Information

This package is for getting the current livestream information of the twitch streamer.

• Simple and easy
• Fast and efficient
• Decent information

Please consider using the original API or making your own scraper for extensive use.

Sample

Input:

const getTwitchUserInfo = require("twitch-user-streaming-info");

getTwitchUserInfo("esl_csgo").then(console.log).catch(console.error);

Output:

{
  success: true,
  error: null,
  live: true,
  name: 'ESL_CSGO - Twitch',
  title: 'RERUN: NaVi vs. AGO - Map 2 [Mirage] - ESL Pro League Season 15 - Group D',
  embedURL: 'https://player.twitch.tv/?channel=esl_csgo&player=facebook&autoplay=true&parent=meta.tag',
  thumbnails: [
    'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_esl_csgo-80x45.jpg',
    'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_esl_csgo-320x180.jpg',
    'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_esl_csgo-640x360.jpg'
  ],
  upload: 2022-04-01T20:21:41.000Z,
  start: 2022-04-01T20:21:41.000Z,
  _end: 2022-04-02T00:21:41.000Z,
  _isLiveBroadcast: true
}

API

There's actually no function, you can use the package as soon as you import it directly.

Parameters

getTwitchUserInfo("username", booleanOnly, parseProps)

username: String ~ Username of the Twitch streamer.
booleanOnly: Boolean [true/false] ~ Get results in boolean instead of objects.
parseProps: Boolean [true/false] ~ Parse the properties and format them in a good order.

booleanOnly is disabled by default and parseProps is enabled by default.

Data

If booleanOnly parameter is set to true, it will always return the result in boolean regardless of what the response is (other than main errors).

If the booleanOnly parameter is set to false, it will always return the result in objects regardless of what the response is (other than main errors).

Data: Objects

There are always three properties present in the response, regardless of what the response is (good or bad).

Properties: success, error, and live

Properties starting with _ aren't recommended for production and they are also useless & just there for testing.

parseProps is enabled:

{
  success: true,
  error: null,
  live: true,
  name: 'ESL_CSGO - Twitch',
  title: 'RERUN: NaVi vs. AGO - Map 2 [Mirage] - ESL Pro League Season 15 - Group D',
  embedURL: 'https://player.twitch.tv/?channel=esl_csgo&player=facebook&autoplay=true&parent=meta.tag',
  thumbnails: [
    'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_esl_csgo-80x45.jpg',
    'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_esl_csgo-320x180.jpg',
    'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_esl_csgo-640x360.jpg'
  ],
  upload: 2022-04-01T20:21:41.000Z,
  start: 2022-04-01T20:21:41.000Z,
  _end: 2022-04-02T00:21:41.000Z,
  _isLiveBroadcast: true
}

If you are wondering, you should use start over upload as it gives the date when the stream was started instead of when the stream was uploaded.

{
  success: Boolean,
  error: null | Error,
  live: Boolean,
  name: String,
  title: String,
  embedURL: URL,
  thumbnails: Array [URL],
  upload: Date,
  start: Date,
  _end: Date,
  _isLiveBroadcast: Boolean
}

Note: URL type is string type.

parseProps is disabled:

{
  success: true,
  error: null,
  live: true,
  '@type': 'VideoObject',
  '@context': 'https://schema.org',
  description: 'RERUN: Complexity vs. Heroic - Map 1 [Ancient] - ESL Pro League Season 15 - Group D',
  embedUrl: 'https://player.twitch.tv/?channel=esl_csgo&player=facebook&autoplay=true&parent=meta.tag',
  name: 'ESL_CSGO - Twitch',
  thumbnailUrl: [
    'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_esl_csgo-80x45.jpg',
    'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_esl_csgo-320x180.jpg',
    'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_esl_csgo-640x360.jpg'
  ],
  uploadDate: '2022-04-01T20:21:41Z',
  publication: {
    '@type': 'BroadcastEvent',
    endDate: '2022-04-02T00:21:41Z',
    startDate: '2022-04-01T20:21:41Z',
    isLiveBroadcast: true
  }
}

{
  success: Boolean,
  error: null | Error,
  live: Boolean,
  '@type': String,
  '@context': URL,
  description: String,
  embedUrl: URL,
  name: String,
  thumbnailUrl: Array [URL],
  uploadDate: DateString,
  publication: {
    '@type': String,
    endDate: DateString,
    startDate: DateString,
    isLiveBroadcast: Boolean
  }
}

Note: DateString isn't the parsed Date, it's Date in string which you can parse using Date constructor but it's already parsed when using the package with parseProps enabled.