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https://github.com/mangosango/clive

A webhook server that posts clips in Twitch chat to Discord
https://github.com/mangosango/clive

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A webhook server that posts clips in Twitch chat to Discord

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## ☝️ That's Clive



He's a very simple bot that monitors Twitch chat for clips and auto-posts them to Discord.



_**Like this!**_






He runs on a diet of [nodejs](https://nodejs.org/en/) and [twitch-js](https://twitch-js.netlify.app/). He needs to live on a server (Like an [Amazon EC2 instance](https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/tutorials/launch-a-virtual-machine/)). I use a [Pocket C.H.I.P.](https://getchip.com/pages/pocketchip) to host Clive.



**Some assembly required (it helps to be familiar with node).**



## 🤖 Instructions (OSX/Linux)



Before starting, make sure [nodejs](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) v12 or later is installed. You will also need a [webhook](https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/228383668-Intro-to-Webhooks) for the Discord channel where these clips will be posted.



1. Open terminal.

2. Navigate to a directory (like `~/Developer`).

3. Run `git clone https://github.com/mangosango/Clive.git && cd Clive`.

4. Run `npm install`

5. Copy `.env-example` to `.env`\*

6. Open `.env` in a text editor (like [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com)).

7. Refer to the settings flags below.

8. Save `.env`.

9. In terminal, run `npm start`.

10. ???

11. Profit.



\* **.env file is primarily for development and debugging.** Environment variables are preferred for production environment. _To use environment variables, you can set all the flags below. `TWITCH_CHANNELS` should be a space limited set of `channel_name`s. You can set these in the provided `clive.service` file, or by using the `export` command. Here's a [short guide](http://blog.mdda.net/oss/2015/02/16/forever-node-service-systemd). on how to use systemd._



### 🚩 Settings Flags



`SETTING_NAME` (required or optional to be set) \[default production setting]



- `NODE_ENV` (optional) \[production]

  - Set to dev for development or production for normal usage

- `LOG_LEVEL` (optional) \[error]

  - Set to which level of logging you'd like. `debug` is good for development. `info` or `error` is good for normal usage. Checkout [Winston](https://github.com/winstonjs/winston#logging-levels) for more info.

- `LOG_FILE` (required) \[/var/log/clive.log]

  - Set this to the location of where you would like a log file. Make sure Clive has write permissions!

- **`DB_FILE` (required)** \[db.json]

  - Set this to the location of your JSON db file. If running as a service make sure to use the absolute file path.

- **`DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL` (required)**

  - Set this to your Discord webhook for the channel you want Clive to post in! [Discord webhook URL](http://i.imgur.com/sEUCxct.png)

- **`TWITCH_CHANNELS` (required)**

  - Set the channels you want Clive to monitor for clips. These are also used for `RESTRICT_CHANNELS` If you wanted to watch for clips in `Monstercat`'s chat, you would use `"monstercat"`. If you wanted to monitor multiple channels, you would use `"monstercat mrchowderclam updownleftdie"`.

- `TWITCH_CLIENT_ID` (optional, suggested) \[null]

  - Needed for Twitch API functionality. This allows Clive to get more data about the clip for its messages! More info: [Twitch Dev Getting Started](https://dev.twitch.tv/get-started)

- `TWITCH_CLIENT_SECRET` (optional, suggested) \[null]

  - Needed along with the client ID for Twitch API functionality. This allows Clive to get more data about the clip for its messages! More info: [Twitch Dev Getting Started](https://dev.twitch.tv/get-started)

- `RESTRICT_CHANNELS` (optional) \[true]

  - **REQUIRES**: `TWITCH_CLIENT_ID` to be set. If true, only shares clips that are listed in `TWITCH_CHANNELS`.

- `MODS_ONLY` (optional) \[false]

  - If true, only allows mods to post clips.

- `SUBS_ONLY` (optional) \[false]

  - If true, only allows subscribers to post clips.

- `BROADCASTER_ONLY` (optional) \[false]

  - If true, only allows the broadcaster to post clips. **NOTE**: broadcaster is **not** considered a mod by default on Twitch.

- `RICH_EMBED` (optional) \[true]



  - **REQUIRES**: `TWICH_CLIENT_ID` to be set. If true will post two messages to Discord the first being the video and the second being a rich embed box that contains more information about the clip. Two separate messages are necessary because Discord doesn't allow setting `video` element inside of the rich embed object.



`MODS_ONLY`, `SUBS_ONLY`, and `BROADCASTER_ONLY` can be combined. Example: turning all `BROADCASTER_ONLY` and `SUBS_ONLY` will only share clips posted by those two groups. All three set to `false` on means anyone can post a clip link. Be careful if you are not using a `TWITCH_CLIENT_ID` AND `RESTRICT_CHANNELS` or else ANY clips will be shared to your Discord.



## 📋 Todo



- Having a UI or hosting this somewhere would be nice.

- Make clive an actual Discord bot, but that would require actual work lol.

- ~~Option to only send clips of a certain channel or channels.~~

- ~~Option to only send clips posted by broadcaster, mods, or subs.~~

- ~~Set the `DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL` to pull from an evar or something.~~

- ~~Track previously posted twitch clips~~

- ~~Use Discord Rich Embed messages~~

- ~~MFW the Readme is bigger than the app LUL~~



## 👯 Contributing



1. Create your own feature branch (using `git checkout -b ...` or whatever you want to use).

2. Write some nice code. Commit it! Push it!

3. Use Github's excellent pull request feature to submit a PR.

4. Someone will review your PR and merge to master!

5. Yay.