Is it me or... Classifieds Search API not working

[Not_a_good_sniper]

Decided to learn how to get listings for some items like keys to update a keys to ref ratio or update prices for other items like paints or strange parts, but I have got a problem

My requests are failing: error 403. Is this api broken?

I think my code is fine, bc same code works ok with other api, like 'get my listings'

Getting my listings:

const options = {
	params: { token: token }
};

axios.get("https://backpack.tf/api/classifieds/listings/v1", options)
.then(res => {
  console.log("Response: ", res.data.listings);
})
.catch(err => {
  console.log(err);
})
// Output: Response: [] (my alt accound don't have any listings)

Using classified search:

const options2 = {
	params: { key: token }
};

axios.get('https://backpack.tf/api/classifieds/search/v1', options2)
.then(res => {
	console.log(res)
}).catch(err => {
	console.log(err);
});
// Output: Error: Request failed with status code 403

P.s I heard bots are using a web site which is actually pricing items, but I don't think using any 3rd party web sites is a good idea

[Zeus_Junior]

That is because your user token is not your api key, request your api key here https://backpack.tf/developer/apikey/view

The classifieds search api requires elevated access. Elevated requests are handled in batches, so it may take an hour or 3 days to be handled.

[Not_a_good_sniper]

35 minutes ago, Zeus_Junior said:

That is because your user token is not your api key, request your api key here https://backpack.tf/developer/apikey/view

The classifieds search api requires elevated access. Elevated requests are handled in batches, so it may take an hour or 3 days to be handled.

Ok got it, thanks. I thought api key is for web sites only and classified search API does not require an api key bc it is in the user-token-classifieds folder. Should I register my api key using my main account or a bot's one? Or doesn't matter?

[Mengh.]

16 minutes ago, Not_a_good_sniper said:

Ok got it, thanks. I thought api key is for web sites only and classified search API does not require an api key bc it is in the user-token-classifieds folder. Should I register my api key using my main account or a bot's one? Or doesn't matter?

Yeah, the documentation is unfortunately a bit all over the place.

 

Doesn't really matter which account you have the API key for.

[Zeus_Junior]

Use this userscript to have links to some still existing docs on the /developer pages, I wouldn't rely on the Swagger UI docs