# How to find out if a channel is live using the API? **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Created:** [September 6, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-a-channel-is-live-using-the-api/40450 "2022-09-06T22:02:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Utekal](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/peter_utekal/32/19766_2.png) [@Peter\_Utekal](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Peter_Utekal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-a-channel-is-live-using-the-api/40450/1 "2022-09-06T22:02:15Z")
It is ridiculous that such simple task is completely unclear from the documentation, but I need help. I need to be able to check if a certain channel is live or not. What would the best way to do this be? I tried using the EventSub, but after building the (ridiculously) complicated solution for such simple task I ran into issue with deleting the subscriptions. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-a-channel-is-live-using-the-api/40450/2 "2022-09-06T22:07:09Z")
Call Get Streams > **[Reference](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference/)** > > Twitch Developer tools and services to integrate Twitch into your development or create interactive experience on twitch.tv. If the channel is live you get an array with data If the channel is not live you get an empty data array ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Utekal](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/peter_utekal/32/19766_2.png) [@Peter\_Utekal](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Peter_Utekal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-a-channel-is-live-using-the-api/40450/3 "2022-09-06T22:13:25Z")
Nice, thanks. What exactly is the user\_id though? if I get channel information I only get broadcaster\_id ---
**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:** [September 6, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-a-channel-is-live-using-the-api/40450/4 "2022-09-06T22:13:58Z")
The user\_id is the broadcaster\_id Different labels are used to help describe relationships between resources and entities ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Utekal](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/peter_utekal/32/19766_2.png) [@Peter\_Utekal](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Peter_Utekal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-a-channel-is-live-using-the-api/40450/5 "2022-09-06T22:18:18Z")
Thanks a lot mate you saved me a lot of time 👍 This is the most user un-friendly api I’ve ever used 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dist](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/dist/32/7192_2.png) [@Dist](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Dist)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-a-channel-is-live-using-the-api/40450/6 "2022-09-06T23:03:41Z")
If you have particular issues with the documentation please feel free to submit a feature request on UserVoice [https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310213-developers?category\_id=358000](https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310213-developers?category_id=358000) and include what changes you would like to see and how it will help you with what you’re struggling with. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-find-out-if-a-channel-is-live-using-the-api/40450/7 "2022-09-21T17:33:02Z")
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