How to get a client secret

API
1

Trying to make a very simple basic thing with js,
send a req and see if one streamer is live.
the docs show a “new secret” button on the manage app page,
but i dont see it?.. the type of app is website integration.

thnx for any help…

2

You create a public application instead of a confidential application

Public applications cannot have client secrets as they (the code you write) are “designed” to live in a world where they cannot protect the secret. (To explain the use case)

So if you are building an application that needs a secret, you have the wrong Client Type, or you can just generate a token via implict auth (or DCF/Device Code Flow)

3

the client type is set to public.

4

Exactly, you need another application set to confidential

5

ok will try again, ty for the help.

6

I’ve seen your github twitch to discord thing, but it is too intricate for me,
are there any other examples anywhere for such a simple thing as
checking if a stream is live?

7

in JS after gettin a token

async function checkLive() {
    let resp = await fetch(
        "https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams?user_login=foo",
        {
            "method": "GET",
            "headers": {
                "Client-ID": client_id,
                "Authorization": `Bearer ${access_token}`
            }
        }
    );
    if (resp.status != 200) {
        // handle error
        return;
    }
    let { data } = await resp.json();
    if (data.length == 0) {
        // handle stream is not live
        return;
    }
    // stream is live
}

It’s based around using EventSub for a real time notification that a stream started rather than an API call.

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