Twitch Live Checker Demo

Twitch Live Checker is a helper function for checking if a user is streaming live on Twitch or not. Try it yourself below or visit the GitHub repo to learn more!

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Demo

TwitchLiveChecker.getUser('')

Demo Code

<code>TwitchLiveChecker.getUser('<input id="channel" type="text" value="SethC95" style="width:100px;">')</code><button class="button" onclick="checkStatus();"><i class="fa"></i> Run!</button><br><br>
<div id="status" style="font-size:18px; min-height:20px;"></div><br>
<div id="stream" style="min-height:191px;"></div>
<script>window.checkStatus = function () {
    var div = document.getElementById('status'),
        user = document.getElementById('channel').value;

    div.innerHTML = '<em>Getting ' + user + '\'s streaming status...</em>';
    document.getElementById('stream').innerHTML = '';
    
    TwitchLiveChecker.getUser(user, function (status) {
      div.innerHTML = '<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/' + user + '" target="_blank">' + user + '</a> is currently <strong style="color:' + (status == 'online' ? 'green' : 'red') + ';">' + status + '</strong>.';

      if (status == 'online') {
        var player = new Twitch.Player('stream', {
          height: 191,
          width: 340,
          channel: user,
          muted: false,
          autoplay: true,
          allowfullscreen : true,
          parent: [window.location.host]
        });
      }
    });
  };</script>