# Find out what a specified channel is hosting currently if any

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**Category:** API\
**Created:** [June 25, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/find-out-what-a-specified-channel-is-hosting-currently-if-any/32316 "2021-06-25T03:31:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Coop0](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/coop0/32/12649_2.png) [@Coop0](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Coop0)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/find-out-what-a-specified-channel-is-hosting-currently-if-any/32316/1 "2021-06-25T03:31:00Z")

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Hey im looking for a way to have a channel and find out who they are currently hosting.

Ive tried the [https://tmi.twitch.tv/hosts?host=user\_id](https://tmi.twitch.tv/hosts?host=user_id) link however it seems that it has been removed

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**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/find-out-what-a-specified-channel-is-hosting-currently-if-any/32316/2 "2021-06-25T10:05:32Z")

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> [@Coop0](#):
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> Ive tried the [https://tmi.twitch.tv/hosts?host=user\_id](https://tmi.twitch.tv/hosts?host=user_id) link however it seems that it has been removed

That URL/API was never documented or supported for external use

> [@Coop0](#):
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> Hey im looking for a way to have a channel and find out who they are currently hosting.

- Connect to chat
- Connect to the channel
- Read/parse the HOSTTARGET message

HOSTTARGET is also sent when the channel start/stops/changes hosts.

See also [Twitch IRC Commands | Twitch Developers](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/irc/commands#hosttarget-twitch-commands)

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2spem0quai2ol.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/find-out-what-a-specified-channel-is-hosting-currently-if-any/32316/3 "2021-07-25T10:05:58Z")

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