# Check hosted channel **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Created:** [July 10, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/check-hosted-channel/6831 "2016-07-10T17:34:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dersarius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@Dersarius](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Dersarius)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/check-hosted-channel/6831/1 "2016-07-10T17:34:39Z")
hello . is it possible to get the hosted channel into a variable ? or that I can check if I’m hosting or not ? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Dersarius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@Dersarius](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Dersarius)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/check-hosted-channel/6831/2 "2016-07-12T15:02:16Z")
hmm… ---
**Author:** ![DallasNChains](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/dallasnchains/32/1608_2.png) [@DallasNChains](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/DallasNChains)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/check-hosted-channel/6831/3 "2016-07-12T15:26:46Z")
There isn’t a way to do this with the public API ([api.twitch.tv/kraken](http://api.twitch.tv/kraken)). If you search on this forum, you’ll find ways to accomplish this using other APIs. I won’t endorse that as those APIs could change at any time. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/check-hosted-channel/6831/4 "2016-08-11T15:27:02Z")
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