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def accesstoken(client_id, client_secret):
    header_string= base64_encode(client_id,client_secret)
    headers = {
        'Authorization': 'Basic '+header_string,
    }
    
    data = {
        'grant_type': 'client_credentials'
    }
    

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# Defining base64 encoding of the IDs
def base64_encode(client_id,client_secret):
    encodedData = base64.b64encode(bytes(f"{client_id}:{client_secret}", "ISO-8859-1")).decode("ascii")
    authorization_header_string = f"{encodedData}"
    return(authorization_header_string)

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import pandas as pd
import requests
import json
from pandas.io.json import json_normalize
import time
import base64

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def twitch():
    threading.Timer(60.0, twitch).start()
    
	# Top Games
    headers = {
	    'Authorization' : 'Bearer '+str(access_token),
	}
	games_response = requests.get('https://api.twitch.tv/helix/games/top?first=100', headers=headers)

	games_response_json = json.loads(games_response.text)

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import json
import requests
import pandas as pd
from pandas.io.json import json_normalize
import time
import threading

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# I am getting only the top 25 streamers for the first game
headers = {
    'Authorization' : 'Bearer '+str(access_token),
}
topstreamsforgame_response = requests.get('https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams?game_id='+str(topgames_df['id'][0])+'&first=25', headers=headers)

# Load the JSON
topstreamsforgame_response_json = json.loads(topstreamsforgame_response.text)

# Extracting data from the JSON

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# Getting data for Top 100 Games by number of viewers
# Default response is for 20 games so you will have to set the parameter 'first to 100'

headers = {
    'Authorization' : 'Bearer '+str(access_token),
}
games_response = requests.get('https://api.twitch.tv/helix/games/top?first=100', headers=headers)

# The response will be a JSON which will include the response data and the pagination cursor
# We need to extract the data from the JSON and convert it into a pandas dataframe

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#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