Blink When a Twitch channel goes live for ESP8266 with arduino IDE

twitch.php

<?php


$arrContextOptions=array(
"ssl"=>array(
"verify_peer"=>false,
"verify_peer_name"=>false,
),
);
$dataArray = json_decode(file_get_contents('https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams?channel=' . $_GET["name"], false), true);

foreach($dataArray['streams'] as $mydata){

if($mydata['_id'] != null){
    echo "<p>1</p>";
}else{
    echo "<p>test</p>";
}
}
if($dataArray['streams'] == null or $dataArray['streams'] == "")
  {
  echo	"<p>0</p>";
  }
?>

Twitch_Notifier_ESP8266.ino

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <ESP8266HTTPClient.h>
#include <Arduino.h>

const char* ssid     = "*******";     // insert your SSID
const char* password = "*****"; // insert your password

const char* host = "smth.smth.com";  //Server where the PHP is, you'll need to find a way to host the PHP, because the ESP doesnt support HTTPs
const int httpPort = 80;  // Server Port, most servers use 80
const int pinLed = 2; // led pin for telling when updating
const int UpdateLed = 4; // led pin for when someone goes live
String ChannelList[] = { "Orb", "Lirik", "Aplfisher", "xSmaK", "Kylelandrypiano", "Milan3D222", "DgCompany54", "MentOfer"};  // Channel list

//-----------------------------
bool Status[50];
bool Blinking = false;

unsigned long previousMillis = 0;        // will store last time status was updated
const long UpdateInterval = 300000;           // interval at which to blink (milliseconds)

String url = "/twitch.php?name=";
int j = 0; //amount of channel in list, no need to change
int retry = 0;

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  pinMode(pinLed, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(UpdateLed, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(pinLed, 1);
  digitalWrite(UpdateLed, 0);
  Serial.begin(115200);
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  Serial.println("Connecting to WiFi");
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    Serial.print("."); 
    delay(250);
  }
  Serial.println("");
  Serial.print("IP address: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
  
  digitalWrite(pinLed, 0);
  j = sizeof( ChannelList ) / sizeof( ChannelList[0] );
  for(int i = 0; i < j ;i++){
    Status[i] = TwitchChannelStatus(ChannelList[i]);
  }
  Serial.println("");
}

void loop() {
  unsigned long currentMillis = millis();
  if(currentMillis - previousMillis >= UpdateInterval) {
    previousMillis = currentMillis;
    updateStatus();
  }
  if(Blinking == true){
    BlinkLed(UpdateLed);
    Blinking = false;
  }
  delay(10);
}


void updateStatus(){
  digitalWrite(pinLed, 1);
  Serial.println("Update Status");
  for(int i = 0; i < j ;i++){
    bool NewStatus = TwitchChannelStatus(ChannelList[i]);
    if (NewStatus != Status[i]){
      if(NewStatus){
      Serial.println("IS NOW LIVE");
      Status[i] = NewStatus;
      Blinking = true;
      }
      if(!NewStatus){
         Serial.println("IS NOW OFFLINE");
         Status[i] = NewStatus;
      }
    }
  }
  Serial.println("Finished Update\n");
  digitalWrite(pinLed, 0);
}


bool TwitchChannelStatus(String username){
    HTTPClient http;
    char c;
    String channel = url + username;

    http.begin(host, httpPort, channel); //HTTP
    int httpCode = http.GET();
    if(httpCode) {
        // HTTP header has been send and Server response header has been handled
        //Serial.print("[HTTP] GET... code: ");
        //Serial.println(httpCode);
        // file found at server
        if(httpCode == 200) {
            String payload = http.getString();
            Serial.println(payload);
            c = payload[3];
            //Serial.println(c);
        }
    } else {
        Serial.println("[HTTP] GET... failed, no connection or no HTTP server");
    }
    Serial.print(username);
    Serial.print(": ");
    
    switch (c) {
    case '0':
      Serial.println("Offline");
      return false;
      break;
    case '1':
      Serial.println("LIVE");
      return true;
      break;
    default: 
      if(retry <= 4){
        Serial.println("UPS....");
        retry++;
        TwitchChannelStatus(username);
        
      }
      else{
        retry = 0;
        return false;
      }
      break;
  }
}

void BlinkLed(int ledPin)
{
  for(int k=0; k < 3; k++){
    digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
    delay(500);
    digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
    delay(500);
  }
}