FORK CHANGES

This fork sends the message to Twitch and waits for Twitch to send back the actual ID of the message, then, and only then, it will broadcast the message add event.

More details here: tmijs#529

tmi.js

Website | Documentation currently at tmijs/docs | Changelog on the release page

Install

Node

$ npm i tmi.js

const tmi = require('tmi.js');
const client = new tmi.Client({
	options: { debug: true },
	identity: {
		username: 'bot_name',
		password: 'oauth:my_bot_token'
	},
	channels: [ 'my_channel' ]
});
client.connect().catch(console.error);
client.on('message', (channel, tags, message, self) => {
	if(self) return;
	if(message.toLowerCase() === '!hello') {
		client.say(channel, `@${tags.username}, heya!`);
	}
});

Browser

Available as "tmi" on window.

<script src="/scripts/tmi.min.js"></script>

<script>
const client = new tmi.Client({ /* ... */ });
client.connect().catch(console.error);
</script>

Prebuilt Browser Releases

Release page

Build Yourself

$ git clone https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js.git
$ npm install
$ npm run build

Type Definitions

$ npm i -D @types/tmi.js

Community

• Follow @AlcaMagic on Twitter, Alca on Twitch.
• Follow @Schmoopiie on Twitter.
• Found a bug: submit an issue.
• Discussion and help about tmi.js: Twitch API Discord Server
• For everything else: Official TwitchDev Discord Server

Contributors

Thanks to all of the tmi.js contributors!

Contributing guidelines

Please review the guidelines for contributing of the tmi.js repository. We reserve the right to refuse a Pull Request if it does not meet the requirements.