Connecting to Twitch API with NodeJS and socket io

BarryCarlyon · October 22, 2021, 5:55pm

twitch.ping isn’t the right way to ping/pong

From my example

        pubsub.send(JSON.stringify({
            type: 'PING'
        }));

Which for you equates to

twitch.send(JSON.stringify({type: "PING"}));

This is also wrong

        twitch.on('pong', () => {
            console.log('Got PONG.');
            clearTimeout(noPongRestart);
        })

See line 78

github.com

BarryCarlyon/twitch_misc/blob/main/pubsub/pubsub.js#L78

    
      
          
          
pubsub.on('close', function() {
              console.log('disconnected');
              start();
          }).on('open', function() {
              ping.start();
          
          
    runAuth();
          });
          
          
pubsub.on('message', function(raw_data, flags) {
              fs.appendFileSync(__dirname + '/pubsub_messages.log', raw_data);
          
          
    var data = JSON.parse(raw_data);
              if (data.type == 'RECONNECT') {
                  console.log('WS Got Reconnect');
                  // restart
                  pubsub.close();
              } else if (data.type == 'PONG') {
                  ping.gotPong();

Twitch sends as a message (not as a “pong”)