Cannot get user id in local/hosted test

BarryCarlyon · February 1, 2021, 7:41pm

Thats expected, the opaqueID is essentially a session ID, so in the example of a game, you let a logged out player play level 1, then prompt to login (share their ID) to save their progress, as the opquaeID shouldn’t change during the login process.

The userID is encoded in the token itself

See

For an example, to extract the userID from a decoded JWT Token

github.com

BarryCarlyon/twitch_profile_extension/blob/main/ebs/server.js#L110


      
          Similar to cors probably want to make this route specific
          rather than global
          
          But if this server only does extension traffic then all good to global
          */
          app
              .use('/:route?', (req, res, next) => {
                  if (req.headers['authorization']) {
                      let [ type, auth ] = req.headers['authorization'].split(' ');
          
                      if (type == 'Bearer') {
                          jwt.verify(
                              auth,
                              config.secret,
                              (err, decoded) => {
                                  if (err) {
                                      console.log('JWT Error', err);
          
                                      res.status('401').json({error: true, message: 'Invalid authorization'});
                                      return;
                                  }

Or for frontend usage

window.Twitch.ext.viewer.id

It’s considered bad practice to auto prompt, but you can do it

my example generates a “obvious” button for people to click

https://github.com/BarryCarlyon/twitch_profile_extension/raw/master/screenshots/awaiting_share.png

The function is window.Twitch.ext.actions.requestIdShare();