# Twitch Channel API

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitch-channel-api/296>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [December 11, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitch-channel-api/296 "2013-12-11T17:13:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![hicksi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@hicksi](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/hicksi)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitch-channel-api/296/1 "2013-12-11T17:13:26Z")

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Hello. Quick question:

[https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams?channel=somename,othername\_,someotherstuff\_,workthisone&limit=5](https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams?channel=somename,othername_,someotherstuff_,workthisone&limit=5)

Do I need to escape the underscores in the channel names? Are there any reports this could make some trouble?

Thanks,  
hicksi

#edit  
nvm. doesnt cause any errros. it was a channel\_id with a broken name like: channelid/#242

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**Author:** ![jbulava](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/jbulava/32/6777_2.png) [@jbulava](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/jbulava)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitch-channel-api/296/2 "2019-01-16T16:43:15Z")

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