Error with Client-ID

API
1

I have been coding with jQuery ajax trying to retrieve a channel based off of the OAuth token as seen here.

$.ajax({ url: 'https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels', type: 'GET', contentType: 'application/json', dataType: 'jsonp', headers: { 'Client-ID': 'xxx', 'Authorization': token } });

and I receive the error

({"error":"Bad Request","status":400,"message":"No client id specified"})

How would I be able to fix this, why am I getting this error?

2

It looks like you set up your headers wrong. Twitch does not recognize the Authorization header, instead you put the OAuth token (without the oauth: prefix) under Client-ID. Hope my suggestion helps. :wink:

3

Authorization should be 'OAuth ’ + token instead, and you should use a valid client id from an application you registered.

4

I have a vaild Client-ID I just chose to not show it here, because I know what mine is and how to get it.

5

What do you mean by this, if so could you show me an example?

6

It should look like this:

headers: {
      'Client-ID': 'your OAuth token here'
    }

The rest of your code looks fine to me

7

I still got the same error, and I have refreshed the caches of the site. Plus when I look at the Docs locatated here https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/v5/reference/channels/ it tells me that I need the Authorization, Client-ID, and the Accept Headers

8

I just looked at the docs and you’re right: it needs an extra OAuth token for the Authorization header. I’ve tested it myself using the same exact Client ID and got a 404 error. I don’t know how this works exactly, but there’s an alternative method:

  1. Get the username’s ID with this URL: https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/users?login=username
  2. Use that same user ID to get its info, for example, https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/users/1234567

It should give you the exact output without the account’s email address, obviously for security reasons. Apologies if it isn’t related, but I find it easier that way.

9

@TrainerTimmy Watch the terminology. Client-ID and OAuth token are not the same.

10

Oh, thanks for pointing that out! :stuck_out_tongue:

11

@GrimtrisharaLok Try reading this: https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/v5/guides/authentication/

You can easily get an OAuth token at http://twitchapps.com/tmi. Don’t worry about the name, just about any valid OAuth token linked to an account should work.

12

Try this

$.ajax({
    url: 'https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channel',
    type: 'GET',
    contentType: 'application/json',
    dataType: 'json',
    headers: {
      'Client-ID': '<your client id>',
      'Authorization': 'OAuth <your oauth token with channel_read scope>',
      'Accept': 'application/vnd.twitchtv.v5+json'
    }
  });

I removed dataType: jsonp since Kraken supports CORS so there isn’t much of a need for jsonp. Also, I don’t think that works with headers, added the Accept header to specific the latest API version, and also changed the url to remove the “s” in channels. I think there is an error in the v5 docs since this request was singular in previous API versions.

@TrainerTimmy http://twitchapps.com/tmi is only for generating a token capable of logging into IRC. It will not have the necessary scopes to make the request @GrimtrisharaLok is trying to do.

13

Thank you so much @george the issue is now resolved :smiley:

14

@george :thumbsup:

15

dataType json should only make jquery do the JSON.parse for you. jsonp is different.