Search channels

Returns a list of channels (users who have streamed within the past 6 months) that match the query via channel name or description either entirely or partially. Results include both live and offline channels. Online channels will have additional metadata (e.g. started_at, tag_ids).

search_channels(
  query = NULL,
  first = FALSE,
  after = NULL,
  live_only = NULL,
  clean_json = TRUE
)

Arguments

query

A character. URl encoded search query.

first

A numeric. Maximum number of objects to return. Maximum: 100 Default: 20

after

A character. Cursor for forward pagination: tells the server where to start fetching the next set of results, in a multi-page response. The cursor value specified here is from the pagination response field of a prior query.

live_only

A logical. Filter results for live streams only. Default: false

clean_json

A logical. If TRUE, clean and tidy the data. If FALSE, return the result of httr::content.

Value

A tibble data frame of search channel data.

References

https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference#search-channels

See also

Other Search: search_categories()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
library(twitchr)

twitch_auth()

search_results <- search_channels("KowAndToilet")
}