why is it always a string

Chatbot.py

@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import os
 import random
 import discord
 import steam
+import requests
 from steam.webapi import WebAPI
 from dotenv import load_dotenv #only used so we can have the token outside of the source code
 from steam.steamid import *
 
+
 load_dotenv()
 TOKEN = os.getenv('DISCORD_TOKEN')
 GUILD = os.getenv('DISCORD_GUILD')
@@ -21,8 +23,29 @@ api = WebAPI(key=steamApiKey)
 
 steamID= "STEAM_0:0:73873614" #this is Emily's steamID which is useful to use as a stub when testing
 def steamAchievementPercentages(steamID, gameID): #Emily - as you can see it's going well 
-    pass
+    achieveList= requests.get("http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUserStats/GetPlayerAchievements/v0001/?appid=" +gameID+ "&key=" +steamApiKey+ "&steamid=" +steamID)
+    totalAchieves = 1
+    achievesCompleted=0
+    print (len(achieveList.text))
+    achieveList = achieveList.text
+    achieveList = achieveList.replace("\"", " ")
+    achieveList = achieveList.replace("{", "\"")
+    achieveList = achieveList.replace("}", "\"")
+    achieveList = achieveList.strip("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz,:0123456789\" ")
+    print (achieveList)
+    for achieve in achieveList:
+        print (achieve)
+        if "\"achieved\":0" in achieve:
+            totalAchieves = totalAchieves + 1
+        if "\"achieved\":1" in achieve:
+            achievesCompleted = achievesCompleted + 1
+            totalAchieves = totalAchieves + 1
+    percentage= round ((achievesCompleted/totalAchieves)*100, 2)
+    print(achievesCompleted)
+    print(totalAchieves)
+    return percentage
 
+#print (steamAchievementPercentages("76561198108012956", "582010"))
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