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

[BarryCarlyon]

@ryancole

I just want my application to run once and in that run fetch the most recent follower name and the total count of followers.

For just one user and always the same user?

No auth needed at all

Reference

GET https://api.twitch.tv/helix/users/follows?to_id=[userID]