---
title: "Test a Steam Web API key against Steam"
method: POST
path: "/v1/admin.testSteamApiKey"
tags: ["admin"]
---

# Test a Steam Web API key against Steam

`POST /v1/admin.testSteamApiKey`

## Request body

- V1AdminTestSteamApiKeyRequestBody
  - `$schema` string, uri — A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.
  - `keyId` string, required — Identifier of the key to test

## Response `200`

OK

- V1AdminTestSteamApiKeyResponseBody
  - `$schema` string, uri — A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.
  - `message` string, required — Human-readable result. Never contains the key.
  - `methods` integer, required — Number of Web API methods the key can call, across all interfaces
  - `ok` boolean, required — True when Steam answered HTTP 200
  - `status` integer, required — HTTP status from Steam, or 0 on a network error

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity
- `500` — Internal Server Error

## Changes

> 25 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-09-26** `1d8d5a94d9f0` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/steamsets/apis/steamsets-api/changes/v1/admin.testSteamApiKey/post.md)

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