Hi everyone, I’m currently trying to get the live status of a channel. To do so, I’m using the API endpoint https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams?user_id=ChannelName with my client ID in the header Client-ID: MyClientID but I can’t since the API asks me an OAuth token {“error”:“Unauthorize…

[image] Requiring OAuth for Helix Twitch API Endpoints Announcements In an effort to standardize authentication and provide security improvements for the Twitch community, OAuth will soon be required for all Twitch API endpoints in the new Twitch API, also known as “Helix.…

Thanks for answering so quickly :slight_smile: I tried to generate a token for my app, but it always fails. I want to use the API for a Discord Bot, but without OAuth token I can’t do anything. I actually don’t know what to enter in the redirect_uri. I tried http://localhost , but it doesn’t seem …

First you need to decided what kind of token you want. For stream status in a Discord bot, you probably want an app access token [image] Getting OAuth Access Tokens Getting OAuth Access Tokens

I get this response { “access_token”: “MyToken”, “expires_in”: 5075685, “token_type”: “bearer” } Is the access_token the Oauth token I need ?

Yup Add a header so you send Client-ID MyClientID Authorization: Bearer ACCESSTOKEN

Thank you very much :smiley: you were very helpful Can I generate a new token every day or it’s too much ?

expires_in is in seconds, so you can renew it any point up to that point, or wait for it to die and then make a new one. It’s around 60 days

Thank you very much, I’m now able to improve my bot ^^

Get live status of a channel

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BarryCarlyon May 19, 2020, 9:40pm 2

You require an oAuth token now to utilize the API

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