Stream ends and then shows back up later

API
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Hello,

I am polling https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams?game=Destiny and paging through all of the results. I’m noticing an issue where the API will return a stream id (streams->_id) then it will vanish for 10-15 minutes and then re-appear with the same stream_id.

What is the official way of knowing that a single stream from a broadcaster has ended and that you can assume that it is over and won’t re-appear with the same id again and again?

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Couldn’t they have changed the game they were playing then changed it back. “IRL” or “Social Eating” then back…

Checking https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams?channel=xxxxxx will confirm if the stream still exists(under another game perhaps). You might run into some anomalies with caching but they won’t last very long.