# Get VOD chat log using API

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-vod-chat-log-using-api/46251>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [June 27, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-vod-chat-log-using-api/46251 "2023-06-27T15:19:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![randomttclips](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/randomttclips/32/25201_2.png) [@randomttclips](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/randomttclips)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-vod-chat-log-using-api/46251/1 "2023-06-27T15:19:46Z")

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Hi

I’m very new to programming and this API stuff. I’m wondering if it possible to get the chat log of a certain Twitch VOD.

I’ve seen reddit posts (see the link below) that says the API doesn’t allow it anymore. In that case, how is the TwitchDownloader (see the GitHub link below) able to do it?

Reddit post:  
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/tkvhwm/twitch\_api\_doesnt\_give\_chat\_logs\_any\_more/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/tkvhwm/twitch_api_doesnt_give_chat_logs_any_more/)

GitHub post:

> **[GitHub - lay295/TwitchDownloader: Twitch VOD/Clip Downloader - Chat...](https://github.com/lay295/TwitchDownloader)**
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> Twitch VOD/Clip Downloader - Chat Download/Render/Replay - GitHub - lay295/TwitchDownloader: Twitch VOD/Clip Downloader - Chat Download/Render/Replay

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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:** [June 27, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-vod-chat-log-using-api/46251/2 "2023-06-27T15:21:11Z")

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> [@randomttclips](#):
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> I’ve seen reddit posts (see the link below) that says the API doesn’t allow it anymore.

There never has been a supported/documented API for VodChat

Feature requests should be made on the uservoice: [https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310213-developers](https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310213-developers)

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**Author:** ![randomttclips](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/randomttclips/32/25201_2.png) [@randomttclips](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/randomttclips)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-vod-chat-log-using-api/46251/3 "2023-06-27T16:27:44Z")

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Then do you know how the GitHub code does it? Based on what I can find there has been Python libraries that supported downloading chat log but after the removal of the chat log API ut doesn’t work anymore

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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:** [June 27, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-vod-chat-log-using-api/46251/4 "2023-06-27T16:28:17Z")

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Can’t really speculate about things that are not covered in the documentation.

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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:** [July 27, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-vod-chat-log-using-api/46251/5 "2023-07-27T16:29:13Z")

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Closed on July 27, 2023, 4:29pm UTC

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