Twitch API - Profiles, VODs, Clips, Schedule

Pull a Twitch channel's profile and live status, list its videos, read its stream schedule, and resolve a clip to its downloadable MP4 qualities. All endpoints return structured JSON.

When to trigger

Use this skill when the user asks to:

• Look up a Twitch channel's profile, follower count and whether it is live right now
• List a channel's VODs (past broadcasts), highlights or uploads, sorted by time or views
• Read a channel's upcoming stream schedule
• Resolve a Twitch clip to its metadata and directly-downloadable MP4 qualities
• Do creator research, live-status monitoring or clip archival on Twitch

Setup

Get a free API key at scavio.dev (50 free credits to get started, no card required):

export SCAVIO_API_KEY=sk_live_your_key

If you do not have a key yet

An agent running this skill without SCAVIO_API_KEY set will get 401 on every call below. The whole path from nothing to a working key is self-serve:

1. Sign up at dashboard.scavio.dev - email or Google, no card required.
2. A key is created for the account automatically at signup. It is on the dashboard under API Keys, ready to copy.
3. A new account starts with 50 credits. Endpoints in this skill cost 1 credit each unless the table below says otherwise.

When the balance runs out the API answers 402 with a JSON body carrying billing_url. Topping up needs no code change - the same key keeps working. The smallest purchase is 2,500 credits for $25, and monthly plans work out cheaper per credit if the usage is steady rather than one-off.

Every request is a POST with a JSON body and:

Authorization: Bearer $SCAVIO_API_KEY

Endpoints

Base URL: https://api.scavio.dev. Every Twitch endpoint costs 1 credit.

Parameters

Profile (/profile) and Schedule (/user/schedule)

User Videos (/user/videos)

Clip (/clip)

Video pagination

Twitch does not allow anonymous pagination past the first page of videos. The first page (up to 100 with first) covers any channel with 100 or fewer videos of the requested type. If you need more than the first page, request a larger first (up to 100) rather than passing cursor - a cursor past page 1 returns a 422 telling you exactly this.

Examples

import requests

BASE = "https://api.scavio.dev"
# Your key from https://scavio.dev. Load it from your environment or secret
# store in real code - keep it out of source control.
API_KEY = "sk_your_key_here"
HEADERS = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"}

# 1. Is the channel live, and how many followers?
profile = requests.post(f"{BASE}/api/v1/twitch/profile", headers=HEADERS,
    json={"handle": "shroud"}).json()

# 2. The channel's 100 most-viewed highlights
videos = requests.post(f"{BASE}/api/v1/twitch/user/videos", headers=HEADERS,
    json={"handle": "shroud", "type": "HIGHLIGHT", "sort_by": "VIEWS",
          "first": 100}).json()

# 3. Resolve a clip to downloadable MP4 qualities
clip = requests.post(f"{BASE}/api/v1/twitch/clip", headers=HEADERS,
    json={"clip": "DeliciousDelightfulPicklesWOOP"}).json()

curl:

curl -s https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/twitch/profile \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCAVIO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"handle":"pokimane"}'

Response shape

Every response uses the envelope { data, response_time, credits_used, credits_remaining }. data carries the profile / videos[] / schedule / clip payload described above.

Guardrails

• Every Twitch call is 1 credit. A 400 (bad input) and a 404 (unknown channel or clip) cost nothing - only a fully-served response is billed.
• To read more than the first page of videos, raise first (up to 100); do not page with cursor, which is gated past page 1 and returns a 422.
• A channel with no schedule returns schedule: null - that is a valid answer, not an error.
• Clip MP4 URLs are directly downloadable but signed with a short expiry; use them promptly.
• Never fabricate follower counts, video titles, view counts or clip URLs. Only return what the API returned.

Failure handling

• 400 means an invalid or missing parameter. Fix and retry.
• 401 means the API key is invalid or missing. Check SCAVIO_API_KEY.
• 404 means the channel or clip does not exist.
• 422 means you asked for video pagination past the first page - raise first instead of using cursor.
• 429 means rate or usage limit exceeded. Wait before retrying. See rate limits.
• 502 means the source is temporarily unavailable - wait a few seconds and retry.
• If SCAVIO_API_KEY is not set, prompt the user to export it before continuing.