Twitch - Python

Twitch is the world's leading live streaming platform for gamers and other creative professionals. As a Python developer, you can interact with Twitch's API to build powerful applications and integrations that enhance the Twitch experience for both streamers and their viewers.

Getting Started

Before you can start building Twitch applications, you will need to obtain a Twitch API OAuth token. You can do this by creating a Twitch account and registering a new application in the Twitch developer console. Once you have your OAuth token, you can use it to authenticate requests to the Twitch API.

Twitch API Endpoints

The Twitch API provides a wide range of endpoints for accessing data related to streams, games, users, and more. Here are a few examples of the types of information you can retrieve from the API:

import requests

oauth_token = 'your_oauth_token_here'
headers = {'Authorization': f'Bearer {oauth_token}'}

# Get information about a specific Twitch user
username = 'example_user'
user_url = f'https://api.twitch.tv/helix/users?login={username}'
response = requests.get(user_url, headers=headers)
user_data = response.json()['data'][0]

# Get top games by number of viewers
games_url = 'https://api.twitch.tv/helix/games/top'
response = requests.get(games_url, headers=headers)
top_games_data = response.json()['data']

Twitch Chatbot Integration

One popular use case for the Twitch API is building chatbots that can respond to viewer messages in real-time. Here's an example of how you can use the twitchio Python library to build a simple Twitch chatbot:

import twitchio

class MyBot(twitchio.TwitchBot):
    async def event_message(self, message):
        if message.content == '!hello':
            await message.channel.send('Hello, world!')

bot = MyBot(
    token='your_oauth_token_here',
    nick='my_bot_username',
    prefix='!',
    initial_channels=['channel_name_here']
)
bot.run()

Conclusion

With the Twitch API and Python, you have everything you need to build powerful, interactive applications that enhance the Twitch viewing experience. Whether you're building chatbots, stream overlays, or analytics tools for streamers, the Twitch API has the data you need to make it happen.