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Python 3: Get list of followers for a Twitch Channel (replace 'MissEllaCronin' in line 10 with Twitch username)
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import json | |
import sys | |
import csv | |
from urllib import request | |
counter = 0 | |
f = open('followers.csv','w',encoding='utf-8',newline="\n") | |
mywriter = csv.writer(f,dialect='excel',quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL) | |
mywriter.writerow(['Followed At (UTC)','Notifications?','User ID','User Name','User Created At (UTC)','User Updated At (UTC)','Display Name','Logo URL','Bio','User Type']) | |
url = ("https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/missellacronin/follows?direction=ASC&limit=100") | |
response = str(request.urlopen(url).read().decode('utf-8')) | |
myjson = json.loads(response) | |
while (len(myjson['follows']) > 0): | |
for follower in myjson['follows']: | |
created_at = follower['created_at'] | |
notified = follower['notifications'] | |
user_id = follower['user']['_id'] | |
user_name = follower['user']['name'] | |
user_created = follower['user']['created_at'] | |
user_updated = follower['user']['updated_at'] | |
user_display = follower['user']['display_name'] | |
if (follower['user']['logo'] != None): | |
logo_url = follower['user']['logo'] | |
else: | |
logo_url = "" | |
if (follower['user']['bio'] != None): | |
user_bio = follower['user']['bio'] | |
else: | |
user_bio = "" | |
user_type = follower['user']['type'].encode("utf-8") | |
mywriter.writerow([str(created_at),str(notified),user_id,str(user_name),str(user_created),str(user_updated),str(user_display),str(logo_url),str(user_bio),str(user_type)]) | |
url = myjson['_links']['next'] | |
response = str(request.urlopen(url).read().decode('utf-8')) | |
myjson = json.loads(response) | |
counter += 100 | |
print(counter) | |
f.close |
I get a 400 "Bad Request" code. Is this API request obsolete?
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Updated to add a header row and the "Notifications" indicator (indicates TRUE if the follower gets a notification when the streamer goes live).