# Twitch

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/twitch/  
**Website:** https://dev.twitch.tv/  
**APIs profiled:** 43

Twitch is a live streaming platform for gamers, content creators, and communities.

## Kin Score — 45.1 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 45.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 66.7 |
| Contract Quality | 69.9 |
| Governance | 26.5 |
| Contract Governance | 26.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 35.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 34.2 |
| Access Clarity | 34.2 |

## Agent readiness — 33.3 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | derived |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (43)

- **Twitch EventSub** — EventSub is Twitch's webhook-based subscription service for receiving real-time notifications about events on Twitch.
- **Twitch Chat API** — IRC and WebSocket-based APIs for integrating with Twitch chat.
- **Twitch Embed API** — APIs for embedding Twitch live streams, video on demand, clips, and chat into external websites.
- **Twitch Ads API** — Manage and start commercial ad breaks
- **Twitch Analytics API** — Retrieve Drops analytics
- **Twitch Bits API** — Retrieve Bits leaderboard and Cheermote information
- **Twitch Channel Points API** — Manage custom channel point rewards and redemptions
- **Twitch Channels API** — Manage channel information and editors
- **Twitch Characters API** — Game character data
- **Twitch Charity API** — Retrieve charity campaign information
- **Twitch Chat API** — Manage chat settings, emotes, badges, and announcements
- **Twitch Clips API** — Create and retrieve clips
- **Twitch Collections API** — Game collections and franchises
- **Twitch Companies API** — Game company data
- **Twitch Conduits API** — Manage EventSub conduits and shards
- **Twitch Configuration API** — Extension configuration service
- **Twitch Entitlements API** — Manage Drops entitlements and fulfillment
- **Twitch EventSub API** — Manage EventSub subscriptions
- **Twitch Extension Analytics API** — Analytics data for extensions
- **Twitch Extensions API** — Manage and query extension information
- **Twitch Game Analytics API** — Analytics data for games
- **Twitch Games API** — Retrieve game/category information
- **Twitch Genres API** — Game genre data
- **Twitch Goals API** — Retrieve creator goals
- **Twitch Hype Train API** — Retrieve Hype Train events
- **Twitch Ingest API** — Ingest server information for broadcasting
- **Twitch Media API** — Screenshots, artwork, and videos
- **Twitch Moderation API** — Manage channel moderation including bans, blocks, and AutoMod
- **Twitch Platforms API** — Gaming platform data
- **Twitch Polls API** — Create and manage channel polls
- **Twitch Predictions API** — Create and manage channel predictions
- **Twitch Pubsub API** — Extension PubSub messaging
- **Twitch Raids API** — Start and cancel raids
- **Twitch Schedule API** — Manage channel stream schedules
- **Twitch Search API** — Search for channels and categories
- **Twitch Streams API** — Retrieve stream information and markers
- **Twitch Subscriptions API** — Retrieve subscription information
- **Twitch Teams API** — Retrieve team information
- **Twitch Themes API** — Game theme data
- **Twitch Transactions API** — Extension Bits transactions
- …and 3 more, listed in full on the page.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Twitch Agentic Access** — 107 operations · 53 acting

## Security (2)

- **Twitch Authentication** — http/oauth2 · 3 schemes
- **Twitch Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Twitch Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Entertainment, Gaming, Live Video, Streaming, Video

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/twitch/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.