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A neat Python script to download chat messages from past broadcasts.

Twitch Chat Downloader provides custom formatting that can be easily added by anyone to format Twitch messages and their output directory, without writing Python code. Special formats, such as subtitles, are available and configurable.

Arguments

All arguments are optional. You will be prompted for input if necessary.

Argument	Description
-h --help	List all commands with descriptions
-v --video	Video ID
-o --output	Output directory. Default: ./output
-f --format	Output format. Default: default
-q --quiet	Suppress console output
--client-id	Twitch client ID
--preview	Print chat lines
--timezone	Timezone name
--init	Initialize without downloading
--update	Update settings without downloading
--version	Settings version
--formats	List available formats

Notes

• Twitch Chat Downloader uses Twitch API v5, which is to be removed in 2019. Example responses from the Twitch API for video and comments are found in docs/examples.
• The Twitch API refers to Twitch messages as "comments", hence, the code does also refer to messages as comments.