# Please Update '/helix/videos' to return/search by user\_id & game\_id

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/please-update-helix-videos-to-return-search-by-user-id-game-id/25752>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [May 19, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/please-update-helix-videos-to-return-search-by-user-id-game-id/25752 "2020-05-19T15:58:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![roosevelt](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/roosevelt/32/8753_2.png) [@roosevelt](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/roosevelt)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/please-update-helix-videos-to-return-search-by-user-id-game-id/25752/1 "2020-05-19T15:58:25Z")

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Hey Twitch Devs,

Thanks for making your platform available to the world! All your endpoints are great and meets all my needs.

I noticed that when I try to call `https://api.twitch.tv/helix/videos/?user_id=<user_id>&game_id=<game_id>` it throws a nag saying `Must provide only one of the following query params: user ID, game ID, or one or more video IDs.`

But it doesn’t throw a nag for live streams `https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams?user_id=<user_id>`

In the forums, some devs argue that a video could have multiple games, etc. In that case, why not just return an array of game ids for the `/helix/videos/` endpoint? Or better just let us search by both game\_id and user\_id?

Thanks!

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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 19, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/please-update-helix-videos-to-return-search-by-user-id-game-id/25752/2 "2020-05-19T16:06:17Z")

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Platform suggestions should be routed to the uservoice

[https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310213-developers](https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310213-developers)

See also this Related Uservoice

[https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310213-developers/suggestions/38155990-return-tags-and-game-id-in-get-videos-in-helix](https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310213-developers/suggestions/38155990-return-tags-and-game-id-in-get-videos-in-helix)

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**Author:** ![roosevelt](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/roosevelt/32/8753_2.png) [@roosevelt](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/roosevelt)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/please-update-helix-videos-to-return-search-by-user-id-game-id/25752/3 "2020-05-19T16:44:43Z")

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Hey @BarryCarlyon,

Thanks for the link. I added my vote. But I really doubt it will get any traction.

Is there any particular reason why this limitation was set in place? Like we can’t search by user\_id and game\_id? Or why everything is returned except the game\_id?

I just can’t wrap my head around why go an extra mile to make it harder to grab this key information.

Thanks

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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 19, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/please-update-helix-videos-to-return-search-by-user-id-game-id/25752/4 "2020-05-19T17:31:38Z")

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Probably doesn’t work with their internal systems at a guess _shrug_

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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 18, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/please-update-helix-videos-to-return-search-by-user-id-game-id/25752/5 "2020-06-18T17:31:43Z")

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