/Twitch-Chat-Downloader

Download chat messages from past broadcasts on Twitch

Primary LanguagePythonMIT LicenseMIT

Twitch Chat Downloader PyPI version

Neat python script to download chat messages from past broadcasts

Requirements

Installation and usage

There are multiple ways to install this script.

# Install package with pip
pip3 install tdh-tcd
python3 -m tcd <video_id>
# Run pip3 as root to install `tcd` for all users (not recommended)
sudo pip3 install tdh-tcd
tcd <video_id>
# Start script directly from cloned repository
git clone https://github.com/TheDrHax/Twitch-Chat-Downloader.git
cd Twitch-Chat-Downloader
pip install -r requirements.txt

python -m tcd <video_id>
# or ...
python app.py <video_id>

Settings

To override default options, run python -m tcd --generate-config and edit generated settings.json or just use console arguments listed below.

Option Type Argument Description
client_id str --client-id Twitch API Client-ID header.
cooldown int --cooldown Delay (in milliseconds) between API calls.
display_progress bool --[no-]progress Display animated progress bar in terminal.
formats str[] -f/--formats List of formats to download. See Formats table below.
directory str -t/--directory Name of directory to save all generated files.
filename_format str --filename-format Full format of generated filenames. Possible arguments: directory, video_id and format.
max_width int --max-width Add line breaks to fit messages into specified width. Note: Implemented only for SSA/ASS subtitles.
subtitle_duration int --subtitle-duration Duration (in seconds) of each line of subtitles.
dynamic_duration obj Increase subtitle duration based on message length.
—.enabled bool --[no-]dynamic-duration Enable or disable this function.
—.max int --dynamic-duration-max Maximum duration of subtitle message.
—.max_length int --dynamic-duration-max-length Maximum length of subtitle message.
millisecond_separator str --millisecond-separator Separator between seconds and milliseconds in timestamps (IRC only).
group_repeating_emotes obj Convert Kappa Kappa Kappa to Kappa x3.
—.enabled bool --[no-]group Enable or disable this function.
—.threshold int --group-threshold Number of repeating emotes to trigger this function.
—.collocations int --group-collocations Maximum number of words in repeating collocations (default: 1, more is slower).
—.collocations_threshold int --group-collocations-threshold Same logic as in —.threshold, but applies only to repeating collocations.
—.format str --group-format Customize format of replaced emotes.
badges obj Add badges before the username (IRC only).
—.enabled bool --[no-]badges Enable or disable this function.
—.max_count int --badges-max Only show the first N badges (default: 1)
—.map obj Configure which symbol corresponds to a specific badge.
video_types str --video-types Comma-separated list of VOD types to detect in Channel Mode. (see broadcast_type)

Formats

Format Description
ass or ssa Advanced SubStation Alpha
srt SubRip
irc IRC-style log

Notes

  • Empty messages means the user has been timed out. There's no known way to get these.
  • This script is using Twitch's API v5 that is deprecated.
  • Consider increasing the delay between API calls in settings.json to avoid a potential temporary block from Twitch for sending too many requests when downloading messages from very long streams.