Twitch · GraphQL Specification

Twitch GraphQL

Twitch uses GraphQL internally for its web and mobile clients. While Twitch does not offer an officially supported public GraphQL API, the internal GQL endpoint at `https://gql.twitch.tv/gql` is widely documented by the developer community through reverse engineering.

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Overview

Twitch GraphQL is a GraphQL API specification published by Twitch on the APIs.io network.

Twitch uses GraphQL internally for its web and mobile clients. While Twitch does not offer an officially supported public GraphQL API, the internal GQL endpoint at https://gql.twitch.tv/gql is widely documented by the developer community through reverse engineering.

The specification includes 7 reference links.

Tagged areas include Entertainment, Gaming, Live Video, Streaming, and Video.

Endpoint

References

Scopes documentation https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/authentication/scopes/
Getting Started https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/authentication
Official Helix REST API docs https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference/
EventSub subscription types https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/eventsub/eventsub-subscription-types
Authentication scopes https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/authentication/scopes/
Twitch Developer GitHub https://github.com/twitchdev
Community GQL reverse engineering reference https://github.com/mauricew/twitch-graphql-api

Related API Specs

Twitch API (OpenAPI) Twitch EventSub (AsyncAPI) Twitch Extensions API (OpenAPI) Twitch Drops API (OpenAPI) Twitch Video Broadcast API (OpenAPI) Twitch Insights and Analytics API (OpenAPI) IGDB API (OpenAPI)

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