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As of this morning, the “vod” field returned by the top clips api is always null, even on clips that definitely have vods associated with them.

For example, here’s a clip with a vod:

You can tell because the “Watch Full Video” button works with a link to the stream.

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But when the clip is one of the results of a “Top Clips” api call, the vod is null:

https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/clips/top?period=week&limit=100&channel=DrDisrespectLive

{
  "slug": "ArtsyWonderfulQueleaFunRun",
  "tracking_id": "111814950",
  "url": "https://clips.twitch.tv/ArtsyWonderfulQueleaFunRun?tt_medium=clips_api&tt_content=url",
  "embed_url": "https://clips.twitch.tv/embed?clip=ArtsyWonderfulQueleaFunRun&tt_medium=clips_api&tt_content=embed",
  "embed_html": "<iframe src='https://clips.twitch.tv/embed?clip=ArtsyWonderfulQueleaFunRun&tt_medium=clips_api&tt_content=embed' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' allowfullscreen='true'></iframe>",
  "broadcaster": {
    "id": "17337557",
    "name": "drdisrespectlive",
    "display_name": "DrDisRespectLIVE",
    "channel_url": "https://www.twitch.tv/drdisrespectlive",
    "logo": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/drdisrespectlive-profile_image-abc1fc67d2ea1ae1-150x150.png"
  },
  "curator": {
    "id": "73753079",
    "name": "troublishone",
    "display_name": "TroublishONE",
    "channel_url": "https://www.twitch.tv/troublishone",
    "logo": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/050af799a4745f1c-profile_image-150x150.png"
  },
  "vod": null,
  "broadcast_id": "25959126384",
  "game": "PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS",
  "language": "en",
  "title": "Doc on shroud",
  "views": 34316,
  "duration": 60,
  "created_at": "2017-08-08T16:11:29Z",
  "thumbnails": {
    "medium": "https://clips-media-assets.twitch.tv/25959126384-offset-1576-60-preview-480x272.jpg",
    "small": "https://clips-media-assets.twitch.tv/25959126384-offset-1576-60-preview-260x147.jpg",
    "tiny": "https://clips-media-assets.twitch.tv/25959126384-offset-1576-60-preview-86x45.jpg"
  }
}

Querying directly with the slug, the vod is listed correctly:

https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/clips/ArtsyWonderfulQueleaFunRun

{
  "slug": "ArtsyWonderfulQueleaFunRun",
  "tracking_id": "111814950",
  "url": "https://clips.twitch.tv/ArtsyWonderfulQueleaFunRun?tt_medium=clips_api&tt_content=url",
  "embed_url": "https://clips.twitch.tv/embed?clip=ArtsyWonderfulQueleaFunRun&tt_medium=clips_api&tt_content=embed",
  "embed_html": "<iframe src='https://clips.twitch.tv/embed?clip=ArtsyWonderfulQueleaFunRun&tt_medium=clips_api&tt_content=embed' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' allowfullscreen='true'></iframe>",
  "broadcaster": {
    "id": "17337557",
    "name": "drdisrespectlive",
    "display_name": "DrDisRespectLIVE",
    "channel_url": "https://www.twitch.tv/drdisrespectlive",
    "logo": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/drdisrespectlive-profile_image-abc1fc67d2ea1ae1-150x150.png"
  },
  "curator": {
    "id": "73753079",
    "name": "troublishone",
    "display_name": "TroublishONE",
    "channel_url": "https://www.twitch.tv/troublishone",
    "logo": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/050af799a4745f1c-profile_image-150x150.png"
  },
  "vod": {
    "id": "165386946",
    "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/videos/165386946?t=26m16s"
  },
  "broadcast_id": "25959126384",
  "game": "PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS",
  "language": "en",
  "title": "Doc on shroud",
  "views": 34424,
  "duration": 60,
  "created_at": "2017-08-08T16:11:29Z",
  "thumbnails": {
    "medium": "https://clips-media-assets.twitch.tv/25959126384-offset-1576-60-preview-480x272.jpg",
    "small": "https://clips-media-assets.twitch.tv/25959126384-offset-1576-60-preview-260x147.jpg",
    "tiny": "https://clips-media-assets.twitch.tv/25959126384-offset-1576-60-preview-86x45.jpg"
  }
}
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This is now fixed.

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