The problem with /account/getdepositaddress

gistfile1.txt

-Goal, transfer steem (same issue with several others, NXT for instance)

https://bittrex.com/api/v1.1/account/getdepositaddress?apikey=API_KEY&currency=VTC    
Response
{
	"success" : true,
	"message" : "",
	"result" : {
		"Currency" : "STEEM",
		"Address" : "longHexStringOrWhateverTheFormatIs"
	}
}

Well that's not right deposit address.
The real address in steems case is: bittrex:longHexStringOrWhateverTheFormatIs

Ok so let's use https://bittrex.com/api/v1.1/public/getcurrencies

{
	"success" : true,
	"message" : "",
	"result" : [{
			"Currency" : "STEEM",
			"CurrencyLong" : "STEEM",
			"MinConfirmation" : 2,
			"TxFee" : 0.00020000,
			"IsActive" : true,
			"CoinType" : "BITCOIN",
			"BaseAddress" : bittrex     //LOOK AT ME
		},
    ...
}

ok great we can use that to piece it together!
But wait, BaseAddress can mean different things. 
For all other currencies it's populated with the normal address not the prefix.
Even worse, sometimes it's a different address but still same format 
(probably in cases where each transaction have different deposit address not sure)

Current Workaround?
Check if baseaddress has the prefix string "bittrex" (not kidding) if so address=baseaddress:address otherwise address=address
So far NXT fails with this ugly workaround but it's brittle and prone to errors.

Help me James please.

I haven't dealt with STEEM much but when I go into the UI to create a new address there is info on proper account and memo usage should be handled. You are correct in that all currencies don't behave the same way and require different information when moving funds around. NXT appears similar with the base address and message, but not the same.