#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ This is a small example which connects to a user's chat channel to send and receive the messages posted there """ from __future__ import print_function from twitchstream.outputvideo import TwitchOutputStreamRepeater from twitchstream.chat import TwitchChatStream import argparse import time import numpy as np if __name__ == "__main__": parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__) required = parser.add_argument_group('required arguments') required.add_argument('-u', '--username', help='twitch username', required=True) required.add_argument('-o', '--oauth', help='twitch oauth ' '(visit https://twitchapps.com/tmi/ ' 'to create one for your account)', required=True) args = parser.parse_args() # Launch a verbose (!) twitch stream with TwitchChatStream(username=args.username, oauth=args.oauth, verbose=True) as chatstream: # Send a message to this twitch stream chatstream.send_chat_message("I'm reading this!") # Continuously check if messages are received (every ~10s) # This is necessary, if not, the chat stream will close itself # after a couple of minutes (due to ping messages from twitch) while True: received = chatstream.twitch_receive_messages() if received: print("received:", received) time.sleep(1)