Follow/Host Notifications & IRC Notices

[Kimau]

Hi All,

Just sanity checking something just shout if any of these assumptions are wrong

• There is no Follow / Host notification system
• You have to hit the follows API and compare (refreshes 1/min)
• Same with hosts. Uncoducemented API (https://tmi.twitch.tv/hosts?include_logins=1&target=##)
• jtv/twitchnotify will post an IRC message for host alerts (only visible to broadcaster)
• No reliable way to get size of host
• NAMES will be transmitted if cap req but only for sub 1000 otherwise you need to use https://tmi.twitch.tv/group/user/##/chatters which is also not documented

Any chance I can do any of this with PubSub or IRC
My main perf concern at the moment is figuring out unfollows requires perodic scanning over the entire follow list. Also the fact I’m using 2 undocumented APIs.

Thanks

[Hugo]

You are mostly right, but I’d suggest you not to provide any service telling WHO unfollowed. It would be against the “good community” behaviour as a lot of people would use that to trash-talk or insult those who unfollow. A lot of persons can be toxic if they know who stopped following them, trust me.

[Kimau]

Oh no I wouldn’t have an unfollow notifcation but for anayltics and awarding points ect… its data we need to know at some level.