About Twitch Chat Commands

[jetfuel]

Language: Python

Hi, first time here. I spent some time studying Twitch API and tmi.js. I am able to build a simple bot (commands.Bot) that can read/write message using Twitchio.

But when I tried to utilize the "Twitch Chat Commands" within the bot (like creating announcement with /announce or clear chat with /clear), I was unable to achieve that.

I tried to send out plan Twitch Chat Commands, for example, ctx.send('/clear') just to see if I can execute Twitch Chat Commands like that. Needless to say, the call didn't work. Twitch said that they will stop supporting IRC command. Not sure if that's the reason. link

From the reference doc, I found there is a class twitchio.PartialUser that has a function 'chat_announcement', but I am not sure how to init a twitchio.PartialUser object.

I am a bit confused right now and not sure if I am on the right direction. Is it possible execute 'Twitch Chat Commands' via twitchio? It seems twitchio.PartialUser has all the functions that can moderate chats, but how to access it from the bot. Any insight is appreciated. Thank you.

[IAmTomahawkx]

Hi there, twitch has removed the ability for bots to use slash commands, unfortunately.
Here's a list of things you can use instead:
/w -> PartialUser.send_whisper
/mod -> PartialUser.add_channel_moderator / PartialUser.remove_channel_moderator
/vip -> PartialUser.add_channel_vip / PartialUser.remove_channel_vip
/shoutout -> PartialUser.shoutout
/raid -> PartialUser.start_raid (also: PartialUser.cancel_raid)
/ban -> PartialUser.ban_user
/unban -> PartialUser.unban_user
/shield -> PartialUser.update_shield_mode_status
/timeout -> PartialUser.timeout_user
/announce -> PartialUser.chat_announcement
/clear / /delete -> PartialUser.delete_chat_messages
/uniquechat, /followers, /emoteonly -> PartialUser.update_chat_settings

/host will not have a replacement as it's being removed altogether
/me will continue to work
/disconnect will continue to work

[jetfuel]

Thank you for the reply.

It's too bad Twitch removed the abilities to send Chat Commands. But I am glad we still have PartialUser to work with.

I also found a way to get a PartialUser instance within the Bot event_message function.

user = self.create_user(user_id, user_name)
await user.chat_announcement(token, user_id, 'Hello World')