Change in access to deprecated Kraken Twitch APIs

[BarryCarlyon]

@riking

There is zero reason to be rude about this matter.

False.

Alright then there is no need to start swearing. Please keep it polite and sensible on the forums.

@riking

This is the simplest solution, just swap the call from Twitch directly to your backend server.

That’s a huge monetary cost, servers aren’t free.

They already have a(t least one) server, in order to deliver updates to their application. Adobe Air is a desktop application.

@Elyot_Grant

Then you shouldn’t be suggesting to the CEO of a game development studio that they change their entire technology stack.

It is a simple fix from the desktop side, swap the URL to your backend/updates server and the update server can proxy the request. I was just trying to make a useful suggestion to future proof you if you don’t intend to move off Air.

You will need to make further changes when v5 is removed. So consider getting ahead of the game and moving to Helix now and/or utilizing webhooks, if that’s useful to reduce the overhead from long polling.

API’s change all the time, and you need to adapt when old versions of the API are removed. This is not just limited to Twitch API’s.

@Elyot_Grant

Is somebody from Twitch going to respond or am I going to have to send an angry email to JT?

I’m sure Twitch would appreciate any feedback on the matter.

@BarryCarlyon

I’m not Twitch staff. Just a moderator on these forums.

@Elyot_Grant

Then you shouldn’t be suggesting to the CEO of a game development studio that they change their entire technology stack.

I forgot to add that I’m also a developer. So my suggestion also comes from experience and knowledge, and what I would do in this situation.