Foreign language (Chinese) user_name doesn't work with Twitch.Embed() or APi endpoints

BarryCarlyon · August 4, 2020, 3:57pm

Take the user ID/broadcasterID from the streams endpoint and look up that ID against the users API to get the login

This bug is filed on GitHub at

github.com/twitchdev/issues

Various Helix Endpoints return the users DisPlaYName instead of login

opened 07:45PM - 06 Dec 19 UTC

BarryCarlyon

product: api ticketed

**Brief description** Streams API returns the `user_name` as the users `displ…ay_name` instead. Meaning for people building a embed from an API lookup either parse the thumbnail URL for the username, or call the users API to get the correct login name for the embed. This is particularly a problem for "Korean" Streamers For example https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams?user_id=139470326 Which returns the user_name as `한동숙` which is not valid for building a embed or channel URL **How to reproduce** Call https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams?user_login=cohhcarnage **Expected behavior** Return "cohhcarnage" as the user_name instead of "CohhCarnage" And/or extend the endpoint to return both