# Get channel title/game from the Helix API?

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-channel-title-game-from-the-helix-api/22132>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [August 11, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-channel-title-game-from-the-helix-api/22132 "2019-08-11T18:16:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cookie](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/cookie/32/4037_2.png) [@Cookie](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Cookie)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-channel-title-game-from-the-helix-api/22132/1 "2019-08-11T18:16:32Z")

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Is there a way to get the current title/game of a channel when it is not active? Using [https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams](https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams) will only work if the stream is active, if the user is offline the `data` field is an empty array (when querying a specific user).

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**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-channel-title-game-from-the-helix-api/22132/2 "2019-08-11T18:29:44Z")

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> [@Cookie](#):
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> Is there a way to get the current title/game of a channel when it is not active?

Nope

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**Author:** ![YorVeX](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/yorvex/32/6864_2.png) [@YorVeX](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/YorVeX)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-channel-title-game-from-the-helix-api/22132/3 "2019-08-15T03:11:12Z")

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Uhm, and is it planned to be implemented? A tool of mine is currently using the v3 API (“channels”) to get that info for channels (mostly for offline channels). Now I am being pushed to upgrade to the new API - but how, when it doesn’t support what the old API did?

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**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-channel-title-game-from-the-helix-api/22132/4 "2019-08-15T10:16:23Z")

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> [@YorVeX](#):
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> Uhm, and is it planned to be implemented?

Helix should have feature parity before v5 is removed

> [@YorVeX](#):
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> A tool of mine is currently using the v3 API (“channels”) to get that info for channels (mostly for offline channels).

Upgrade to v5

> [@YorVeX](#):
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> Now I am being pushed to upgrade to the new API - but how, when it doesn’t support what the old API did?

Anyone on v3 is being asked to move to at least v5.

Most of us are using a mix of v5/new API currently until helix has everything that is missing

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**Author:** ![YorVeX](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/yorvex/32/6864_2.png) [@YorVeX](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/YorVeX)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-channel-title-game-from-the-helix-api/22132/5 "2019-08-15T18:09:21Z")

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Thanks, that mix is what I am implementing right now.

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-channel-title-game-from-the-helix-api/22132/6 "2019-09-14T18:18:23Z")

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