# How to get both Live Thumbnail and UserProfilePicture at the same time

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-get-both-live-thumbnail-and-userprofilepicture-at-the-same-time/33001>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [August 7, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-get-both-live-thumbnail-and-userprofilepicture-at-the-same-time/33001 "2021-08-07T19:50:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![trary37](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/trary37/32/13037_2.png) [@trary37](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/trary37)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-get-both-live-thumbnail-and-userprofilepicture-at-the-same-time/33001/1 "2021-08-07T19:50:12Z")

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Im currently using “[https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams](https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams)” for showing live streams. but the API doesn’t return the channel profile picture. should i use user api ? that’s weird and takes time and make my app’s process heavy.

is there any better way to achieve both live thumbnail and channel profile picture at same time?

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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:** [August 7, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-get-both-live-thumbnail-and-userprofilepicture-at-the-same-time/33001/2 "2021-08-07T19:53:02Z")

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Fetch and cach the user data into a database or similar  
A users profile image rarely changes.

Thumbnails, whilst the URL structure might not change are only valid when live.

So yes you’ll need two requests and/or hold onto relevant data for longer.

There isn’t an endpoint to return both (since it’s intensive for Twitch and most people don’t need the user profile image from _every_ request)

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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:** [September 6, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-get-both-live-thumbnail-and-userprofilepicture-at-the-same-time/33001/3 "2021-09-06T19:53:05Z")

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Closed on September 6, 2021, 7:53pm UTC

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