# Multiple connections to twitch servers

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/multiple-connections-to-twitch-servers/25662>\
**Category:** Chat and IRC\
**Created:** [May 16, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/multiple-connections-to-twitch-servers/25662 "2020-05-16T00:41:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![JLN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@JLN](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/JLN)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/multiple-connections-to-twitch-servers/25662/1 "2020-05-16T00:41:52Z")

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How do I connect to the twitch servers twice with the same bot for example?

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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:** [May 16, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/multiple-connections-to-twitch-servers/25662/2 "2020-05-16T00:47:35Z")

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Run the code twice is the easiest way…

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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:** [May 16, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/multiple-connections-to-twitch-servers/25662/4 "2020-05-16T09:31:12Z")

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> [@JLN](#):
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> My initial thoughts would be that this would up the message limit but that doesnt.

No it doesn’t

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

Covers the message limits, there isn’t a way to circumvent these limits, under normal operation a bot shouldn’t get anywhere near the posted limits

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/multiple-connections-to-twitch-servers/25662/5 "2020-06-15T09:31:14Z")

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Closed on June 15, 2020, 9:31am UTC

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