"Invalid OAuth token" when making a request

BarryCarlyon · February 23, 2022, 4:11pm

You could generate such a token via the cli (see the -u flag)

twitchdev/twitch-cli/blob/main/docs/token.md

# Token

## Overview

The `token` product is used to fetch access tokens for an application

## Token Types

The Twitch CLI provides access to two types of tokens: App Access Tokens and User Access Tokens. 

**App Access Tokens** 

[App Access Tokens](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/authentication/#app-access-tokens) can access APIs that don't require the user's permission. For example, getting a list of videos. 

**User Access Tokens** 

[User Access Tokens](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/authentication/#user-access-tokens) provide access to APIs a user must grant permission to. For example, starting or stopping a poll. The specific APIs and functionality granted to a token is defined via [scopes](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/authentication/scopes/).

## Client IDs and Client Secrets

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Otherwise no, to grant access between yourself and your own client ID, on data that requires a scope will require an oAuth flow to get a token (and refresh token).

Sounds like you were using a third party token generator which generally is not a good idea.