Twitch Access Token Scopes

Each API that your app calls specifies the type of token it requires. For example, some APIs require a user access token and others require an app access token. For APIs that require a user access token, the API reference content identifies the scopes that the user must authorize. The authorization gives your app permission to perform the specified action on the user’s behalf. App access tokens don’t use scopes.

When you send an HTTP GET request to https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/authorize, you set the scope query parameter to the list of scopes required to support your app’s functionality. The list is space delimited. You must URL encode the list; for example, &scope=user%3Aedit%20user%3Aread%3Aemail.

NOTE An application must request only the scopes required by the APIs that their app calls. If you request more scopes than is required to support your app’s functionality, Twitch may suspend your application’s access to the Twitch API.

Twitch API scopes

The following table lists the scopes used by the Twitch API. To see a list of all Twitch API endpoints, including those that do not require scopes, see the Twitch API reference.

Scope Name	Type of Access and Associated Endpoints
`analytics:read:extensions`	View analytics data for the Twitch Extensions owned by the authenticated account. Get Extension Analytics
`analytics:read:games`	View analytics data for the games owned by the authenticated account. Get Game Analytics
`bits:read`	View Bits information for a channel. Get Bits Leaderboard
`channel:edit:commercial`	Run commercials on a channel. Start Commercial
`channel:manage:broadcast`	Manage a channel’s broadcast configuration, including updating channel configuration and managing stream markers and stream tags. Modify Channel Information Create Stream Marker Replace Stream Tags
`channel:manage:extensions`	Manage a channel’s Extension configuration, including activating Extensions. Get User Active Extensions Update User Extensions
`channel:manage:polls`	Manage a channel’s polls. Create Poll End Poll
`channel:manage:predictions`	Manage of channel’s Channel Points Predictions Create Channel Points Prediction End Channel Points Prediction
`channel:manage:redemptions`	Manage Channel Points custom rewards and their redemptions on a channel. Create Custom Rewards Delete Custom Reward Update Custom Reward Update Redemption Status
`channel:manage:schedule`	Manage a channel’s stream schedule. Update Channel Stream Schedule Create Channel Stream Schedule Segment Update Channel Stream Schedule Segment Delete Channel Stream Schedule Segment
`channel:manage:videos`	Manage a channel’s videos, including deleting videos. Delete Videos
`channel:read:editors`	View a list of users with the editor role for a channel. Get Channel Editors
`channel:read:goals`	View Creator Goals for a channel. Get Creator Goals
`channel:read:hype_train`	View Hype Train information for a channel. Get Hype Train Events
`channel:read:polls`	View a channel’s polls. Get Polls
`channel:read:predictions`	View a channel’s Channel Points Predictions. Get Channel Points Predictions
`channel:read:redemptions`	View Channel Points custom rewards and their redemptions on a channel. Get Custom Reward Get Custom Reward Redemption
`channel:read:stream_key`	View an authorized user’s stream key. Get Stream Key
`channel:read:subscriptions`	View a list of all subscribers to a channel and check if a user is subscribed to a channel. Get Broadcaster Subscriptions
`clips:edit`	Manage Clips for a channel. Create Clip
`moderation:read`	View a channel’s moderation data including Moderators, Bans, Timeouts, and Automod settings. Check AutoMod Status Get Banned Users Get Moderators
`moderator:manage:banned_users`	Ban and unban users. Ban users Unban user
`moderator:read:blocked_terms`	View a broadcaster’s list of blocked terms. Get Blocked Terms
`moderator:manage:blocked_terms`	Manage a broadcaster’s list of blocked terms. Add Blocked Term Remove Blocked Term
`moderator:manage:automod`	Manage messages held for review by AutoMod in channels where you are a moderator. Manage Held AutoMod Messages
`moderator:read:automod_settings`	View a broadcaster’s AutoMod settings. Get AutoMod Settings
`moderator:manage:automod_settings`	Manage a broadcaster’s AutoMod settings. Update AutoMod Settings
`moderator:read:chat_settings`	View a broadcaster’s chat room settings. Get Chat Settings
`moderator:manage:chat_settings`	Manage a broadcaster’s chat room settings. Update Chat Settings
`user:edit`	Manage a user object. Update User
`user:edit:follows`	Deprecated. Was previously used for “Create User Follows” and “Delete User Follows.” See Deprecation of Create and Delete Follows API Endpoints.
`user:manage:blocked_users`	Manage the block list of a user. Block User Unblock User
`user:read:blocked_users`	View the block list of a user. Get User Block List
`user:read:broadcast`	View a user’s broadcasting configuration, including Extension configurations. Get Stream Markers Get User Extensions Get User Active Extensions
`user:read:email`	View a user’s email address. Get Users (optional)
`user:read:follows`	View the list of channels a user follows. Get Followed Streams
`user:read:subscriptions`	View if an authorized user is subscribed to specific channels. Check User Subscription

Chat and PubSub scopes

Scope Name	Type of Access
`channel:moderate`	Perform moderation actions in a channel. The user requesting the scope must be a moderator in the channel.
`chat:edit`	Send live stream chat messages.
`chat:read`	View live stream chat messages.
`whispers:read`	View your whisper messages.
`whispers:edit`	Send whisper messages.