hubot-twitch

hubot-twitch

A Hubot script for interacting with Twitch.tv API.

See src/twitch.coffee for full documentation.

Installation via NPM

1. Install the hubot-twitch module as a Hubot dependency by running:

   npm install --save hubot-twitch
   

2. Enable the module by adding the hubot-twitch entry to your external-scripts.json file:

   [
       "hubot-twitch"
   ]
   

3. Run your bot and see below for available config / commands

Configuration

Variable	Default	Description
TWITCH_API_KEY	N/A	(Optional) To avoid any restrictions when using Twitch API, please register your application and set your application client ID using this config
TWITCH_MAX_RESULTS	5	The maximum number of result(s) to return
TWITCH_STORAGE_KEY	_twitch	The unique key used for persistence (storing/retrieving users' Twitch-related data from memory)

Commands

Command	Listener ID	Description
hubot ttv follows	twitch.follows	Returns the 10 most recent live streams belonging to your followed channels (list populated from your linked Twitch user, see command below)
hubot ttv link user	twitch.link	Link Twitch user to you
hubot ttv featured	twitch.featured	Returns the first TWITCH_MAX_RESULTS (or 5) featured live streams
hubot ttv game category	twitch.game	Returns the first TWITCH_MAX_RESULTS (or 5) live streams in a game category (case-sensitive)
hubot ttv search query	twitch.search	Returns the first TWITCH_MAX_RESULTS (or 5) live streams matching the search query
hubot ttv stream name	twitch.stream	Returns information about stream name
hubot ttv top	twitch.top	Returns the top TWITCH_MAX_RESULTS (or 5) games sorted by the number of current viewers on Twitch, most popular first

Sample Interaction

user1>> hubot ttv follows
hubot>> Dendi is streaming "<:::::[]=¤༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ FOR THE WATCH" @ http://www.twitch.tv/dendi
hubot>> Sing_sing is streaming "newbie dota player" @ http://www.twitch.tv/sing_sing
hubot>> user1: 2 of your followed channels are currently streaming.