thedist
commented
1 year ago Make this situation behave as expected, returning an empty data array instead of a 400 response code (preferred).
I believe this is the ideal solution, much like Get Users where if a user doesn't exist then they just aren't included in the results, which still lets a partial success if multiple users are in the params.
Deprecate the user_login query parameter entirely, as it's main use is for programmers who can't be bothered to make sure the user even exists before looking for streams, which can be considered bad practice.
Strongly disagree with this. That'd be a breaking change, it's something people had asked for, and if there are usecases/situations where an app may only be provided with a user_login it could be more performant to just go straight to Get Streams without using Get Users first if that user info isn't useful to the app.
CloudburstSys
danthegoodman1
rbroggi
Brief description The Get Streams endpoint (
/helix/streams) throws an undocumented 400 Bad Request when attempting to query a user that no longer exists via theuser_loginquery parameter, specifically complaining about "Malformed query param". This does not occur with theuser_idquery parameter, which returns an empty data array when querying a user that no longer exists (e.g.-1).How to reproduce Query the Twitch API on the
/helix/streamsendpoint with theuser_loginparameter set to a non-existent user (commanderstarcatis confirmed not to exist, so this value can be used).Expected behavior The API will respond with a HTTP 200 response code with an empty data array, just like querying with the
user_idparameter set to a non-existent user.Screenshots Querying an existing user with
user_login:Querying a non-existent user with
user_login(issue here):Querying a non-existent user with
user_id:Additional context or questions The solution for this is likely one of these 3 options:
user_loginquery parameter entirely (bad idea in general tbh), as it's main use is for programmers who can't be bothered to make sure the user even exists before looking for streams, which can be considered bad practice.