title: How to get the steam AppID by AppName in Steam WebAPI
body: <p>So i'm trying to start a steamgame by entering the name of the game. For this reason I asked myself if it is possible to figure out the steam AppID through the entered name.</p>
  
  <p>So I tried to collect the IDs through my steamApps folder without success.
  I also found a website where you could search for the name of a specific game.</p>
  
  <p>For example "<a href="https://www.steamgriddb.com/api/v2/search/autocomplete/grandtheftautov" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.steamgriddb.com/api/v2/search/autocomplete/grandtheftautov</a>" returns a json with gtaIV and gtaV</p>
  
  <p>The Problem with that is, that the stamAppID isn't found in the retrieved data.</p>
  
  <p>Also I found an SQL Database (<a href="https://steam.internet.byu.edu/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://steam.internet.byu.edu/</a>) where the steam name and the appID are found.
  But this wouldn't be my prefered way to go, because the database is 17gb big.</p>