Get an Twitch OAuth Token for Server-to-Server Requests

If you, like me, are running chatbots and other streaming tools, you’ll need an OAuth token as of May 11, 2020.

I built this helper to create a convenient way to quickly get that access token for use in my various streaming bots and apps.

Quickstart

1. Install the package

# install the package
npm i @jlengstorf/get-twitch-oauth

2. Set environment variables

TWITCH_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_TWITCH_CLIENT_ID>
TWITCH_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_TWITCH_CLIENT_SECRET>

3. Get a token

const { getTwitchAccessToken } = require('@jlengstorf/get-twitch-oauth');
const { access_token } = getTwitchAccessToken();

For a more complete example, see demo/index.js.

API

| param | required | default | description | | --------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | client_id | no | process.env.TWITCH_CLIENT_ID | your Twitch app’s client ID | | client_secret | no | process.env.TWITCH_CLIENT_SECRET | your Twitch app’s client secret | | grant_type | no | "client_credentials" | for app-to-app tokens, this must be "client_credentials" | | scopes | no | "" | any permission scopes required by your app |