# Stream endpoint provides stream informations for playlists? **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Created:** [June 11, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/stream-endpoint-provides-stream-informations-for-playlists/6489 "2016-06-11T13:33:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EfficiencyVI](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/efficiencyvi/32/915_2.png) [@EfficiencyVI](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/EfficiencyVI)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/stream-endpoint-provides-stream-informations-for-playlists/6489/1 "2016-06-11T13:33:25Z")
When I query [https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/zueljin](https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/zueljin) I get this: ``` { "stream": { "_id": 21789539872, "game": "Minecraft", "viewers": 9, "created_at": "2016-06-11T02:37:07Z", "video_height": 0, "average_fps": 0, "delay": 0, "is_playlist": true, "_links": { "self": "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/zueljin" }, "preview": { "small": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_zueljin-80x45.jpg", "medium": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_zueljin-320x180.jpg", "large": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_zueljin-640x360.jpg", "template": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_zueljin-{width}x{height}.jpg" }, "channel": { "mature": false, "status": "Hermitcraft Interior Decor", "broadcaster_language": "en", "display_name": "zueljin", "game": "Minecraft", "language": "en", "_id": 28809325, "name": "zueljin", "created_at": "2012-03-08T14:44:24Z", "updated_at": "2016-06-11T13:00:47Z", "delay": null, "logo": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/zueljin-profile_image-5a99cd4529ad0e3f-300x300.png", "banner": null, "video_banner": null, "background": null, "profile_banner": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/zueljin-profile_banner-6d926d9f4ee3b6e9-480.png", "profile_banner_background_color": "#262626", "partner": true, "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/zueljin", "views": 196872, "followers": 37387, "_links": { "self": "http://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/zueljin", "follows": "http://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/zueljin/follows", "commercial": "http://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/zueljin/commercial", "stream_key": "http://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/zueljin/stream_key", "chat": "http://api.twitch.tv/kraken/chat/zueljin", "features": "http://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/zueljin/features", "subscriptions": "http://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/zueljin/subscriptions", "editors": "http://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/zueljin/editors", "teams": "http://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/zueljin/teams", "videos": "http://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/zueljin/videos" } } }, "_links": { "self": "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/zueljin", "channel": "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/zueljin" } } ``` I know that this wasn’t the case a few days ago because my bot never tried to host somebody that is using a playlist. So is this a bug or a feature? ---
**Author:** ![Mellow](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/mellow/32/616_2.png) [@Mellow](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Mellow)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/stream-endpoint-provides-stream-informations-for-playlists/6489/2 "2016-06-12T01:56:35Z")
If you want to exclude playlists, you can use eg. ``` https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/?channel=zueljin&stream_type=live ``` More on the [stream\_type parameter](https://github.com/justintv/Twitch-API/blob/master/v3_resources/streams.md#get-streams) in the documentation. ---
**Author:** ![DallasNChains](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/dallasnchains/32/1608_2.png) [@DallasNChains](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/DallasNChains)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/stream-endpoint-provides-stream-informations-for-playlists/6489/3 "2016-06-12T05:05:38Z")
Are you saying that broadcasting playlists wouldn’t populate the stream object before a few days ago? The stream object gets populated when the broadcast is live or playing a playlist, and we haven’t been making any functionality changes to that API. Do you have responses showing before and after? I’d be interested in those cases. ---
**Author:** ![EfficiencyVI](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/efficiencyvi/32/915_2.png) [@EfficiencyVI](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/EfficiencyVI)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/stream-endpoint-provides-stream-informations-for-playlists/6489/4 "2016-06-12T11:19:47Z")
Ehm, right now I get this response from [https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/zueljin](https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/zueljin) ``` { "stream": null, "_links": { "self": "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/zueljin", "channel": "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/zueljin" } } ``` And he is currently broadcasting the playlist. And that was the case the whole last year. My bot prioritizes streams to host that have less viewers. With 1 to 3 people watching the playlist he would be always on top of my list and therefor would be hosted once a day. I would have noticed that and fixed it. So one of the two behaviours is not intended. ---
**Author:** ![DallasNChains](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/dallasnchains/32/1608_2.png) [@DallasNChains](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/DallasNChains)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/stream-endpoint-provides-stream-informations-for-playlists/6489/5 "2016-06-12T16:10:05Z")
I’m not seeing the same behavior as you. When I originally responded and now, that channel was broadcasting a playlist and showing as broadcasting a playlist in the API. Are you saying that `stream` sometimes or always comes through as `null` when broadcasting a playlist? ---
**Author:** ![EfficiencyVI](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/efficiencyvi/32/915_2.png) [@EfficiencyVI](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/EfficiencyVI)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/stream-endpoint-provides-stream-informations-for-playlists/6489/6 "2016-06-12T16:26:51Z")
Right now it shows a running stream. When I posted the message above it did not. So it is at least not consistant. ---
**Author:** ![DallasNChains](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/dallasnchains/32/1608_2.png) [@DallasNChains](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/DallasNChains)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/stream-endpoint-provides-stream-informations-for-playlists/6489/7 "2016-06-12T16:27:52Z")
This thread has been going on a while, and we’re doing data gathering and research now. Could be related: [Api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/ endpoint unstable](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/api-twitch-tv-kraken-streams-endpoint-unstable/6273) ---
**Author:** ![EfficiencyVI](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/efficiencyvi/32/915_2.png) [@EfficiencyVI](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/EfficiencyVI)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/stream-endpoint-provides-stream-informations-for-playlists/6489/8 "2016-06-12T16:31:32Z")
I fixed it in my bot but this behaviour in general must be new because I never hosted him while running a playlist. And over the last maybe 6 or 8 months he was always on my list and he was always broadcasting playlists. And I check the bot logs every day so I would have noticed it for sure. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/stream-endpoint-provides-stream-informations-for-playlists/6489/9 "2016-07-12T16:42:54Z")
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