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Get Item Class Hover

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GET /economy/itemclasshover/:appid/:classid/:instanceid

Returns the HTML hover card for an item class. Community pages use it to preview items that the viewer does not own, in contrast to the per-asset hover built by the economy scripts.

Rate limits

No known rate limit

Request

Authenticated: No

Method: GET

Host: steamcommunity.com

Path: /economy/itemclasshover/:appid/:classid/:instanceid

Variables:

Name Type Description
:appid number The Steam AppID
:classid string The item class ID
:instanceid string The item instance ID

Query Parameters:

Name Type Required Description
content_only number No When 1, returns only the hover fragment instead of the full page
l string No Language
amount number No The item amount, rendered when greater than 1

Response

200 OK

The response body is an HTML hover fragment containing the item_desc_* markup and a BuildHover() call whose JSON argument carries the item description, market names, colors, descriptions and tags.

The endpoint has no JSON mode; without content_only=1 it returns the full page that wraps this fragment.

Example

GET https://steamcommunity.com/economy/itemclasshover/730/4356734261/0?content_only=1&l=english
	<div class="clienthoverpage_content">
		<div class="inventory_iteminfo" id="economy_item_6aec61a5d9f97">
			<div class="item_desc_content" id="economy_item_6aec61a5d9f97_content">
				<div class="item_desc_icon">
					<div class="item_desc_icon_center">
						<img id="economy_item_6aec61a5d9f97_item_icon" src="https://community.fastly.steamstatic.com/public/images/trans.gif" alt="">
					</div>
				</div>
				<div class="item_desc_description">
					<h1 class="hover_item_name" id="economy_item_6aec61a5d9f97_item_name"></h1>
					<div class="fraud_warning" id="economy_item_6aec61a5d9f97_fraud_warnings"></div>
					<div class="item_desc_game_info" id="economy_item_6aec61a5d9f97_game_info">
						<div class="item_desc_game_icon">
							<img id="economy_item_6aec61a5d9f97_game_icon" src="https://community.fastly.steamstatic.com/public/images/trans.gif" alt="">
						</div>
						<div id="economy_item_6aec61a5d9f97_game_name" class="ellipsis"></div>
						<div id="economy_item_6aec61a5d9f97_item_type" class=""></div>
					</div>
					<div class="item_desc_descriptors" id="economy_item_6aec61a5d9f97_item_descriptors">
					</div>
														</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
	<script type="text/javascript">
		var g_rgAppContextData = {"730":{"appid":730,"name":"Counter-Strike 2","icon":"https:\/\/shared.fastly.steamstatic.com\/community_assets\/images\/apps\/730\/8dbc71957312bbd3baea65848b545be9eae2a355.jpg","link":"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/730"}};
		
		fnInitItemDisplay = function() {
			UserYou.LoadContexts( g_rgAppContextData );
			BuildHover( 'economy_item_6aec61a5d9f97',  {"appid":"730","classid":"4356734261","instanceid":"0","is_currency":0,"icon_url":"i0CoZ81Ui0m-9KwlBY1L_18myuGuq1wfhWSaZgMttyVfPaERSR0Wqmu7LAocGIijyEKzb_3d19nuPXqT4EVKpNa6vgi0EkugzcO2q3Nfu6D8OPc0JvXEXjeVkexw5OIxHn7lzUVx4mTRn8HpLyy5vFaXRw","icon_drag_url":"","name":"Music Kit | Darren Korb, Hades Music Kit","market_hash_name":"Music Kit | Darren Korb, Hades Music Kit","market_name":"Music Kit | Darren Korb, Hades Music Kit","market_listing_bucket_id":"18A20A3004880133","market_listing_bucket_group_id":"G18A20A3004880133","market_listing_bucket_group_name":"Music Kit | Darren Korb, Hades Music Kit","market_name_inside_group":"Normal","name_color":"4b69ff","background_color":"2d3042","type":"High Grade Music Kit","tradable":0,"marketable":0,"commodity":1,"market_tradable_restriction":"7","market_marketable_restriction":"7","descriptions":[{"type":"html","value":"This Music Kit will replace all of the music in the game and is shareable with anyone you are playing with. It also includes an MVP Anthem that plays for everyone in the match when you are MVP.\n\nThe Music Kit replaces the following music:\n- Main Menu\n- Round Start and End\n- Map Objective\n- Ten Second Warning\n- Death Camera","name":"description"},{"type":"html","value":" ","name":"blank"},{"type":"html","value":"Sure, you might miss a shot from time to time, but what never misses is this blood-pumping Music Kit straight from the Underworld of Hades, Supergiant's rogue-like dungeon crawler.","name":"description"},{"type":"html","value":" ","name":"blank"}],"tags":[{"internal_name":"CSGO_Type_MusicKit","name":"Music Kit","category":"Type","category_name":"Type"},{"internal_name":"normal","name":"Normal","category":"Quality","category_name":"Category"},{"internal_name":"Rarity_Rare","name":"High Grade","category":"Rarity","color":"4b69ff","category_name":"Quality"}]} );
			$('economy_item_6aec61a5d9f97').show();
		}

					fnInitItemDisplay();
			</script>

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