Proper way to perform a helix API call Using JavaScript

RFBomb · September 19, 2020, 3:54am

Thanks for all the help Barry, it pointed me in the right direction.
I was able to get my project working eventually, and with some streamlined code I’m fairly proud of.

For anyone that needs it in the future, here is my fairly basic module I wrote up for interacting with Helix via Javascript and NodeJS:

github.com

RFBomb/Twitch-watcher/blob/master/HelixAPI.js

/* solves: ReferenceError: Headers is not defined 
// https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-link-rest/issues/41
// https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-fetch 
// If faulting out use command:  npm install node-fetch --save 
*/
const fetch = require('node-fetch');  
global.Headers = fetch.Headers; 

// ========================================== Twitch API SECTION =============================================================
  
//https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference#get-streams

  const oAuthorizationURL = 'https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/authorize?' ;
  const ImplicitAuthURL = 'https://api.twitch.tv/helix/users?' ;
  const TokenValidationURL = 'https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/validate'
  const TokenURL = 'https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/token?' ;
  const StreamsURL = 'https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams'
  const GamesURL = 'https://api.twitch.tv/helix/games'
  const AppRedirectURL = 'http://localhost/'
  const AppClientID = 'y4344ir7sj3tem9cqnzkv288grm4e9'

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