I’ve been learning Python 3 for a while now and I’m wondering if it’s possible to integrate with Twitch’s API using this language.
I want to build a simple application that can fetch stream data and maybe some basic channel information. From what I can see in the documentation, it seems like the examples are mostly shown for other programming languages.
Has anyone here successfully worked with Twitch API using Python 3? I’m curious about:
What libraries or packages work best for this
Are there any specific challenges I should expect
How complicated is the authentication process
I’d really prefer to stick with Python since that’s what I’ve been focusing on lately. Any guidance or examples would be super helpful. Thanks in advance for any advice you can share!
Just wrapped up a Twitch integration last month for a personal project. Python 3 works great with their API - you only need the requests library for basic HTTP calls. OAuth authentication was the hardest part, but their docs explain it well. I stored tokens in environment variables and built a simple refresh system. Stream data and channel endpoints are straightforward REST calls with clean JSON responses. Rate limiting’s reasonable unless you’re spamming requests. Watch out for different scope requirements on some endpoints - plan your auth setup accordingly. Took me about a weekend to get everything running.
Been using Python 3 with Twitch API for about six months on a stream monitoring tool. Check out the twitchio library - it’s way better than plain requests and handles most of the boilerplate. Authentication’s pretty straightforward once you get it, just don’t forget tokens expire every few hours. The webhook system caught me off guard if you’re doing real-time updates instead of polling. Keep your client secret secure and don’t commit it to version control. Their API docs got way better this year, so you’ll find Python examples everywhere now.