Hi folks, Is there a way to check if a username is available through the API? I’m thinking about the page, on twitch, on which you can check if a username is available - https://passport.twitch.tv/logins/new . I don’t see a way to check for that same information through the API. If not, it’d proba…

You can use the get channels v3 endpoint https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/CHANNEL_NAME. If you get a channel not found response then the username should be available. Keep in mind, this is a deprecated endpoint so will be removed at some point in the future, and while there are new endpoints t…

@Dist That’d likely just be the equivalent of getting the “time machine” message, though, right? It wouldn’t be as accurate as what you can see on that passport logins page? As far as I understand, that page shows if a username is currently available to be used, right? Is it worth trying to go thr…

The “time machine” page is somewhat like what the newer API endpoints are like in that it doesn’t differentiate between available usernames and ones that are unavailable because of things like suspensions. The v3 endpoint will give you exactly what you need. If the username is in use, you’ll get ba…

@Dist thank you so much! Seems to work.

[image] Possible to change twitch username with api? API https://passport.twitch.tv/usernames/<username> Check for http code 204. It’s not part of the official API.

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