Reddit Sidebar Updater based on Twitch newer version with praw4 and oauth

sidebar.py

# Based on https://gist.github.com/Lemonszz/c16bcf61934088e52f8faa5b501811fa, but using praw4 and some minor cleanups. 

import praw
import time
from urllib.request import urlopen
import urllib.request
import json
import sys

username = "yourname"
password = "yourpw"
userAgent = "sidebar updater"
client_secret = "getYourClientSecret" # https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps/
client_id = "thisOneAsWellFromRedditApps" # https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps/

subreddit = "SUBREDDIT"

twitch_ClientID = "hz64t2dwdx3sctxot5fk6wvd0y4ggv"

channels =["YOURCHANNELS", "AnotherOne"]

def TurnOn(twitchname, sidetext):
    replaceString = "[PietStream ONLINE](https://twitch.tv/" + twitchname + "/#l" + ")"
    regString = "[PietStream OFFLINE](https://twitch.tv/" + twitchname + "/)"
    sidetext = sidetext.replace(regString, replaceString)
    print(sidetext + "on")
    return sidetext

def TurnOff(twitchname, sidetext):
    regString = "[PietStream ONLINE](https://twitch.tv/" + twitchname + "/#l" + ")"
    replaceString = "[PietStream OFFLINE](https://twitch.tv/" + twitchname + "/)"
    sidetext = sidetext.replace(regString, replaceString)
    print(sidetext + "off")
    return sidetext
        
def IsTwitchLive(twitchname):
    try:
        url = str('https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/' + twitchname)
        streamID = -1
        req = urllib.request.Request(url)
        req.add_header("Client-ID",twitch_ClientID)
        response = urllib.request.urlopen(req)
        html = response.read()
        data = json.loads(html.decode())
        try:
           streamID = data['stream']['_id']
        except:
           streamID = -1
        return int(streamID)
    except:
        return -1
    return -1;

def CheckChannels(sidetext):
    for ch in channels:
        if(IsTwitchLive(ch) != -1):
            sidetext = TurnOn(ch, sidetext)
        else:
            sidetext = TurnOff(ch, sidetext)
    return sidetext

try:
    r = praw.Reddit(client_id=client_id,
                     client_secret=client_secret,
                     password=password,
                     user_agent=userAgent,
                     username=username)
    r.read_only = False
    settings = r.subreddit(subreddit).mod.settings()
    sidetext = settings['description']
    original = sidetext
except Exception as e:
    print("reddit is broke " + format(e))
    
while True:
    try:
        settings = r.subreddit(subreddit).mod.settings()
        sidetext = settings['description']
        original = sidetext
        sidetext = CheckChannels(sidetext)
        if(sidetext != original):
            r.subreddit(subreddit).mod.update(description=sidetext, spoilers_enabled=True)
        time.sleep(120)
    except Exception as e:
        print("everythin is broke: " + format(e))