Twitch Search API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Twitch Drops Ads Search API
  description: APIs for game developers to create and manage Drops campaigns that grant in-game rewards to Twitch viewers watching streamers play their game. Drops campaigns are managed through the Twitch Developer Console and fulfilled via the Helix API entitlements endpoints.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Twitch Developer Support
    url: https://dev.twitch.tv/support/
  termsOfService: https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/terms-of-service/
servers:
- url: https://api.twitch.tv/helix
  description: Twitch Helix API Production
security:
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Search
  description: Search for channels and categories
paths:
  /search/categories:
    get:
      operationId: searchCategories
      summary: Twitch Search Categories
      description: Gets the games or categories that match the specified query.
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/clientId'
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/first'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/after'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Categories returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Game'
                  pagination:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
  /search/channels:
    get:
      operationId: searchChannels
      summary: Twitch Search Channels
      description: Gets the channels that match the specified query.
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/clientId'
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: live_only
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/first'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/after'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Channels returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChannelSearchResult'
                  pagination:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
  /search:
    post:
      operationId: multiSearch
      summary: Twitch Multi-Search
      description: Search across multiple IGDB resources simultaneously.
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/clientId_2'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          text/plain:
            schema:
              type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    id:
                      type: integer
                    name:
                      type: string
                    game:
                      type: integer
components:
  parameters:
    after:
      name: after
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Cursor for forward pagination
    clientId_2:
      name: Client-ID
      in: header
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Twitch application client ID
    first:
      name: first
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 20
        maximum: 100
      description: Maximum number of items to return
    clientId:
      name: Client-Id
      in: header
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Your registered application's client ID
  schemas:
    Pagination:
      type: object
      properties:
        cursor:
          type: string
          description: Cursor value for pagination
    Game:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        box_art_url:
          type: string
        igdb_id:
          type: string
    ChannelSearchResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        broadcaster_language:
          type: string
        broadcaster_login:
          type: string
        display_name:
          type: string
        game_id:
          type: string
        game_name:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        is_live:
          type: boolean
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        thumbnail_url:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        started_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/token
          scopes: {}
externalDocs:
  description: Twitch Drops Documentation
  url: https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/drops/