{"id":1472,"date":"2022-04-15T11:54:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T02:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manatails.net\/blog\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2022-04-15T11:55:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T02:55:36","slug":"steam-desktop-authenticator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manatails.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/steam-desktop-authenticator\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam Desktop Authenticator"},"content":{"rendered":"

I made an application for windows that can generate 2FA codes for Steam. Available on github:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/github.com\/manatails\/MiniSteamAuthenticator<\/a><\/p>\n

Usage<\/h2>\n

MiniSteamAuthenticator accepts Base32 encoded Steam shared secret as used in Aegis or andOTP. You can use steamctl<\/code> to generate the shared secret. https:\/\/github.com\/ValvePython\/steamctl<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. \n

    Install steamctl<\/p>\n

    pip install steamctl<\/code><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Generate an authentication token using steamctl<\/p>\n

    steamctl authenticator add<\/code><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Export saved authentication token as a QR code<\/p>\n

    steamctl authenticator qrcode YOUR_USERNAME<\/code><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    Scan the QR code with an external application. It will be formatted like this:<\/p>\n

    otpauth:\/\/steam\/steamctl:YOUR_USERNAME?secret=XXXXXX&issuer=Steam<\/code><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. \n

    Copy the secret value and add it to the configuration .ini file.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Screenshot<\/h2>\n

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    I made an application for windows that can generate 2FA codes for Steam. Available on github: https:\/\/github.com\/manatails\/MiniSteamAuthenticator Usage MiniSteamAuthenticator accepts Base32 encoded Steam shared secret as used in Aegis or andOTP. You can use steamctl to generate the shared secret. https:\/\/github.com\/ValvePython\/steamctl Install steamctl pip install steamctl Generate an authentication token using steamctl steamctl authenticator add … Continue reading Steam Desktop Authenticator<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,95],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-1472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer","category-video-game","tag-steam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manatails.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manatails.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manatails.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manatails.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manatails.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/manatails.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1477,"href":"https:\/\/manatails.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions\/1477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manatails.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manatails.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manatails.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}