twitch-python

Twitch Python

pip install --user twitch-python

An object-oriented approach to accessing the Twitch API and live chat with relationships and smart caching.

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or newer
• A Twitch client ID

Usage

# Twitch API

import twitch

helix = twitch.Helix('client-id', 'client-secret')

# Users

for user in helix.users(['sodapoppin', 'reckful', 24250859]):
    print(user.display_name)


print(helix.user('zarlach').display_name)

# Videos

for video in helix.videos([318017128, 317650435]):
    print(video.title)


print(helix.video(318017128).title)

# Video Comments (VOD chat)

for comment in helix.video(318017128).comments:
    print(comment.commenter.display_name)


for video, comments in helix.videos([318017128, 317650435]).comments:
    for comment in comments:
        print(comment.commenter.display_name, comment.message.body)


for video, comments in helix.user('sodapoppin').videos().comments:
        for comment in comments:
            print(comment.commenter.display_name, comment.message.body)


for user, videos in helix.users(['sodapoppin', 'reckful']).videos(first=5):
        for video, comments in videos.comments:
            for comment in comments:
                print(comment.commenter.display_name, comment.message.body)

# Twitch Chat

twitch.Chat(channel='#sodapoppin', nickname='zarlach', oauth='oauth:xxxxxx').subscribe(
        lambda message: print(message.channel, message.user.display_name, message.text))

Features

• Object-oriented relationships
• Smart caching
• New Twitch API (Helix)
• VOD chat from Twitch API v5

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Documentation • Twitch API • Twitch-Chat-Downloader