How to check the status of Steam servers and send a purchase request in the market?

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Steam

Hello. There are two different tasks:
1) Check the status of Steam servers separately and the approximate response time for each of them, as on the steamstat.us website. Sobsno need this for a server that works with Steam. When steam lags I would like to pause it.
2) How to send a request to the steam market for a purchase? Something like "buy an item with a classid of some kind and return the result." Is this even possible? I searched on the Internet, no one writes about it.

Answer 1

2. It is possible, but unlike trade bots and other things, these operations are prohibited from being automated by the valve policy. There was one person who rented servers closer to the steam servers for minimal response, checked item prices and redeemed all items when, by mistake and other reasons, someone listed expensive items at an ultra low price. Everything was taken away. If you are not going to do this, at your own peril and risk, you can disassemble the principle of the steam inventory helper. There are special Market Hash IDs for the market. I'm not an expert on this subject, but I hope I've been of some help.