Getting information about a channel

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To get the channel information for https://www.twitch.tv/twitch

First convert Twitch to a user ID with Get Users
https://api.twitch.tv/helix/users?login=twitch

That’ll give you an an object with an array one one entry and you’ll find the ID is 12826

Then you use that on Get channel Info
https://api.twitch.tv/helix/channels?broadcaster_id=12826

Which will yield, an object with an array one one entry

{
  "data": [
    {
      "broadcaster_id": "12826",
      "broadcaster_language": "en",
      "broadcaster_login": "twitch",
      "broadcaster_name": "Twitch",
      "delay": 0,
      "game_id": "509658",
      "game_name": "Just Chatting",
      "tags": [
        "twıtch",
        "AAPI",
        "twitchpublicaccess"
      ],
      "title": "Twitch Public Access: AAPI Heritage Month w/ @merrykish @rayapollo @kaycem @daydreamerdan"
    }
  ]
}

Then you just parse out the JSON as needed

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