The bot in action.

Twitch Bot (view source on Glitch)

A bare bones example on how to add a Twitch bot to your Twitch chat using tmi.js and Glitch.

What you need

  • First, your own Twitch.tv account.
  • Log out (or use different browser) after creating your account.
  • Create an account for your bot to use.
  • Stay logged in to the bot account and continue to the next step.
  • Visit TwitchApps/TMI to generate and oauth token
  • Edit .env file add the USERNAME and oauth PASSWORD for your bot.
  • After a moment or two you should see your bot join twitch.tv/shinbot/chat
  • Edit index.js line 26 channels: ["shinbot"] to point to your channel, this is the channel you want to bot to join.
  • I have included two example commands both currently pointing to the shinbot channel you should update those too. To add more simply extend out the switch statement. For further documentation see tmi.js.
  • Follow me on Twitch.