So you went live and you want everyone to know. Here's how you do it:
Go to https://ifttt.com/ and create an account (if you don't already have one)
- Find the Discord channel in which you would like to send Tweets.
- In the settings for that channel, find the Webhooks option and create a new webhook.
Note: This URL should be kept private. It allows anyone to write messages to that specific channel using that specific URL. Keep it safe!
- Name the webhook however you like and feel free to change the generic profile picture. I chose this icon as it fits the circle nicely.
- Copy the URL somewhere and keep it handy for the next step.
- Go here to create a new "Applet"
- Click the big blue "[+] This" and choose "Twitch" (use the search bar to find it quickly)
- Connect your account if necessary.
- Choose "New stream started by you" (it should be the 2nd option from the left)
- Click the big blue "[+] That" and choose "Webhooks"
- Choose "Make a web request" (it should be the only option)
- Fill in the following details:
URL: [your URL from "part 2" above] Method: POST Content type:
application/jsonBody: [see the snippet below] - Click "Create Action"
- Done!
Webhooks are super-customizable and allow you to make pretty well-detailed visuals. However, their format is also somewhat complex to get right without extensive testing, so here's a template which would be useful to most people:
{
"content": "{{ChannelName}} went live on Twitch",
"embeds": [{
"title": "{{ChannelUrl}}",
"url": "{{ChannelUrl}}",
"color": 6570404,
"footer": {
"text": "{{CreatedAt}}"
},
"image": {
"url": "{{StreamPreview}}"
},
"author": {
"name": "{{ChannelName}} is now streaming"
},
"fields": [
{
"name": "Playing",
"value": "{{Game}}",
"inline": true
},
{
"name": "Started at (streamer timezone)",
"value": "{{CreatedAt}}",
"inline": true
}
]
}]
}This snippet produces this snippet: (for the channel "xQcow"):
If you'd like to customize the message text -- "xqcow has gone live on Twitch!" -- change the content attribute:
{
"content": "{{ChannelName}} has gone live on Twitch!",
"embeds": [{If you'd like to show your Twitch profile picture in the box:
- Go to Twitch
- Right-click your profile picture in the top-right:
- Click "Copy image address"
- Paste that address into this blob instead of
<IMAGE_URL>:
"thumbnail": {
"url": "<IMAGE_URL>"
},- Paste that blob below the
imagearea in the main blob, so that part would change from this:
"footer": {
"text": "{{CreatedAt}}"
},
"image": {
"url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_{{ChannelName}}-1280x720.jpg"
},
"author": {
"name": "{{ChannelName}} is now streaming!"
},To this:
"footer": {
"text": "{{CreatedAt}}"
},
"image": {
"url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/previews-ttv/live_user_{{ChannelName}}-1280x720.jpg"
},
"thumbnail": {
"url": "<IMAGE_URL>"
},
"author": {
"name": "{{ChannelName}} is now streaming!"
},Note: The image address you just used for your Twitch profile picture may stop working if you change your picture. I'm not sure how Twitch manages those.
- This guide was adapted from this YouTube to Discord via IFTTT guide.
- The Twitch webhook icon is courtesy of FIVEicons LLC and available under a CC-BY 2.5 license here: https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/318551/twitch_twitch.tv_icon
There is a delay and sometimes the Applet doesnt trigger at all. Same thing happens with my Twitter Trigger. Checking the activity I get "There was a problem with the trigger."
But if I click CHECK NOW the applet suddenly works. I do not understand what is going on.
I also used <<< >>> instead of {{}} because I was getting Error 400.