Master	Adds given appIDs to apps blacklisted from automatic trading in MatchActively.
mabrm [Bots] <AppIDs>	Master	Removes given appIDs from apps blacklisted from automatic trading in MatchActively.
match [Bots]	Master	Special command for ItemsMatcherPlugin which triggers MatchActively routine immediately.
nickname [Bots] <Nickname>	Master	Changes Steam nickname of given bot instances to given nickname.
owns [Bots] <Games>	Operator	Checks if given bot instances already own given games, explained below.
pause [Bots]	Operator	Permanently pauses automatic cards farming module of given bot instances. ASF will not attempt to farm current account in this session, unless you manually resume it, or restart the process.
pause~ [Bots]	FamilySharing	Temporarily pauses automatic cards farming module of given bot instances. Farming will be automatically resumed on the next playing event, or bot disconnect. You can resume farming to unpause it.
pause& [Bots] <Seconds>	Operator	Temporarily pauses automatic cards farming module of given bot instances for given amount of seconds. After delay, cards farming module is automatically resumed.
play [Bots] <AppIDs,GameName>	Master	Switches to manual farming - launches given AppIDs on given bot instances, optionally also with custom GameName. In order for this feature to work properly, your Steam account must own a valid license to all the AppIDs that you specify here, this includes F2P games as well. Use reset or resume for returning.
points [Bots]	Master	Displays number of points in Steam points shop.
privacy [Bots] <Settings>	Master	Changes Steam privacy settings of given bot instances, to appropriately selected options explained below.
redeem [Bots] <Keys>	Operator	Redeems given cd-keys or wallet codes on given bot instances.
redeem^ [Bots] <Modes> <Keys>	Operator	Redeems given cd-keys or wallet codes on given bot instances, using given modes explained below.
reset [Bots]	Master	Resets the playing status back to original (previous) state, the command is used during manual farming with play command.
restart	Owner	Restarts ASF process.
resume [Bots]	FamilySharing	Resumes automatic farming of given bot instances.
start [Bots]	Master	Starts given bot instances.
stats	Owner	Prints process statistics, such as managed memory usage.
status [Bots]	FamilySharing	Prints status of given bot instances.
std [Bots]	Master	Special command for SteamTokenDumperPlugin which triggers refresh of selected bots and submission of data immediately.
stop [Bots]	Master	Stops given bot instances.
tb [Bots]	Master	Lists blacklisted users from trading module of given bot instances.
tbadd [Bots] <SteamIDs64>	Master	Blacklists given steamIDs from trading module of given bot instances.
tbrm [Bots] <SteamIDs64>	Master	Removes blacklist of given steamIDs from trading module of given bot instances.
transfer [Bots] <TargetBot>	Master	Sends all TransferableTypes Steam community items from given bot instances to target bot instance.
transfer@ [Bots] <AppIDs> <TargetBot>	Master	Sends all TransferableTypes Steam community items matching given AppIDs from given bot instances to target bot instance. This is the opposite of transfer%.
transfer% [Bots] <AppIDs> <TargetBot>	Master	Sends all TransferableTypes Steam community items apart from given AppIDs from given bot instances to target bot instance. This is the opposite of transfer@.
transfer^ [Bots] <AppID> <ContextID> <TargetBot>	Master	Sends all Steam items from given AppID in ContextID of given bot instances to target bot instance.
unpack [Bots]	Master	Unpacks all booster packs stored in the inventory of given bot instances.
update [Channel]	Owner	Checks GitHub for new ASF release and updates to it if available. This is normally done automatically every UpdatePeriod. Optional Channel argument specifies the UpdateChannel, if not provided defaults to the one set in global config. Channel can end with ! character, which will force update available on given channel - including a possibility of e.g. downgrading.
updateplugins [Channel] [Plugins]	Owner	Updates selected plugins. Optional Channel property allows you to pick a different channel for plugin updates, if they support multiple ones. Channel can end with ! character, which will force update available on given channel - including a possibility of e.g. downgrading, although exact functionality depends on a particular plugin. When Plugins are not provided, then only those considered for automatic updates through PluginsUpdateList and PluginsUpdateMode are updated. If you want to update selected ones, especially those disabled from automatic updates by default, you need to provide Channel as well as Plugins you want to update, then ASF will proceed with updating them regardless of their automatic updates setting.
version	FamilySharing	Prints version of ASF.

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Notes

All commands are case-insensitive, but their arguments (such as bot names) are usually case-sensitive.

Arguments follow UNIX philosophy, square brackets [Optional] indicate that given argument is optional, while angle brackets <Mandatory> indicate that given argument is mandatory. You should replace the arguments that you want to declare, such as [Bots] or <Nickname> with actual values that you want to issue the command with, omitting the braces.

[Bots] argument, as indicated by the brackets, is optional in all commands. When specified, command is executed on given bots. When omitted, command is executed on current bot that receives the command. In other words, status A sent to bot B is the same as sending status to bot A, bot B in this case acts only as a proxy. This can also be used for sending commands to bots that are unavailable otherwise, for example starting stopped bots, or executing actions on your main account (that you're using for executing the commands).

Access of the command defines minimum EPermission of SteamUserPermissions that is required to use the command, with an exception of Owner which is SteamOwnerID defined in global configuration file (and highest permission available).

Plural arguments, such as [Bots], <Keys> or <AppIDs> mean that command supports multiple arguments of given type, separated by a comma. For example, status [Bots] can be used as status MyBot,MyOtherBot,Primary. This will cause given command to be executed on all target bots in the same way as you'd send status to each bot in a separate chat window. Please note that there is no space after ,.

ASF uses all whitespace characters as possible delimiters for a command, such as space and newline characters. This means that you don't have to use space for delimiting your arguments, you can as well use any other whitespace character (such as tab or new line).

ASF will "join" extra out-of-range arguments to plural type of the last in-range argument. This means that redeem bot key1 key2 key3 for redeem [Bots] <Keys> will work exactly the same as redeem bot key1,key2,key3. Together with accepting newline as command delimiter, this makes it possible for you to write redeem bot then paste a list of keys separated by any acceptable delimiter character (such as newline), or standard , ASF delimiter. Keep in mind that this trick can be used only for command variant that uses the most amount of arguments (so specifying [Bots] is mandatory in this case).

As you've read above, a space character is being used as a delimiter for a command, therefore it can't be used in arguments. However, also as stated above, ASF can join out-of-range arguments, which means that you're actually able to use a space character in argument that is defined as a last one for given command. For example, nickname bob Great Bob will properly set nickname of bob bot to "Great Bob". In the similar way you can check names containing spaces in owns command.

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Some commands are also available with their aliases, mostly to save you on typing or account for different dialects:

Command	Alias
addlicense	al, addlicence
addlicense ASF	ala
owns ASF	oa
status ASF	sa
redeem	r
redeem^	r^

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[Bots] argument

[Bots] argument is a special variant of plural argument, as in addition to accepting multiple values it also offers extra functionality.

First and foremost, there is a special ASF keyword which acts as "all bots in the process", so status ASF command is equal to status all,your,bots,listed,here. This can also be used to easily identify the bots that you have access to, as ASF keyword, despite of targeting all bots, will result in response only from those bots that you can actually send the command to.

[Bots] argument supports special "range" syntax, which allows you to choose a range of bots more easily. The general syntax for [Bots] in this case is [FirstBot]..[LastBot]. At least one of the arguments must be defined. When using <FirstBot>.., all bots starting from FirstBot are affected. When using ..<LastBot>, all bots until LastBot are affected. When using <FirstBot>..<LastBot>, all bots within range from FirstBot until LastBot are affected. For example, if you have bots named A, B, C, D, E, F, you can execute status B..E, which is equal to status B,C,D,E in this case. When using this syntax, ASF will use alphabetical sorting in order to determine which bots are in your specified range. Arguments must be valid bot names recognized by ASF, otherwise range syntax is entirely skipped.

In addition to range syntax above, [Bots] argument also supports regex matching. You can activate regex pattern by using r!<Pattern> as a bot name, where r! is ASF activator for regex matching, and <Pattern> is your regex pattern. An example of a regex-based bot command would be status r!^\d{3} which will send status command to bots that have a name made out of 3 digits (e.g. 123 and 981). Feel free to take a look at the docs for further explanation and more examples of available regex patterns.

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privacy settings

<Settings> argument accepts up to 7 different options, separated as usual with standard comma ASF delimiter. Those are, in order:

Argument	Name	Child of
1	Profile
2	OwnedGames	Profile
3	Playtime	OwnedGames
4	FriendsList	Profile
5	Inventory	Profile
6	InventoryGifts	Inventory
7	Comments	Profile

For description of above fields, please visit Steam privacy settings.

While valid values for all of them are:

Value	Name
1	Private
2	FriendsOnly
3	Public

You can use either a case-insensitive name, or a numeric value. Arguments that were omitted will default to being set to Private. It's important to note relation between child and parent of arguments specified above, as child can never have more open permission than its parent. For example, you can't have Public games owned setting while having Private profile setting.

Example

If you want to set all privacy settings of your bot named Main to Private, you can use either of below:

privacy Main 1
privacy Main Private

This is because ASF will automatically assume all other settings to be Private, so there is no need to input them. On the other hand, if you'd like to set all privacy settings to Public, then you should use any of below:

privacy Main 3,3,3,3,3,3,3
privacy Main Public,Public,Public,Public,Public,Public,Public

This way you can also set independent options however you like:

privacy Main Public,FriendsOnly,Private,Public,Public,Private,Public

The above will set profile to public, owned games to friends only, playtime to private, friends list to public, inventory to public, inventory gifts to private and profile comments to public. You can achieve the same with numeric values if you want to.

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addlicense licenses

addlicense command supports two different license types, those are:

Type	Alias	Example	Description
app	a	app/292030	Game determined by its unique appID.
sub	s	sub/47807	Package containing one or more games, determined by its unique subID.

The distinction is important, as ASF will use Steam network activation for apps, and Steam store activation for packages. Those two are not compatible with each other, typically you'll use apps for free weekends and permanently F2P games, and packages otherwise.

We recommend to explicitly define the type of each entry in order to avoid ambiguous results, but for the backwards compatibility, if you supply invalid type or omit it entirely, ASF will assume that you ask for sub in this case. You can also query one or more of the licenses at the same time, using standard ASF , delimiter.

Complete command example:

addlicense ASF app/292030,sub/47807

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owns games

owns command supports several different game types for <games> argument that can be used, those are:

Type	Alias	Example	Description
app	a	app/292030	Game determined by its unique appID.
sub	s	sub/47807	Package containing one or more games, determined by its unique subID.
regex	r	regex/^\d{4}:	Regex applying to the game's name, case-sensitive. See the docs for complete syntax and more examples.
name	n	name/Witcher	Part of the game's name, case-insensitive.

We recommend to explicitly define the type of each entry in order to avoid ambiguous results, but for the backwards compatibility, if you supply invalid type or omit it entirely, ASF will assume that you ask for app if your input is a number, and name otherwise. You can also query one or more of the games at the same time, using standard ASF , delimiter.

Complete command example:

owns ASF app/292030,name/Witcher

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redeem^ modes

redeem^ command allows you to fine-tune modes that will be used for one single redeem scenario. This works as temporary override of RedeemingPreferences bot config property.

<Modes> argument accepts multiple mode values, separated as usual by a comma. Available mode values are specified below:

Value	Name	Description
FAWK	ForceAssumeWalletKey	Forces AssumeWalletKeyOnBadActivationCode redeeming preference to be enabled
FD	ForceDistributing	Forces Distributing redeeming preference to be enabled
FF	ForceForwarding	Forces Forwarding redeeming preference to be enabled
FKMG	ForceKeepMissingGames	Forces KeepMissingGames redeeming preference to be enabled
SAWK	SkipAssumeWalletKey	Forces AssumeWalletKeyOnBadActivationCode redeeming preference to be disabled
SD	SkipDistributing	Forces Distributing redeeming preference to be disabled
SF	SkipForwarding	Forces Forwarding redeeming preference to be disabled
SI	SkipInitial	Skips key redemption on initial bot
SKMG	SkipKeepMissingGames	Forces KeepMissingGames redeeming preference to be disabled
V	Validate	Validates keys for proper format and automatically skips invalid ones

For example, we'd like to redeem 3 keys on any of our bots that don't own games yet, but not our primary bot. For achieving that we can use:

redeem^ primary FF,SI key1,key2,key3

It's important to note that advanced redeem overrides only those RedeemingPreferences that you specify in the command. For example, if you've enabled Distributing in your RedeemingPreferences then there will be no difference whether you use FD mode or not, because distributing will be already active regardless, due to RedeemingPreferences that you use. This is why each forcibly enabled override also has a forcibly disabled one, you can decide yourself if you prefer to override disabled with enabled, or vice versa.

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encrypt command

encrypt command allows you to encrypt arbitrary strings using ASF's encryption methods. <encryptionMethod> must be one of the encryption methods specified and explained in security section. We recommend to use this command through secure channels (ASF console or IPC interface, which also has a dedicated API endpoint for it), as otherwise sensitive details might get logged by various third-parties (such as chat messages being logged by Steam servers).

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hash command

hash command allows you to generate hashes of arbitrary strings using ASF's hashing methods. <hashingMethod> must be one of the hashing methods specified and explained in security section. We recommend to use this command through secure channels (ASF console or IPC interface, which also has a dedicated API endpoint for it), as otherwise sensitive details might get logged by various third-parties (such as chat messages being logged by Steam servers).

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input command

input command can be used only in Headless mode, for inputting given data via IPC or Steam chat when ASF is running without support for user interaction.

General syntax is input [Bots] <Type> <Value>.

<Type> is case-insensitive and defines input type recognized by ASF. Currently ASF recognizes following types:

Type	Description
Login	SteamLogin bot config property, if missing from config.
Password	SteamPassword bot config property, if missing from config.
SteamGuard	Auth code sent on your e-mail if you're not using 2FA.
SteamParentalCode	SteamParentalCode bot config property, if missing from config.
TwoFactorAuthentication	2FA token generated from your mobile, if you're using 2FA but not ASF 2FA.
DeviceConfirmation	Determines whether confirmation popup for login was accepted

<Value> is value set for given type. Currently all values are strings.

Example

Let's say that we have a bot that is protected by SteamGuard in non-2FA mode. We want to launch that bot with Headless set to true.

In order to do that, we need to execute following commands:

start MySteamGuardBot -> Bot will attempt to log in, fail due to AuthCode needed, then stop due to running in Headless mode. We need this in order to make Steam network send us auth code on our e-mail - if there was no need for that, we'd skip this step entirely.

input MySteamGuardBot SteamGuard ABCDE -> We set SteamGuard input of MySteamGuardBot bot to ABCDE. Of course, ABCDE in this case is auth code that we got on our e-mail.

start MySteamGuardBot -> We start our (stopped) bot again, this time it automatically uses auth code that we set in previous command, properly logging in, then clearing it.

In the same way we can access 2FA-protected bots (if they're not using ASF 2FA), as well as setting other required properties during runtime.