twitch

requirements

• Two Twitch User Accounts (https://twitch.tv)
  • One Bot Account
  • One Streamer Account
• Two Application Client-Id's (https://dev.twitch.tv)
  • One from the Bot Account
  • One from the Streamer Account
• Node 18+

installation

Goto https://twitch.tv and logout from your account.

git clone ...
cd twitch

Create a .env file, copy/paste .env-example for pre-defined variables and fill in the blanks.

The variable values, you'll find in the Dev Console on Twitch, on the different accounts.

Make the tokens folder, writeable, by the user that is going to run the bot.

Install dependencies

npm install

Fetch Bot Account Application Access Token

Can be run before each time the bot starts

npm start

Run the webserver (express)

npm run http

Visit: http://localhost:3000

Visit: Step 1

Login with your Bot Account.

You will be redirect back to http://localhost:3000 if there no errors. (file permission/connections/variables etc)

Open a new tab/window and visit https://twitch.tv and logout from the Bot Account.

Go back to http://localhost:3000.

Visit: Step 2

Login with your Streamer Account.

You will be redirect back to http://localhost:3000 if there no errors. (file permission/connections/variables etc)

Now you can exit the npm run http

Start the Bot

npm run bot

bot

If all has gone well, it will listen to chat on the steramers channel and specificly after HeyGuys.

streamer

Typing HeyGuys in chat, will trigger the Bot to respond.

server-side-ready?

Yes, this app is server-side ready (Cloud Hosting) Or run it locally, up to you.

security

Additional security can be added, for example:

• Request Header validation.