Is There Any Way To Check if a Twitch Stream Is Live Using Python?

Question

I\'m just wondering if there is any way to write a python script to check to see if a twitch.tv stream is live?

I\'m not sure why my app engine tag was removed, but this

Answer 1

Yes. You can use Twitch API call https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/YOUR_CHANNEL_NAME and parse result to check if it's live.

The below function returns a streamID if the channel is live, else returns -1.

import urllib2, json, sys
TwitchChannel = 'A_Channel_Name'
def IsTwitchLive(): # return the stream Id is streaming else returns -1
    url = str('https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/'+TwitchChannel)
    streamID = -1
    respose = urllib2.urlopen(url)
    html = respose.read()
    data = json.loads(html)
    try:
       streamID = data['stream']['_id']
    except:
       streamID = -1
    return int(streamID)