Twitch Chat Scraper: export any VOD's full chat replay for $1.05/1K
A new tool allows users to export Twitch VOD chat replays for a fee of $1.05 per 1,000 messages. Twitch does not provide a public API for bulk exporting chat data, making this tool essential for developers needing access to chat history. The tool utilizes a GraphQL endpoint to retrieve chat messages while handling various technical challenges such as TLS fingerprinting and pagination.
- ▪Twitch stores complete chat replays for every public VOD but lacks a public API for bulk export.
- ▪The new tool charges $1.05 per 1,000 messages and automates the extraction process.
- ▪Developers face challenges such as TLS fingerprinting and pagination when trying to access chat data.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3960872) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Devil Scrapes Posted on Jun 3 Twitch Chat Scraper: export any VOD's full chat replay for $1.05/1K #webscraping #python #apify #data Quick answer: Twitch stores a complete timestamped chat replay for every public VOD but exposes no public API or bulk-export endpoint for it. To get the data programmatically you walk the same VideoCommentsByOffsetOrCursor GraphQL endpoint the web player uses.
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