Trying to Get App's Price but Steam API Key Denies

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i am trying to make a bot to get prices of steam games and save them on my database to do something later but i am having a problem with steam api. i use this:

https://partner.steam-api.com/ISteamEconomy/GetMarketPrices/v1/?key=MYAPIKEY&appid=552500

but i get this error:

Forbidden Access is denied. Retrying will not help. Please verify your key= parameter.

i use the right steam api key that i got at https://steamcommunity.com/dev/registerkey but i got this error. i woud appreciate it if anyone could help me

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steamsteam-web-api

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Documentation for ISteamEconomy GetMarketPrices

NOTE: This call requires a publisher API key to use this method.

This note can be found at the bottom of the section for each API endpoint that requires a publisher API key.


They detail how to create a publish API key here:
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/webapi_overview/auth

  1. As a user with administrative rights in your Steamworks account, first visit your groups list.
  2. From the list of groups, select or create a group that contains the App IDs for which you wish to have access with the WebAPI key.
  3. Then click into that group to view the users and applications in that group.
  4. If you have administrative permissions, you should then see the option to "Create WebAPI Key" on the right-hand side. Or you should see the key listed if it has already been created.


If, like me, you are not a game publisher, you will be unable to use this endpoint and will have to use the endpoints that do not require a publisher API key.