Python Twitch Bot

(Q: What is a "python"??)

A: Go to python.org and download and install the latest version of python.<br>

During installation, where it gives you the option to "include in PATH", tick the box! This allows you to run python by just typing python in a console window (just type Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell into your Windows search bar if you're using Windows, look for your Terminal on Mac and Linux).<br>

You just installed an interpreter that translates from python to a language your computer speaks. This will be used to run the bot.<br>

Don't worry, it's two lines of code that you can just copy and paste!<br>

P.S.: When I tell you to "run something in a directory" (directory = folder), it means you should run that command in your Terminal after navigating to that directory.<br> To navigate to a directory in a terminal, use the cd path/to/directory command, where "path/to/directory" is replaced by wherever you wanna go (for example "C:\Users". When you're already in C:\, you can just type cd Users).<br> The cd command works on Windows, Mac and Linux.

Quick setup

To get the bot up and running immediately, you have to do the following:

1. pip install twitchat (or python -m pip install twitchat if that doesn't work for you)
2. Create a directory for the bot
3. Inside this directory, run twitchat-settings

Here, you will have to enter the following:

1. The name of your bot account
2. A client ID for that account
3. A corresponding oauth token (This can easily be acquired from here; exclude the "oauth:" part)
4. The channel you want the bot to connect to

If you don't know what any of this means, I have a guide prepared for you.

Finally, create a script in the bot directory (or just run python):<br>

from twitchat.twitchbot import main
main()

Your bot should now be connecting to your Twitch chat and saying "I am here now :)". Try using !ping to see him reply!<br>

Refer to the full documentation for further configuration of your bot, including all your commands.

How to set up your bot account

If you don't have a bot account yet, go ahead and create one right now.<br> Before doing so, you may also go to your settings and "Enable additional account creation" <br> When you're done, head over to Twitch's developer website and hit "Log in with Twitch" on the top right.<br> In your dashboard's "Applications" tab, you hit the "Register Your Applicatoin" button on the right.<br> Put whatever you want into the "Name" field, and put "https://localhost" into the "OAuth Redirect URLs" field, since these fields are not strictly relevant for us.<br> Finally, you chose "Chat Bot" as the category and hit "Create".<br> You will now see your chat bot in the list of Applications, where you click "Manage". <br> Here you will see that here is a new field called "Client ID", which you will need in the next step. Keep this secret!<br> For the final step, head over to this site and connect it to your Twitch bot account to obtain your oauth token (remove the "oauth:" part).

Full documentation

The full documentation for the bot is available here