Channel Live Status

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GET/channels/status

Check if a channel is live right now with viewers, uptime, title, game and tags. Built for alerts.

QUERY PARAMS

channel *

Twitch channel: a login, a numeric user ID or any twitch.tv channel link.

Examples:

Login: kaicenat
ID: 71092938
URL: https://www.twitch.tv/kaicenat

{
  "channel": {
    "id": "641972806",
    "login": "kaicenat",
    "username": "KaiCenat",
    "link": "https://www.twitch.tv/kaicenat",
    "profile_image": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/bf6a04cf-3f44-4986-8eed-5c36bfad542b-profile_image-150x150.png",
    "is_partner": true,
    "is_affiliate": false,
    "followers_count": 21771334,
    "is_live": false,
    "last_broadcast": {
      "id": "320337261020",
      "title": "🇮🇸EXPLORING ICELAND🇮🇸[Exploring The Unexplored]",
      "started_at": "2026-09-16T08:01:52Z",
      "game": {
        "id": "509672",
        "name": "IRL",
        "slug": "irl",
        "link": "https://www.twitch.tv/directory/category/irl",
        "box_art": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/509672-285x380.jpg"
      }
    },
    "livestream": null
  }
}