Use API to check if channel is Hosting

API
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There is an unsupported API you can use for this; Though keep in mind that it’s unsupported, undocumented, and can go away or change at any time.

https://tmi.twitch.tv/hosts?include_logins=1&host=51684790

Hosting example response

{
  "hosts": [
    {
      "host_id": 51684790,
      "target_id": 88560344,
      "host_login": "modesttim",
      "target_login": "weetbot",
      "host_display_name": "ModestTim",
      "target_display_name": "WeetBot"
    }
  ]
}

51684790 is ModestTim which is the channel we want to see if is hosting and 88560344 is WeetBot aka the target which is who we are hosting.

Not hosting example

{
  "hosts": [
    {
      "host_id": 51684790,
      "host_login": "modesttim",
      "host_display_name": "ModestTim"
    }
  ]
}
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