API

Calling the Twitch API Choosing the correct user

Chat

Connecting to Chat Listening to chat events

PubSub

Listening to PubSub topics

EventSub

Setting up an EventSub listener Serving through a reverse proxy Testing locally using ngrok Using with an Express app

Logging

Log level configuration Custom logger

Data overview

Getting data from the Twitch API is sadly split into many systems. Here's some handy tables on which library you can and should use for which use case.

Current state & actions

Operation	`@twurple/api`	`@twurple/chat`
Start an ad	Yes	No
Get Bits leaderboard	Yes	No
Get available Cheermotes	Yes	No
Get Extension transactions	Yes	No
Get channel category/title	Yes	No
Set channel category/title	Yes	No
Get channel editors	Yes	No
Manage custom rewards & redemptions	Yes	No
Get available emotes & badges	Yes	No
Get & create clips	Yes	No
Manage drops	Yes	No
Manage extensions	Yes	No
Get category info	Yes	No
Manage polls & predictions	Yes	No
Get banned users	Yes	No
Ban/unban/timeout users	Yes	No
Get & manage schedules	Yes	No
Search categories	Yes	No
Search channels	Yes	No
Get stream key	Yes	No
Get info about streams	Yes	No
Manage stream markers	Yes	No
Get list of subscribers	Yes	No
Check subscription	Yes	Yes (in message context)
Get list of VIPs	Yes	No
Check VIP	Yes	Yes (in message context)
Manage VIPs	Yes	No
Get list of moderators	Yes	No
Manage moderators	Yes	No
Get & manage stream tags	Yes	No
Get team info	Yes	No
Get user info	Yes	Yes (in message context; login, display name, ID only)
Get & manage follows	Yes	No
Get & manage VODs	Yes	No
Raid users	Yes	No
Send chat messages	Yes	Yes
Send chat announcements	Yes	No
Send whispers	Yes	No
Remove chat messages	Yes	No
Set chat modes (e.g. emote/sub/follower only)	Yes	No
Get & manage AutoMod settings	Yes	No
Get current Creator Goals state	Yes	No
Get list of chatters	Yes	No
Get info about charity campaigns	Yes	No
Get & manage Shield Mode status	Yes	No
Send warnings	Yes	No

Events

Event type	`@twurple/chat`	`@twurple/pubsub`	`@twurple/eventsub-*`
Chat messages	Yes	Sub & cheer messages only	Yes
Chat mode (e.g. sub only) changes	Yes	No	Yes
Whispers	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cheers	Yes	Yes	Yes
Channel points	Redemptions w/ messages only	Redemptions only	Yes
Subscriptions	Published only	Published only	Yes
AutoMod	No	Yes	Yes
Live / offline / stream changes	No	No	Yes
Follows	No	No	Yes
Raids	Yes	No	Yes
Bans	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mod add/remove	No	Yes	Yes
VIP add/remove	No	No	Yes
Polls & predictions	No	No	Yes
Extension transactions	No	No	Yes
Hype Trains	No	No	Yes
Authorization grant/revoke	No	No	Yes
Drops	No	No	Yes
Charity campaigns & donations	No	No	Yes
Shield mode begin/end	No	No	Yes
Unban request create	No	No	Yes
Unban request resolve	No	Yes	Yes
Suspicious (low-trust) users update/message	No	Yes	Yes
Warnings	No	No	Yes
Moderation actions	No	Yes	Yes