twitch-points-bot

Utilizes tmi.js (for connecting to Twitch's IRC chat) and Twitch's API (for checking stream status & viewers).

1. Install dependences

npm install

2. Create .env file

TWITCH_CLIENT_ID=
OAUTH_CODE=oauth:  
TWITCH_AUTHORIZATION=

3. Create Twitch application

Create application on https://dev.twitch.tv/

Inside your .env fill in TWITCH_CLIENT_ID from your application.

4. Get OAUTH_CODE

Use https://twitchapps.com/tmi/ to generate an OAUTH_CODE

Make sure you are logged into the Twitch account that you want to use as the bot.

5. Get TWITCH_AUTHORIZATION

Replace [TWITCH_CLIENT_ID] and [YOUR SECRET KEY] with details from your application

and run the command below into a terminal window to receive your TWITCH_AUTHORIZATION

curl -X POST 'https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/token' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
-d 'client_id=[TWITCH_CLIENT_ID]&client_secret=[YOUR SECRET KEY]&grant_type=client_credentials'

6. Edit config.js

  username: 'your_username',
  targetUser: 'channel_username',
  message: '!gamble all', // message to send
  slotMessage: '!slots all', // alt message to send

7. Start bot

node bot.js