# How to get the raw chat flood?

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-get-the-raw-chat-flood/30281>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [February 2, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-get-the-raw-chat-flood/30281 "2021-02-02T16:51:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![just1](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/just1/32/11360_2.png) [@just1](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/just1)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-get-the-raw-chat-flood/30281/1 "2021-02-02T16:51:48Z")

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I’m looking for a way to get the chat flood so i can process each message from a twitch chat. It seems like we can get Emotes thanks to the API but i don’t know how to get the text. Does anyone have a solution ?  
That topic routes to a github page that doesn’t work anymore… [Other ways of getting the chat?](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/other-ways-of-getting-the-chat/830)

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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:** [February 2, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-get-the-raw-chat-flood/30281/2 "2021-02-02T16:53:10Z")

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See

> **[Chat & Chatbots](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/irc/)**
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> Twitch Chat & Chatbots

For how to connect to and process chat.

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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:** [March 4, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-get-the-raw-chat-flood/30281/3 "2021-03-04T16:53:12Z")

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Closed on March 4, 2021, 4:53pm UTC

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