Timbot

🤖 A simple, customizable Discord bot that announces Twitch streams going live (plus a bunch of silly extras).

Features

• 📢 Monitor and announce Twitch channels going live with customizable @mentions.
• 🔴 Live stream card that is automatically updated with the stream status, current game and viewership statistics.

Using the bot

You have two options:

1. You can invite the instance I'm running to your server for monotonetim's twitch channels (it announces to #stream-announcements). This bot may not always be available, and it may do silly extra things sometimes.

2. Or, run your own copy by following the instructions below, and customize it however you want.

Installation and setup

Prerequisites

This bot is built on Node.js. If you do not yet have Node installed, download and install the latest LTS version from the official website for your platform:

https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Node.js, version 12 or newer, is required.

Installation

To set up Timbot, download the latest repository ZIP or clone it using git:

git clone git@github.com:roydejong/timbot.git

Once installed, enter the directory and install the dependencies:

cd timbot
npm install

Getting required tokens

Note that you will need to set up some external applications:

Discord bot application

Your Discord bot needs to be registered as an application, and you will need a bot token (discord_bot_token in Timbot config).

Follow this guide for more information.

Twitch token

👉 I recommend using https://twitchtokengenerator.com/ to create an OAuth token for the API.

Alternatively, you can register your own application in the Twitch Developers Console.

Please note that your OAuth token is always tied to a specific Client ID.

Configuration

To configure Timbot, copy the included config-sample.json to config.json and enter or customize the values in the file.

{
  "twitch_channels": "<SOME_TWITCH_CHANNEL_NAME>,<SOME_TWITCH_CHANNEL_NAME>",
  "discord_announce_channel": "stream-announcements",
  "discord_mentions": {
    "<SOME_TWITCH_CHANNEL_NAME>": "everyone",
    "<SOME_TWITCH_CHANNEL_NAME>": "here"
  },
  "discord_bot_token": "<SET_ME>",
  "twitch_client_id": "<SET_ME>",
  "twitch_oauth_token": "<SET_ME>",
  "twitch_check_interval_ms": 60000,
  "twitch_use_boxart": true
}

Configuration options explained:

Key	Required?	Description
twitch_channels	☑	Comma-separated list of all channels you want to monitor and send live notifications for.
discord_announce_channel	☑	Channel name to post stream announcements in. Make sure the bot has permissions to post here.
discord_mentions		This maps channel names to the Discord @ you want to send, such as a role or everyone. If a channel is missing here, no @ is used. Note: once the message is updated, the @ is always removed to prevent spamming users with notifications.
discord_bot_token	☑	Your bot token, via Discord developer portal.
twitch_client_id	☑	Client ID for your Twitch app, via developer portal.
twitch_oauth_token	☑	OAuth token that grants access to your Twitch app, via id.twitch.tv as explained above.
twitch_check_interval_ms		How often to poll the Twitch API and send or update live embeds.
twitch_use_boxart		If true, use alternate Live Embed style that includes game boxart as a thumbnail image if available.

Starting Timbot

Once the application has been configured, start it using node from the installation directory:

node .

Inviting Timbot

Send the following link to the admin of a Discord server to let them invite the Bot:

https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=BOT_CLIENT_ID&scope=bot

Swap BOT_CLIENT_ID in the URL above for your Discord app's client id, which you can find in the app details.