Code that causes the issue link = 'https://api.twitch.tv/helix/users?login=thekill_996' accept = 'application/vnd.twitchtv.v5+json' client_id = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session: async with session.get(link, headers={'Client-ID…

You’re not sending an Authorization header with an OAuth token, as specified by the new requirements announced months ago that recently went live. [image] Requiring OAuth for Helix Twitch API Endpoints Announcements In an effort to standardize authentication and provide s…

So from now on every time I’d like to do a request to Twitch API, I’ll need first to ask for a new token? How can I do that? Btw thanks for the help

You don’t need a new token for each request you make, you can use the same token as many times as you like until it expires. Documentation for getting an OAuth token is explained here: https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/authentication

if the token has expired, what will return a call to Twitch API? So I can handle the error and ask for a new one…

it’s been half an hour and I can’t understand anything on this new Authentication thing

[image] TheKill_996: if the token has expired, what will return a call to Twitch API? a HTTP 401 like what you got from specifying no token at all. [image] TheKill_996: I can’t understand anything on this new Authentication thing First you need to determine if you need a token that re…

[image] BarryCarlyon: First you need to determine if you need a token that represents a user, or just a server ot server token that lets you fetch public data, give you are calling a user by login you probably need an app access token, that is documented here The requestes I use to do to Twit…

[image] TheKill_996: I’ve also discovered that I need a client_secret where should i pick it? Never used before… On your Developer console over at Twitch Developers

So this endpoint no longer works without OAth? When was this change made? It used to only require a client id. Why does it now require OAth? That makes it pretty annoying for application developers to use this endpoint…

[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.…

Helix searching user by username returns 401 error

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BarryCarlyon May 13, 2020, 4:45pm 11

The change was permanent on the 11th

All helix endpoints now require an oAuth token to be present

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Helix searching user by username returns 401 error

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