multi-twitch-discord-bot
A light-weight web application which can subscribe to "live" events from multiple Twitch users, the redestribute the event through a Discord webhook. This "bot" can be hosted on a free heroku web dyno + free heroku Postgres database add-on, and it does not require connecting a single Twitch account or Discord account.
Why?
Members of a Discord server wanted to create a #live-now channel to support specific Twitch streams when they go live. We determined very quickly that there are ways to do this for each user. However, using available bots, there would've been a bot for each user (permission management hell), and the process for creation involved each user linking both their Twitch and Discord accounts. We all agreed that having a single Discord bot listen for events for a configured set of Twitch users would be optimal.
Simplicity is Bliss
The process:
- Creation of Discord Bot: Fortunately, Discord provides a very easy way to send messages to a specific channel using Execute WebHook. There is also a Discord Guide on creating webooks via Server settings.
- Subscribe to Twitch Events: Application should consume a list of Twitch user names, subscribe to stream updates for each, and use the Discord webhook API to send messages relating to Twitch events.
- Determine Where/How to Host: Because the "bot" needed hosting in order to receive notifications of Twitch events, we used Heroku to host and deploy (using this GitHub repository) our application.
Guide: How to Setup
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