# Twitch Developer Day Q&A **URL:** https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/c/events/twitch-developer-day-q-a/21.md [Latest](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/categories.md) --- ## [About the Twitch Developer Day Q&A category](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/about-the-twitch-developer-day-q-a-category/28942)
**Author:** [@jbulava](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/jbulava)\ **Replies:** 0
This category is being used to gather and upvote questions for the Twitch Developer Day 2020 open forum segment. Twitch Staff will be answering your questions during the TwitchDev broadcast on November 13, 2020. Guideli… --- ## [onTransactionComplete](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/ontransactioncomplete/29017)
**Author:** [@CVS-Gaming](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/CVS-Gaming)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/ontransactioncomplete/29017 "2020-11-18T22:25:10Z")
Can you call a webhook instead of having front-end receive the on transaction complete? Two issues: Malicious users can just manually call whatever we do with the result of this function. When users have multiple … --- ## [When are we going to get more developer revenue options?](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/when-are-we-going-to-get-more-developer-revenue-options/28988)
**Author:** [@WLG3R](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/WLG3R)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/when-are-we-going-to-get-more-developer-revenue-options/28988 "2021-05-12T14:39:04Z")
TwitchCon 2018 was promised more revenue options for developers in extensions but we still only have bits. When are we getting subs at least, and in-extension ads were also mentioned. --- ## [Overall user stats](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/overall-user-stats/29036)
**Author:** [@cvs\_gaming\_nick](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/cvs_gaming_nick)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/overall-user-stats/29036 "2020-11-19T09:17:15Z")
Very curious about overall usage states of panels / mobile / overlays, IE percentage interacting / spending bits. --- ## [Where can we see the changes done to the Twitch API/developer rig?](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/where-can-we-see-the-changes-done-to-the-twitch-api-developer-rig/29019)
**Author:** [@CVS-Gaming](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/CVS-Gaming)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/where-can-we-see-the-changes-done-to-the-twitch-api-developer-rig/29019 "2020-11-18T22:24:06Z")
A changelist would be nice --- ## [API experience, Testing monetization features](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/api-experience-testing-monetization-features/29014)
**Author:** [@CVS-Gaming](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/CVS-Gaming)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/api-experience-testing-monetization-features/29014 "2020-11-18T22:23:12Z")
This is one of our biggest pain points, to be honest. Lots of unexpected things. We currently can’t easily test viewers using bits easily. There are some issues: Products are not charged when they are in development … --- ## [Helix feature parity with v5 API?](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/helix-feature-parity-with-v5-api/29023)
**Author:** [@awsr](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/awsr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/helix-feature-parity-with-v5-api/29023 "2020-11-18T22:20:12Z")
When can we expect the Helix API to return information that currently is only available from the v5 API? In my case, the service I’m making requires the offset information for clips to know when they occurred in the sour… --- ## [Hi Jbulava and colleagues!](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/hi-jbulava-and-colleagues/29045)
**Author:** [@CVS-Gaming](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/CVS-Gaming)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/hi-jbulava-and-colleagues/29045 "2020-11-18T22:16:47Z")
First, thanks for hosting this Q&A! It’s really great to be provided the opportunity to send questions. Barry and Dist were really helpful! I would love to know what improvements are you excited about that will help dev… --- ## [When will we see more access to Channel Points through the API?](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/when-will-we-see-more-access-to-channel-points-through-the-api/29041)
**Author:** [@Alphalaneous](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Alphalaneous)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/when-will-we-see-more-access-to-channel-points-through-the-api/29041 "2020-11-18T22:16:34Z")
I develop a program that is incorporated with channel points, can do actions with them and such. But, it’s not easy for the streamer to manage these custom rewards since there is no way externally to get, disable, modify… --- ## [Banned Users and Tokens](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/banned-users-and-tokens/29044)
**Author:** [@CVS-Gaming](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/CVS-Gaming)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/banned-users-and-tokens/29044 "2020-11-18T22:15:21Z")
banned users: We currently need to check for banned users on the backend server, why not have something like: window.Twitch.ext.actions.isBanned(userId) Tokens: Why do we need to get a token for each app? Why not req… --- ## [What about Twitch's plans for mobile/consoles overlay extensions?](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/what-about-twitchs-plans-for-mobile-consoles-overlay-extensions/29054)
**Author:** [@GhostZero](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/GhostZero)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/what-about-twitchs-plans-for-mobile-consoles-overlay-extensions/29054 "2020-11-18T22:13:07Z")
Hey, I am working on an overlay extension that uses the twitch overlay extensions functionality. Unfortunately we get almost daily information from streamers that our alerts are not displayed on mobile or inside console… --- ## [It seems only Extensions for Games are being featured on the carousel](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/it-seems-only-extensions-for-games-are-being-featured-on-the-carousel/29049)
**Author:** [@dimosmera](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/dimosmera)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/it-seems-only-extensions-for-games-are-being-featured-on-the-carousel/29049 "2020-11-18T21:26:19Z")
Has there been a change in direction? It used to be other extensions had a chance of making it to the carousel. On the same topic, is the featuring Google form still relevant? Worth filling out still? Thanks :+1: --- ## [The most important TwitchDev Question](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/the-most-important-twitchdev-question/29056)
**Author:** [@WLG3R](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/WLG3R)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/the-most-important-twitchdev-question/29056 "2020-11-18T21:25:16Z")
Will there be a Swag Giveaway? Kappa --- ## [Helix Display name as username](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/helix-display-name-as-username/29062)
**Author:** [@BarryCarlyon](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/helix-display-name-as-username/29062 "2020-11-18T21:23:48Z")
I love we now have game name in the streams endpoint But is there any movement to resolve github 3 as literally every helix endpoint returns the user\_name but uses the value for display name instead Which means for … --- ## [Extension OAuth Permission Expansion](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/extension-oauth-permission-expansion/29064)
**Author:** [@WLG3R](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/WLG3R)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/extension-oauth-permission-expansion/29064 "2020-11-18T21:22:28Z")
Will there be any official extension to extension OAuth, such as moderation, channel points, etc., so we don’t have to have the broadcaster go through the install process, and a separate OAuth process, similar to subscri… --- ## [Twitch Developer points of contact](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitch-developer-points-of-contact/29063)
**Author:** [@Dist](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Dist)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitch-developer-points-of-contact/29063 "2020-11-18T21:19:30Z")
What can we expect going forwards in terms of being able to get in contact with Twitch for 3rd party dev needs? Years ago we had a developer contact email address, that vanished from the dev site support page. We had a… --- ## [Stream Analytics](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/stream-analytics/29068)
**Author:** [@talelearncode](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/talelearncode)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/stream-analytics/29068 "2020-11-18T21:17:14Z")
Any possibility of getting stream analytic information such as what is presented in the Stream Summary? For example, the number of viewers over a stream, the geography of the users, platforms users are using, and so on.… --- ## [TMI ignored characters and other limitations](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/tmi-ignored-characters-and-other-limitations/28985)
**Author:** [@tetyys](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/tetyys)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/tmi-ignored-characters-and-other-limitations/28985 "2020-11-09T18:44:12Z")
I was wondering why are there some characters that get stripped after message gets posted in TMI including two subsequent spaces, some invisible spaces. Also (probably due to same reason) I was wondering why messages th… --- ## [TMI timeout limit](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/tmi-timeout-limit/28983)
**Author:** [@tetyys](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/tetyys)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/tmi-timeout-limit/28983 "2020-11-09T18:35:36Z")
I’m wondering why is timeout limit for a chatter in TMI only 2 weeks