Moderation chat DELETE method showing 401, scope looks good

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here are my scope for the request:

"scopes": [
    "channel:manage:moderators",
    "channel:manage:polls",
    "channel:moderate",
    "channel:read:editors",
    "channel:read:polls",
    "chat:edit",
    "chat:read",
    "moderation:read",
    "moderator:manage:banned_users",
    "moderator:manage:chat_messages",
    "moderator:read:chatters",
    "user:edit"
  ],

the request :

curl -X DELETE 'https://api.twitch.tv/helix/moderation/chat?broadcaster_id=238246433&moderator_id=948617137&message_id=ed29dce4-a222-4756-9367-b4ea54acd241' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>' \
-H 'Client-Id: <CLIENT-ID>'

response:

{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "status": 401,
  "message": "incorrect user authorization"
}

the scope “moderator:manage:chat_messages” is used. Any suggestions for use?

2

You used a client credentails token instead of a user token

or the token is not for 948617137

or 948617137 is not a mod of 238246433

3

948617137 is the mod of 238246433

4

And the token is for 948617137

You plug the token into a tool such as Token Checker | Twitch API Example

it returns something like, (as in a login, user_id and a list of scopes, the tested token here has no scopes)

image

5

double checking, I do see unexpected login field

6

unexpected?

7

The auth login field doesn’t match the origin user of the Client-Id.

8

The owner of the clientID doesn’t matter.

Fred could own a clientID
And you authenticate bob to that clientID
Then use bob to moderate alans channel. As long as bob is a moderator of alan.

9

I’ll post my experiments later with responses.

AFK

10

I need to have another dummy chat user to test my deletion. I can’t delete the broadcaster message and I need the bot to do the action. so, my problem is I don’t have enough users in my test. All I have is the mod and broadcaster.

11

Ah yeah that would throw that error if you are trying to delete a message that is from a user that is equal or higher power than the user you are authenticated as.

12

this. Thanks for tagging along with my findings

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