cb-events 8.1.1

Async Python client for the Chaturbate Events API.

CB Events

Async Python client for the Chaturbate Events API.

Requirements

Python 3.10+

Installation

pip install cb-events

With uv (recommended):

uv add cb-events

Quick Start

import asyncio
from cb_events import EventClient, Router, EventType, Event

router = Router()

username = "your_username"
token = "your_api_token"

@router.on(EventType.TIP)
async def handle_tip(event: Event) -> None:
    if event.user and event.tip:
        print(f"{event.user.username} tipped {event.tip.tokens} tokens")

async def main():
    async with EventClient(username, token) as client:
        async for event in client:
            await router.dispatch(event)

asyncio.run(main())

mountaingod2 tipped 100 tokens

For usage examples, see the examples folder.

Generate an API token at https://chaturbate.com/statsapi/authtoken/ with Events API scope.

Working with Events

Event Types

TIP · FANCLUB_JOIN · MEDIA_PURCHASE · CHAT_MESSAGE · PRIVATE_MESSAGE · USER_ENTER · USER_LEAVE · FOLLOW · UNFOLLOW · BROADCAST_START · BROADCAST_STOP · ROOM_SUBJECT_CHANGE

Event Object

event.user          # User object (most events)
event.tip           # Tip object (TIP only)
event.message       # Message object (CHAT_MESSAGE, PRIVATE_MESSAGE)
event.media         # Media object (MEDIA_PURCHASE)
event.room_subject  # RoomSubject object (ROOM_SUBJECT_CHANGE)
event.broadcaster   # Broadcaster username string or None

See full docs for additional details.

Configuration

from cb_events import ClientConfig

config = ClientConfig(
    timeout=10,                   # Server long-poll timeout (seconds)
    use_testbed=False,            # Use testbed endpoint (https://www.testbed.cb.dev)
    strict_validation=False,      # False skips & logs invalid events; True raises.
    retry_attempts=8,             # Total attempts (initial + retries)
    retry_backoff=1.0,            # Initial backoff (seconds)
    retry_factor=2.0,             # Backoff multiplier
    retry_max_delay=30.0,         # Max retry delay (seconds)
)

client = EventClient(username, token, config=config)

Testbed: Register at https://www.testbed.cb.dev. New accounts include preloaded tokens for testing. Generate an API token the same way as a live account, then pass use_testbed=True with those credentials.

Rate Limiting

Default: 2000 req/60s per client. Multiple clients each get an independent budget unless a shared limiter is passed:

from aiolimiter import AsyncLimiter

limiter = AsyncLimiter(max_rate=2000, time_period=60)
client1 = EventClient(username1, token1, rate_limiter=limiter)
client2 = EventClient(username2, token2, rate_limiter=limiter)

Error Handling

AuthError is a subclass of EventsError — except EventsError catches both. Put AuthError first if you need to distinguish them.

import logging
import sys

from cb_events import AuthError, EventsError

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

try:
    async with EventClient(username, token) as client:
        async for event in client:
            await router.dispatch(event)
except AuthError:
    # Authentication failed (401/403) — never retried
    logger.error("Invalid credentials — check username and token")
    sys.exit(1)
except EventsError as e:
    # All other API/network errors — check e.status_code, e.response_text
    logger.error("API error %s: %s", e.status_code, e.response_text)
    raise

Retries: 429, 5xx, Cloudflare 521-524. Not retriable: 401/403.

Handlers: Sequential execution. Errors logged but don't stop processing.

Logging

Set the logger to DEBUG for verbose polling data:

import logging
logging.getLogger("cb_events").setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

Example output:

DEBUG:cb_events.client:Polling https://eventsapi.chaturbate.com/events/user/************************/?timeout=10
DEBUG:cb_events.client:Received 1 events for user
DEBUG:cb_events.router:Dispatching chatMessage event 1775683684418-0 to 2 handlers

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License

MIT

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