Authentication for Twitch API
| #Client ID: --***--- | |
| #Client Secret: ---***--- | |
| #Client ID and Client Secret are sensititve and you should not share them | |
| client_id= <yourclientid> | |
| client_secret= <yourclientsecret> | |
| #Request for the access code using requests library | |
| #I have chosen this method of authentication with my goal in mind | |
| access_code = requests.post('https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/token?client_id='+str(client_id)+'&client_secret='+str(client_secret)+'&grant_type=client_credentials') | |
| #access token response is a JSON-encoded app access token | |
| access_token = json.loads(access_code.text) | |
| access_token = access_token['access_token'] | |
| #Sample response is | |
| """ | |
| { | |
| "access_token": "prau3ol6mg5glgek8m89ec2s9q5i3i", | |
| "refresh_token": "", | |
| "expires_in": 3600, | |
| "scope": [], | |
| "token_type": "bearer" | |
| } | |
| """ |
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