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Use the twitch.tv API with python to see if a particular channel is streaming (python-twitch)
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| from twitch.api.v3 import streams | |
| # check stream w/twitch api https://github.com/justintv/Twitch-API/blob/master/v3_resources/streams.md#get-streamschannel | |
| check = streams.by_channel('<replace channel name>') | |
| # if stream None (not live) then type == dict is False (otherwise True when live) | |
| air_status = type(check['stream']) == dict |
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