node-twitch-api

TwitchTV client for Node applications

Usage no npm install needed!

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README

node-twitch-api

Twitch client for NodeJS applications. 100% endpoint coverage.

NPM version

Getting started

Install

npm install node-twitch-api

Then integrate!

var TwitchClient = require("node-twitch-api");
var client = new TwitchClient({
    "scope": "user_read channel_read"
})

client.get('/channels/:channel/videos', {channel: 'nl_kripp'}, function(err, res) {
    console.log(err || res)
});

Authentication

To use endpoints that require oauth

Sign up for an application at TwitchTV: http://www.twitch.tv/settings?section=applications
Then include the client id as an option.

Obtain a valid access token for a user, then either include it as an option when instantiating, or include it with the request.

var client = new TwitchClient({
    "client_id": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
    "access_token": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
    "scope": "user_read channel_read channel_commercial"
})

client.put('/channels/:channel/commercial', {channel: 'authenticateduser', access_token: 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'}, function(err, res) {
  console.log(err || res)
});  

API

get(endpoint, params, callback)

endpoint, required, String  
params, required, Object  
callback, optional, Function  

put(endpoint, params, callback)

endpoint, required, String  
params, required, Object  
callback, optional, Function  

post(endpoint, params, callback)

endpoint, required, String  
params, required, Object  
callback, optional, Function

delete(endpoint, params, callback)

endpoint, required, String  
params, required, Object  
callback, optional, Function  

Endpoints map to those provided in Twitch's API doc. They may also be found in config.json.

Contributing

100% open -- let's make this better! Accepting pull requests at any time.

Contributors

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2015 Stephen Poole <stephenwpoole@gmail.com>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.