Re: [twitch-api] Getting Started w/ Twitch API (JS SDK)

[Yoh Suzuki]

Hi Craig,

How far have you gotten on your own?  I think this channel is more useful when you have specific questions about the Twitch API.  What you're describing is quite an ambitious project if you're not already comfortable with programming for the web.

As for the bot, I don't think you'll need to use the API much.  Your bot would be an IRC bot, running on your server and listening in on conversations in your channel's room and triggering the appropriate actions.

If you're not comfortable rolling up your sleeves and taking the time to learn to code, I suggest hiring a programmer.  Either way, good luck!

Yoh Suzuki   |   Twitch   |   Engineering   |   415 572 6571

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Craig McKechnie <craig.m...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

I'm very new to APIs in general, so me exploring the Twitch API is something new for me on many levels. However, I had some questions that I hope some experts could help me with:

1. I plan to use the Twitch API in three ways: a website for my own stream, a "stream portal" for all the streamers in my community and finally a Bot that I hoped to create that works much like NightBot but was more custom for my own channel/the community's streamer's channels. With the web integrations, I planned on using the JavaScript SDK because it seems more apt for web work. For the Bot I believe I'd have to work with the REST version of the API. Am I correct with that assumption?
2. Could anyone give any tips on working with the API in the above methods? With the Bot, I really want a way to give viewers tokens for being in the channel every X mins. With my personal site for my own stream, it would be more just my stream, the title, game played and viewer stats (live viewers, unique views and followers). However, with the personal I also wanted to have a "past broadcasts" section that pulled my previous streams from the Twitch site and displayed them. I would like it if these previous streams could be viewed on my site and not redirect back to Twitch. I have other ideas for the personal but that's enough for now. With the community site, it would be more like a portal for all the streamers in our network. A multi-twitch setup would be required and more. I just have ZERO idea on where to start with any of it.
3. Are there good guides, tutorials or resources online for the API? All I've found are the GitHub pages. Nothing else really...

I'm just a newb looking for help. I plan to integrate the API onto Wordpress sites if that matters. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!!

- thatguycraig

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