API

Migration Discussion and questions related to migrating between versions of the Twitch API. This includes upgrading from v3 to v5 and v5 to the helix namespace.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Subscriptions Beta Changes API	120	20001	August 8, 2017
V5 Documentation is here! API	16	5923	February 2, 2017
The great big "I'm using WIX/SomeWebsiteMaking Tool and I don't know how to fix my embed" thread API	717	29308	November 1, 2025
Client-ID Requirement FAQs API	66	52208	November 22, 2016
Is Helix gonna be ready? API	23	13090	August 16, 2018
Partnered Account for Testing Purposes API	24	10147	November 28, 2020
Introducing Clips API	20	9719	September 7, 2016
Client-ID will be required in August API	15	6683	July 4, 2016
HTML5 Embedded player? API	36	122631	September 3, 2016
How will Twitch Embed updates affect mobile app embeds? API	42	9312	August 30, 2020
How can I get Authorization OAuth token? API	21	55693	March 17, 2018
Get current viewer usernames API	13	123797	August 7, 2017
New rate limiting API	21	7958	October 29, 2017
Re-payment notification for subs API	28	12172	February 17, 2016
Getting a message on my embeds that goes away after a while API	54	27703	April 16, 2021
Chat embed theme? (Dark/light mode) API	13	17142	January 11, 2018
Twitch API Version Update Discussion & FAQ API	105	18699	April 5, 2017
Getting user IDs? API	11	85760	February 16, 2018
Introducing the Twitch PubSub System API	17	6887	August 19, 2016
OAuth Redirect URL API	9	51045	October 6, 2018
How to just check if a channel is live? API	16	51056	April 15, 2018
How do I embed a Follow Button? API	10	58944	December 1, 2016
[Beginner] Basic Twitch website integration API	12	29965	August 8, 2015
Subscriber Alerts API	31	16455	January 8, 2016
How do i add a "Login with Twitch" button to my website? API	9	28808	April 25, 2017
Creating a Chat Bot for use in Twtich API	11	43022	January 1, 2020
What is being calculated as a Total View API	12	37963	October 10, 2017
Twitch Desktop app for watching streams API	12	37632	December 2, 2015
"user/logout" and "user/reset_password" pages are broken API	35	20781	October 13, 2015
Api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/ endpoint unstable API	66	15208	July 28, 2016
Follower alert in chat bot API	24	21322	September 10, 2018
How to get the id of something? API	11	30472	April 27, 2017
Player.twitch.tv refused to connect API	15	25977	July 21, 2020
Twitch V5 Subscriber [BROKEN API] API	19	3728	August 26, 2018
Check Subscription by User endpoint returns my own channel subscription object API	17	3887	August 27, 2018
Is streamer online, JSON help: /users/zigenzag/follows/ API	10	27414	February 22, 2015
Helix API changes from Kraken - data missing API	17	6432	January 6, 2018
Communities API Release API	14	3881	March 24, 2017
How to add the !song command to the chat bot API	9	25646	December 30, 2018
Total follower count is wrong? API	11	22999	July 20, 2017
[Feature request] Possibility to query actual viewers of the stream API	17	5587	November 23, 2016
Error 401: "Unauthorized" "invalid oauth token" when requesting user information API	13	19959	January 16, 2019
Whisper Command API	10	22096	September 17, 2015
Time of streaming live API	9	23085	April 30, 2016
Get the broadcaster_id and the user_id of any channel with the name API	11	19836	August 1, 2021
Simple Online/Offline Script Help Needed API	10	11436	October 22, 2016
Discord.js Bot to monitor streamers API	43	10112	October 27, 2020
[Solved] Keep getting a 403 when editing channel info API	14	16161	December 17, 2015
How to check user account is banned/deactivated? API	12	17036	November 15, 2019
Refused to frame 'https://embed.twitch.tv/' because an ancestor violates the following Content Security Policy directive API	26	11801	June 26, 2020