Proper authentication method for a server application that runs as my own Twitch account?

[BarryCarlyon]

@ryancole

Is there not just a simple API token that every twitch account has that gives me access to the API through my own personal account?

Nope

@ryancole

Is this the only way?

Pretty much

@ryancole

I see OAuth, which seems more for an application in which multiple twitch users could authenticate and use my app?

That would be easiest.

@ryancole

Ideally, I’d not have to open a browser and authenticate as part of my run-time flow

You’d only have to authenticate once, and then make sure to refresh the token when it expires as per normal oAuth work flows.

Twitch offers a few options, but plain normal oAuth is the easiest.

@ryancole

I would delete this if I could. I think I’ve figure out how to do what I was thinking.

What did you go for in the end, so others who find this thread have an answer?