Pubsub error with valid Auth Token

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I’m trying to listen to the bit events topic from the pubsub websocket.

First I get the OAuth2 token, via https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/token?client_id=XXX&client_secret=XXX&grant_type=client_credentials&scope=channel:read:subscriptions+bits:read+chat:read

That works, and the response looks like:

  • access_token : XXX
  • expires_in : 4781941
  • scope: [channel:read:subscriptions,chat:read,bits:read]
  • token_type : bearer

Next I connect to the pubsub websocket, PINGing and PONGing work just fine.

Then, I use the access_token above to listen to the “channel-bits-events-v2” topic, like so:

message = {
        type: 'LISTEN',
        nonce: 'ABC123',
        data: {
            topics: ["channel-bits-events-v2.452018475"],
            auth_token: XXX
        }
    };

ws.send(JSON.stringify(message));

The response :

  • type: RESPONSE
  • error : ERR_BADAUTH
  • nonce : ABC123

I can use the auth_token successfully to get subscribers via the Helix Twitch API. So I know that works…
The User ID is correct…

Not sure what else to do.

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You need a user access token. Not a app access token

client_credentials is a server to server token which doesn’t represent a server

The correct token is obtained with code

It’s documented here:

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Wow! Everything works now~

Thanks for the prompt and excellent reply.

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