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# PFAccountManagementLinkSteamAccountRequest

> PFAccountManagementLinkSteamAccountRequest data model. Steam authentication is accomplished with the Steam Session Ticket. More information on the Ticket can.

PFAccountManagementLinkSteamAccountRequest data model. Steam authentication is accomplished with the Steam Session Ticket. More information on the Ticket can be found in the Steamworks SDK, here: [https://partner.steamgames.com/documentation/auth](https://partner.steamgames.com/documentation/auth) (requires sign-in). NOTE: For Steam authentication to work, the title must be configured with the Steam Application ID and Publisher Key in the PlayFab Game Manager (under Properties). Information on creating a Publisher Key (referred to as the Secret Key in PlayFab) for your title can be found here: [https://partner.steamgames.com/documentation/webapi#publisherkey](https://partner.steamgames.com/documentation/webapi#publisherkey).

## Syntax

```cpp theme={null}
typedef struct PFAccountManagementLinkSteamAccountRequest {  
    PFStringDictionaryEntry const* customTags;  
    uint32_t customTagsCount;  
    bool const* forceLink;  
    const char* steamTicket;  
    bool const* ticketIsServiceSpecific;  
} PFAccountManagementLinkSteamAccountRequest;  
```

### Members

**`customTags`**   [PFStringDictionaryEntry](/services/playfab/api-references/c/pftypes/structs/pfstringdictionaryentry) const\*<br />*may be nullptr*

(Optional) The optional custom tags associated with the request (e.g. build number, external trace identifiers, etc.).

**`customTagsCount`**   uint32\_t

Count of customTags

**`forceLink`**   bool const\*<br />*may be nullptr*

(Optional) If another user is already linked to the account, unlink the other user and re-link.

**`steamTicket`**   const char\*<br />*is null-terminated*

Authentication token for the user, returned as a byte array from Steam, and converted to a string (for example, the byte 0x08 should become "08").

**`ticketIsServiceSpecific`**   bool const\*<br />*may be nullptr*

(Optional) True if ticket was generated using ISteamUser::GetAuthTicketForWebAPI() using "AzurePlayFab" as the identity string. False if the ticket was generated with ISteamUser::GetAuthSessionTicket().

## Requirements

**Header:** PFAccountManagementTypes.h

## See also

[PFAccountManagementTypes members](/services/playfab/api-references/c/pfaccountmanagementtypes/pfaccountmanagementtypes_members)


## Related topics

- [PFAccountManagementClientLinkSteamAccountAsync](/services/playfab/api-references/c/pfaccountmanagement/functions/pfaccountmanagementclientlinksteamaccountasync.md)
- [Services C API overview - PFAccountManagementTypes.h](/services/playfab/api-references/c/pfaccountmanagementtypes/pfaccountmanagementtypes_members.md)
- [PFAccountManagementLinkSteamIdRequest](/services/playfab/api-references/c/pfaccountmanagementtypes/structs/pfaccountmanagementlinksteamidrequest.md)
- [PFAccountManagementServerLinkSteamIdAsync](/services/playfab/api-references/c/pfaccountmanagement/functions/pfaccountmanagementserverlinksteamidasync.md)
- [PFAccountManagementClientLinkPSNAccountRequest](/services/playfab/api-references/c/pfaccountmanagementtypes/structs/pfaccountmanagementclientlinkpsnaccountrequest.md)