Get recent videos from a channel without authentication

API
1

my understanding getting recent vods from a user id doesn’t need user authentication ?

I’ve tried multiple codes most of them errors but found this one in this form and its the only one not to give me errors I only want to get recent vods from a channel.

$client_id = ‘’;
$ch = curl_init(‘https://api.twitch.tv/helix/videos?user_id=whoever&first=50&sort=time&type=archive’);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
'Client-ID: ’ . $client_id,
));

    $r = curl_exec($ch);
    $i = curl_getinfo($ch);

    curl_close($ch);

    if ($i['http_code'] == 200) {
        $videos = json_decode($r);
		
        if (json_last_error() == JSON_ERROR_NONE) {
             
        } else {
            $error = 'An Error occurred at Parsing the videos response';
        }
    } else {
        $error = 'An Error occurred fetching the videos';
    }

am i missing anything?

2

Get Videos is public

So anyones token works, even with an app access token.
App access is generally used ofr server to server requests.

App access is also know as client credentials

You are correct it doesn’t need a user token.
But Helix requires a token so you use the token needed for the endpoint as the documentation requires.

If it’s scoped: requires user token.
If it’s public: requires any token type.
Some endpoints are app access token only.

But all of helix requires a token.

TLDR: it doesn’t requirea user token, but it still requires a Token.

3

Ive added my client id so where am i going wrong?

im a bit of a newbie when it comes to api

im not getting any errors but it returns nothing

4

You didn’t generate a token.

So you’d generate/recall a token
Then use the token with your call to get videos

For example: since in PHP this would generat an app access token to use

5

Thank you i have now solved it! and working.

6

I’ve broke it again was working for a second now again it don’t display again

$client_id = '';
 $ch = curl_init('https://api.twitch.tv/helix/videos?user_id=whoever&first=50&sort=time&type=archive');
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
		'Accept: application/vnd.twitchtv.v5+json',
            'Client-ID: ' . $client_id,
			'Authorization: Bearer '
        ));

        $r = curl_exec($ch);
        $i = curl_getinfo($ch);

        curl_close($ch);

        if ($i['http_code'] == 200) {
            $videos = json_decode($r);
			
            if (json_last_error() == JSON_ERROR_NONE) {
              echo 'success';
            } else {
                $error = 'An Error ocucred at Parsing the vidoes response';
            }
        } else {
            $error = 'An Error occured fetching the vidoes';
        }

ive removed my client id and Authorization: Bearer for this forum but the script does have it. ive been through the docs and honestly im stuck

7

‘Accept: application/vnd.twitchtv.v5+json’,

Don’t need this header thats for kraken, you could do

‘Accept: application/json’

however

If you get a non 200 the body will include an error message

Whats the error message?

8

hello

at first i was getting {“error”:“Unauthorized”,“status”:401,“message”:“OAuth token is missing”}"

so i added Authorization: Bearer and now im getting error 400

9

And whats the body message of the response.

It should providde a JSON blob that describes the error.

Using videos?user_id=whoever&first=50&sort=time&type=archive as you put above the error response contaims a string that says that user_id is not a number: whoever for example

10

Sorry for a late reply

that’s the thing i aint getting no error now I’ve got home its just blank empty not giving me any message at all now or any kind of response

$client_id = ';
 $ch = curl_init('https://api.twitch.tv/helix/videos?user_id=VosanCo');
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
            'Client-ID: ' . $client_id,
			'Authorization: Bearer '
        ));

        $r = curl_exec($ch);
        $i = curl_getinfo($ch);

        curl_close($ch);

        if ($i['http_code'] == 200) {
            $videos = json_decode($r);
	
            if (json_last_error() == JSON_ERROR_NONE) {
				print_r($videos);
            } else {
                $error = 'An Error ocucred at Parsing the vidoes response';
            }
        } else {
            $error = 'An Error occured fetching the vidoes';
        }
11

Excuse brevity am on mobile

  • you leaked your app access token
  • you are using a username instead or a userID
  • you populate $error but don’t echo/print it. So if you error you don’t know
12

I didn’t even see that sorry I’ve edited it and will echo errors and get back to you and removed my app token Jesus didn’t even see that shall I get a new one now ?

Edit

I’ve deleted my app and created another one and got a new token so will get back to you soon

13

Oh you didn’t need to make a new app

Just revoke the token and make a new token

14

yeah i did that so i changed it userid now im not getting an error just this

stdClass Object ( [data] => Array ( ) [pagination] => stdClass Object ( ) ) stdClass Object ( [data] => Array ( ) [pagination] => stdClass Object ( ) )
15

all fixed thank you so much! working now and returning results

16

I do have one last question would it be the same for getting user id swap url for https://api.twitch.tv/helix/users?login=

Or is that a different process

17

Yeah any token works for login to id conversion on get users

It’s only a user token required if you want the user for that token

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