twitch.tv

node.js lib for Twitch.tv's REST API

npm install twitch.tv

Example

var twitch = require("twitch.tv")

twitch("streams", function(err, res) {
  console.log(res)
})

API

twitch(apiMethod[, options], callback)

Default options:

{
  ua: "node.js twitch.tv by mediremi",
  apiVersion: "3",
  clientID: ""
}

• options.baseUrl -> Twitch.tv API base URL
• options.ua -> User agent sent to Twitch.tv
• options.apiVersion -> API version used
• options.clientID -> Client ID provided by Twitch.tv. Used for rate-limiting
• options.auth -> OAuth token provided by Twitch.tv. Used for privileged requests (doc here)

callback is called with two parameters: err and response.

Available Twitch API methods

Examples:

twitch("channel", function(err, res) {
  console.log(res)
})

twitch("games/top", function(err, res) {
  if (err) return console.error(err)

  console.log(res.top)
})

twitch("videos/top", {
  ua: "get-cool-twitch-vids.com",
  apiVersion: 1,
  clientID: "axjhfp777tflhy0yjb5sftsil"
})

twitch("channels/44322889", {
  apiVersion: 5,
  clientID: "uo6dggojyb8d6soh92zknwmi5ej1q2"
})

// https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/v5/reference/users/#get-user
twitch("user", {
  apiVersion: 5,
  clientID: "uo6dggojyb8d6soh92zknwmi5ej1q2",
  auth: "cfabdegwdoklmawdzdo98xt2fo512y"
})