For my application I am only using app authentication and only need a user's total follower count, but when I call get_channel_followers I'm getting an UnauthorizedException.
Requires a user access token that includes the moderator:read:followers scope. The ID in the broadcaster_id query parameter must match the user ID in the access token or the user must be a moderator for the specified broadcaster. If a scope is not provided, only the total follower count will be included in the response
This is admittedly still a bit ambiguous (does it still require user auth even if no scope is needed?), but developer forum posts like this one suggest that if you're only interested in the follower count (and thus don't need a scope), using app authentication is enough.
So when I change this line to return await self._build_iter_result('GET', 'channels/followers', param, AuthType.EITHER, [], ChannelFollowersResult), the request actually goes through fine and I get the total number of followers back.
Could the function be changed to accomodate this use of the Twitch API?
For my application I am only using app authentication and only need a user's total follower count, but when I call
get_channel_followersI'm getting anUnauthorizedException.The API reference for the
get_channel_followersendpoint specifies (emphasis mine):This is admittedly still a bit ambiguous (does it still require user auth even if no scope is needed?), but developer forum posts like this one suggest that if you're only interested in the follower count (and thus don't need a scope), using app authentication is enough.
So when I change this line to
return await self._build_iter_result('GET', 'channels/followers', param, AuthType.EITHER, [], ChannelFollowersResult), the request actually goes through fine and I get the total number of followers back.Could the function be changed to accomodate this use of the Twitch API?