tCLI

Little, very simple CLI of twitch for Windows.
Pronounce like that: "tickly", as in "tickle".

Installation

Download, install it and you good to go.

Auth

Firstly, you need to authenticate. Just type in cmd:

tcli

It will automaticly start authentication by opening your default browser.

Authenticating: opening browser...

• You should authorize in the TwitchAPI.
• Then, you will get sent to the "localhost" with your auth token.
• You should copy-paste it back in your cmd:

authToken: [your token]

And there you go - you've did it! Here's your little reward!

Successful!

Expiring auth tokens

Somewhen your token will be expired, but dont worry you're safe.
You will get message about it and you will proceeded to reauth:

Your token has been expired or incorrect.
You will be proceeded to authentication.

After that, you will again be able to use tCLI!

Switching accounts

Your account based on which you've been signup in twitch itself.
So, just switch to different account in your default browser and run auth process again:

tcli auth

Files

All data, information and content used, gathered and downloaded are stored in app folder in your Documents:

C:/Users/[Username]/Documents/tCLI

Updates

tCLI will notify you about a new update, like this:

Update avaliable: v2.3.2.
You can update by running: "tcli update"
See: https://github.com/eAlexandrohin/tCLI/releases/latest

It checks every launch. To update, simply use:

tcli update

• It will download setup file.
• And open it.
• You should give admin rigths, if it asked, otherwise it will cancelled.
• After you saw setup window you must close your original cmd. It will tell it to you.
• Install it.
• Done! Now, you can run it again.

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Last version setup installed always stored in update folder at app:

.../tCLI/update/

Your auth data

It stored in app folder:

C:/Users/[Username]/Documents/tCLI

• Delete "auth.json" file.

DO NOT OPEN FILE ON STREAM

Usage

tcli [command] [username] [...arguments]

Simple tcli will show live streams of your follows.

Commands

Tip: you can see basic version of this, in tCLI itself, by using: tcli help.

• -f sets titles to full
• -v returns current version of tCLI
• auth for repeating auth process
• clips [username] gets 100 clips from specified streamer sorted by views for week
  • -dl [username] downloads clips from specified user for specified time

  location: C:/Users/[Username]/Documents/tCLI/clips

  • -n downloads one exact cilp, that you need
  • -a/-y/-m/-w/-d timestamps
  • -id [clipID] returns data about specified clip
    • -c [clipID] copies link to the clip
  • -a/-y/-m/-w/-d returns clips top of clips for all time/year/month/week/day
• directory [gameName]/all returns streamers from specified directory or from all

If you want to select Just Chatting category or anything more than one word, use quotation marks:
tcli directory "just chatting".

• download [URL] downloads .mp4 file

Must be through HTTPS-protocol.

• following [from] [to] returns boolean of check if "from" user is following "to" user
• follows returns your follows with timestamps
  • [username] returns follows of that specified username with timestamps
• help returns all avaliable commands
  • [command] for specified command
• link [username] copies link to the stream of specified streamer, for using in VLC, for example, default quality is source
  • [quality] you can specify the quality, as in twitch player: 1080p60, 720p60, 720p and etc
  • -v [username] you can choose vod, that you want to watch and it will copy its link, default quality is source
    • [quality] specifying quality, as in twitch player
• live default, shows up all live streams, that you following
  • [username] checks if specified user is live, if yes to returns data about its stream
• login returns data about your account
  • [username] returns data about specified user
• teams returns all teams that you had joined
  • [teamName] returns all members of the specified team
  • -a [username] returns all teams that specified streamer had joined
• update updates tCLI
• version same as -v, see above
• vods returns vods by the time, from your follows
  • [username] returns vods of the specified username
  • -f sets titles to full

Known bugs

1. If you paste link of clip to cmd and in your link have "&" character, cmd thinks that string after it is a command, so tries to exec it, but its not.
   Please, remove it from link, if possible for more stability.

Community

Feel free to post errors, contact me and stuff.
You're welcome!

Hey, I know about Semantic Versioning - but, let me do my own little thing down here)
And about yargs too, and bout it's predecessor optimist and bout his replacement by his own creator - minimist.
:)

Legal

If you are a member of a Twitch Staff or working at Twitch and have questions, claims or anything - I will cooperate as much as I can. Or anyone who has something to say, email me at:
[email protected]

Credits

Uses NodeJS and such modules:
node-fetch, express, open, twitch-m3u8,
readline, moment, copy-paste, path,
os, fs, https, nodejs-file-downloader,
cli-progress, ansi-colors, child_process.

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License: MIT