Twitch::Chat
twitch-chat library is a Twitch chat client which uses Twitch IRC.
TCPSocket (with Thread) is used to handle connection to server.
With the help of this library you can connect to any Twitch's channel and handle various chat events. Can be used as Twitch chat bot engine.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'twitch-chat'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install twitch-chat
Usage
require 'twitch/chat'
client = Twitch::Chat::Client.new(
channel: 'channel', nickname: 'nickname', password: 'twitch_oath_token'
) do
on :join do |channel|
send_message "Hi guys on #{channel}!"
end
on :subscribe do |user|
send_message "Hi #{user.name}, thank you for subscription"
end
on :slow_mode do
send_message 'Slow down guys'
end
on :subscribers_mode_off do
send_message 'FREEEEEDOOOOOM'
end
on :message do |message|
send_message "Current time: #{Time.now.utc}" if message.text == '!time'
end
on :message do |message|
if message.text.include?("Hi #{nickname}")
send_message "Hi #{message.user.name}!"
end
end
on :message do |message|
send_message channel.moderators.join(', ') if message.text == '!moderators'
end
on :new_moderator do |user|
send_message "#{user.display_name} is our new moderator"
end
on :remove_moderator do |user|
send_message "#{user.display_name} is no longer moderator"
end
on :stop do
send_message 'Bye guys!'
end
end
client.run!You can also join to channel later:
client = Twitch::Chat::Client.new(
nickname: 'nickname', password: 'twitch_oath_token'
) do
on :message do |message|
if message.text.include?("Hi #{nickname}")
send_message "Hi #{message.user.name}!"
end
end
end
client.join 'channel'
client.run!List of events:
:authenticated:join:message:bits:slow_mode:slow_mode_off:r9k_mode:r9k_mode_off:followers_mode:followers_mode_off:subscribers_mode:subscribers_mode_off:subscribe:stop:not_supported:raw
raw event is triggered for every Twitch IRC message. not_supported event is triggered for not supported Twitch IRC messages.
If local variable access is needed, the first block variable is the client:
Twitch::Chat::Client.new(
channel: 'channel', nickname: 'nickname', password: 'twitch_oath_token'
) do |client|
# client is the client instance
endBy default, logging is done to the STDOUT, but you can change it by passing log file path as :output parameter in initialize:
Twitch::Chat::Client.new(
channel: 'channel', nickname: 'nickname', password: 'twitch_oath_token',
output: 'file.log'
)Message object
In events with message argument, like message, you will get
an instance of Message class with such methods:
text-
user-
id(Twitch ID, may be used for API) -
name(in lower case, like nickname) -
display_name(in user specified register) -
badges(a Hash with badge name and its level) broadcaster?moderator?subscriber?
-
-
sent_at(when message was sent or received) -
channel(in what channel was sent) -
bits(count of bits if sent)
Contributing
- Fork it ( https://github.com/enotpoloskun/twitch-chat/fork )
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create a new Pull Request