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The file is named 'watchtime.php'. On an update request, it fetches the chatters and adds the time difference between the updates to the ... Home Public Questions Tags Users Collectives ExploreCollectives FindaJob Jobs Companies Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam CollectivesonStackOverflow Findcentralized,trustedcontentandcollaboratearoundthetechnologiesyouusemost. Learnmore Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore HowtogetTwitchwatchtime(likestreamelements) AskQuestion Asked 9monthsago Active 4monthsago Viewed 30ktimes 0 Iamcurrentlyondevelopingalittletwitch.tvchatbot.Iknow,therearelikeathousandofthembutIwouldliketocreatemyown,justtohaveaproject-sothisisnotthepoint. Iwaswondering,howthewatchtimeofausercouldbecalculated.Justasstreamelements.comdoesitwiththeir!watchtimechatcommand.IdidnotfindanyAPIendpointtogettheusers,whicharecurrentlyviewingthestream.Theonlythingfoundisthecurrentviewcountinhttps://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference#get-streamsbutthereisnowaytolinktoaspecificuser. Anyonehasanyidea? twitchtwitch-api Share Follow askedApr11'21at2:02 VestalisVestalis 26022goldbadges44silverbadges99bronzebadges 1 1 I'mnotsurehowstreamelementsworks.butiassumewhattheydoiswatchthejoinandpartevents:joinpartaddingausernametoa"inchannel"varandforallthoseuserstheycounthowlongtheyarethereuntilltheypart.andthewatchtimeissavedintheirdatabase. – RamondeVries Apr15'21at8:46 Addacomment  |  1Answer 1 Active Oldest Votes 1 There'snotanAPIendpointtodoitdirectly. However,I'verecentlydoneasimilarthingwithPHP,withouttheneedforTwitchAPIcredentials.ThechannelIworkforusesNightBot,soI'lltrytoexplainbrieflyhowitworkswithit,soyoucanimplementithoweveryouwant. Disclaimer:I'mnewtoPHP,soitprobablycanbeimproved;also,usingcommandsfromtheTwitchAPIcanprobablypolishthecode. Thefileisnamed'watchtime.php'.Onanupdaterequest,itfetchesthechattersandaddsthetimedifferencebetweentheupdatestothewatchtimeofeachuser.Onagetrequest,ittakesthewatchtimesavedandparsesitindays,hours,minutesandseconds. Toupdatethedatabaseforachannel,youhavetouseascheduleroraloopthatrequestshttps://path/to/watchtime.php?action=update&channel=target,where'target'isthechannelname.Therequestshavetobelessthan10minsapart.However,makesuretodotherequestifonlythechannelisstreaming.Everyloopcycle,thescriptrequeststheTwitchTMItofetchthechatters(ex.forLudwighttps://tmi.twitch.tv/group/user/ludwig/chatters)andthenitaddstoeachchatterthetimedifferencebetweentheupdates.IstorethevaluesinaJSON;foryourchatbot,Isuggestimplementingarealdatabase.Iftherearenoerrorsintheupdate,theresponsetextwillbe"OK". TogetthewatchtimefromNightBot,Iusedthecommand $(urlfetchhttps://path/to/watchtime.php?action=get&channel=$(channel)&user=$(user)&time=$(time)),where$(urlfetchurl)returnstheoutputofanurl,$(channel)isthechannelname,$(user)istheusername,and$(time)isthecurrenttime(it'suselessforthePHP,butit'susedtobypassthequerycachinginNightBot). However,IcalculatethewatchtimesonlyforviewersandVIPs;foramod,itwillreturnanerror(itcanbechanged). Here'sthePHPcode: 600) $passed=0; //Both$data[username]and$passedareintegers $s=$data[username]+$passed; //Parsingsecondstodays,hours,mins,secs $m=intdiv($s,60); $s-=$m*60; $h=intdiv($m,60); $m-=$h*60; $d=intdiv($h,24); $h-=$d*24; //Showtimesifonlytheyaregreaterthanzeros $args=[]; if($d>0)array_push($args,"{$d}days"); if($h>0)array_push($args,"{$h}hours"); if($m>0)array_push($args,"{$m}minutes"); if($s>0)array_push($args,"{$s}seconds"); echousername.'watchedthestreamfor'.implode(',',$args).'!'; }elseecho'Invalidusername"'.username.'":moderator,toonewornonexistent'; } Share Follow answeredApr28'21at10:37 Remmar00Remmar00 11611silverbadge55bronzebadges Addacomment  |  Highlyactivequestion.Earn10reputation(notcountingtheassociationbonus)inordertoanswerthisquestion.Thereputationrequirementhelpsprotectthisquestionfromspamandnon-answeractivity. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedtwitchtwitch-apioraskyourownquestion. 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