References
Official BUFF documentation and open-source clients for the BUFF163 API.
Read the implementations alongside this reference. A working client shows the session handling, retry behaviour, and error handling that a schema cannot.
Official
| Source | Covers |
|---|---|
| BUFF developer documentation | BUFF's own reference for the official API. Authoritative for bearer-token authentication, access tiers, and rate limits. |
| BUFF developer console | Token issuance and access-tier management. |
Clients
| Project | Language | Why read it |
|---|---|---|
| buff163-api | Python | Wraps the internal price routes and shows the cookie handling an anonymous caller cannot avoid. |
| BuffApi | Python | Catalog and sell-order polling against the internal routes. |
Community clients for the internal routes are thinner than for Steam, and most are unmaintained. Verify the current response shape before relying on one.
Machine-readable
| Document | Contents |
|---|---|
/openapi.json | Combined document backing this reference: 30 official operations and four internal price operations. |
/unofficial-openapi.json | The four internal price operations on their own. |
/unofficial-routes.json | Route evidence for the internal operations. |
Internal routes are unofficial and can change without notice. Where this reference and the live API disagree, the API is right.