tdh-tcd 2.4.8

Twitch Chat Downloader

Twitch Chat Downloader

Neat python script to download chat messages from past broadcasts

Requirements

• Python 2.7 or 3.4+
• pip
• python-requests

Installation and usage

There are multiple ways to install this script.

# Install package with pip
pip3 install tdh-tcd
python3 -m tcd <video_id>

# Run pip3 as root to install `tcd` for all users (not recommended)
sudo pip3 install tdh-tcd
tcd <video_id>

# Start script directly from cloned repository
git clone https://github.com/TheDrHax/Twitch-Chat-Downloader.git
cd Twitch-Chat-Downloader
pip install -r requirements.txt

python -m tcd <video_id>
# or ...
python app.py <video_id>

Settings

To override default options, run python -m tcd --generate-config and edit generated settings.json or just use console arguments listed below.

Option	Type	Argument	Description
client_id	str	--client-id	Twitch API Client-ID header.
cooldown	int	--cooldown	Delay (in milliseconds) between API calls.
display_progress	bool	--[no-]progress	Display animated progress bar in terminal.
formats	str[]	-f/--formats	List of formats to download. See Formats table below.
directory	str	-t/--directory	Name of directory to save all generated files.
filename_format	str	--filename-format	Full format of generated filenames. Possible arguments: directory, video_id and format.
max_width	int	--max-width	Add line breaks to fit messages into specified width. Note: Implemented only for SSA/ASS subtitles.
subtitle_duration	int	--subtitle-duration	Duration (in seconds) of each line of subtitles.
dynamic_duration	obj		Convert Kappa Kappa Kappa to Kappa x3.
—.enabled	bool	--[no-]dynamic-duration	Increase subtitle duration based on message length.
—.max	int	--dynamic-duration-max	Maximum duration of subtitle message.
—.max_length	int	--dynamic-duration-max-length	Maximum length of subtitle message.
group_repeating_emotes	obj		Convert Kappa Kappa Kappa to Kappa x3.
—.enabled	bool	--[no-]group	Enable or disable this function.
—.threshold	int	--group-threshold	Number of repeating emotes to trigger this function.
—.collocations	int	--group-collocations	Maximum number of words in repeating collocations (default: 1, more is slower).
—.collocations_threshold	int	--group-collocations-threshold	Same logic as in —.threshold, but applies only to repeating collocations.
—.format	str	--group-format	Customize format of replaced emotes.
video_types	str	--video-types	Comma-separated list of VOD types to detect in Channel Mode. (see broadcast_type)

Formats

Format	Description
ass or ssa	Advanced SubStation Alpha
srt	SubRip
irc	IRC-style log

Notes

• Empty messages means the user has been timed out. There's no known way to get these.
• This script is using Twitch's API v5 that is deprecated.
• Consider increasing the delay between API calls in settings.json to avoid a potential temporary block from Twitch for sending too many requests when downloading messages from very long streams.