freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/10-coding-interview-prep/take-home-projects/use-the-twitch-json-api.md

---
id: bd7158d8c442eddfaeb5bd1f
title: Use the Twitch JSON API
challengeType: 3
forumTopicId: 19541
---

# --description--

**Objective:** Build a [CodePen.io](https://codepen.io) app that is functionally similar to this: <https://codepen.io/freeCodeCamp/full/Myvqmo/>.

Fulfill the below [user stories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_story). Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.

**User Story:** I can see whether freeCodeCamp is currently streaming on Twitch.tv.

**User Story:** I can click the status output and be sent directly to the freeCodeCamp's Twitch.tv channel.

**User Story:** if a Twitch user is currently streaming, I can see additional details about what they are streaming.

**Hint:** The relevant documentation about Twitch.tv's JSON API is here: <https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference/#get-streams>.

**Hint:** Here's an array of the Twitch.tv usernames of people who regularly stream: `["ESL_SC2", "OgamingSC2", "cretetion", "freecodecamp", "storbeck", "habathcx", "RobotCaleb", "noobs2ninjas"]`

**UPDATE:** Due to a change in conditions on API usage, Twitch.tv requires an API key, but we've built a workaround. Use <https://twitch-proxy.freecodecamp.rocks/> instead of Twitch's API base URL (i.e. `https://api.twitch.tv/helix` ) and you'll still be able to get account information, without needing to sign up for an API key.

When you are finished, include a link to your project on CodePen and click the "I've completed this challenge" button.

You can get feedback on your project by sharing it on the [freeCodeCamp forum](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/c/project-feedback/409).

# --hints--


# --seed--

# --solutions--

```js
// solution required
```
feat(challenge-md): Add initial markdown challenge files 2018-09-30 23:01:58 +01:00			`---`
			`id: bd7158d8c442eddfaeb5bd1f`
			`title: Use the Twitch JSON API`
			`challengeType: 3`
feat: add forumTopicId to challenge frontmatter [pre-existing] This commit adds the pre-existing challenge guide topics in the forum to the forntmatter of their challenge markdown files. 2019-07-31 11:32:23 -07:00			`forumTopicId: 19541`
feat(challenge-md): Add initial markdown challenge files 2018-09-30 23:01:58 +01:00			`---`

Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00			`# --description--`
feat(challenge-md): Add initial markdown challenge files 2018-09-30 23:01:58 +01:00
Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00			`Objective: Build a [CodePen.io](https://codepen.io) app that is functionally similar to this: <https://codepen.io/freeCodeCamp/full/Myvqmo/>.`
feat(challenge-md): Add initial markdown challenge files 2018-09-30 23:01:58 +01:00
Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00			`Fulfill the below [user stories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_story). Use whichever libraries or APIs you need. Give it your own personal style.`
feat(challenge-md): Add initial markdown challenge files 2018-09-30 23:01:58 +01:00
Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00			`User Story: I can see whether freeCodeCamp is currently streaming on Twitch.tv.`
feat(challenge-md): Add initial markdown challenge files 2018-09-30 23:01:58 +01:00
Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00			`User Story: I can click the status output and be sent directly to the freeCodeCamp's Twitch.tv channel.`
feat(challenge-md): Add initial markdown challenge files 2018-09-30 23:01:58 +01:00
Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00			`User Story: if a Twitch user is currently streaming, I can see additional details about what they are streaming.`

			`Hint: The relevant documentation about Twitch.tv's JSON API is here: <https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference/#get-streams>.`
feat(challenge-md): Add initial markdown challenge files 2018-09-30 23:01:58 +01:00
Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00			Hint: Here's an array of the Twitch.tv usernames of people who regularly stream: `["ESL_SC2", "OgamingSC2", "cretetion", "freecodecamp", "storbeck", "habathcx", "RobotCaleb", "noobs2ninjas"]`
feat(challenge-md): Add initial markdown challenge files 2018-09-30 23:01:58 +01:00
Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00			UPDATE: Due to a change in conditions on API usage, Twitch.tv requires an API key, but we've built a workaround. Use <https://twitch-proxy.freecodecamp.rocks/> instead of Twitch's API base URL (i.e. `https://api.twitch.tv/helix` ) and you'll still be able to get account information, without needing to sign up for an API key.

			`When you are finished, include a link to your project on CodePen and click the "I've completed this challenge" button.`
feat(challenge-md): Add initial markdown challenge files 2018-09-30 23:01:58 +01:00
Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00			`You can get feedback on your project by sharing it on the [freeCodeCamp forum](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/c/project-feedback/409).`
feat(challenge-md): Add initial markdown challenge files 2018-09-30 23:01:58 +01:00
Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00			`# --hints--`


			`# --seed--`

			`# --solutions--`
feat(challenge-md): Add initial markdown challenge files 2018-09-30 23:01:58 +01:00
			```js
			`// solution required`
			```