[BUG] JSONDecodeError when attempting to download the chat of any twitch VOD about chat-downloader HOT 10 CLOSED

It finally happened :') Looks like they discontinued the /v5/videos/.../comments endpoint. (Must have happened in the past 24 hours since the last unit tests succeeded).

I imagine every other tool that downloads Twitch chat is currently broken.

Thanks for the report! I will fix ASAP

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@wordlebot-uxy While they may eventually decide to switch to another protocol, they have been slowly transitioning to GQL (GraphQL) over the past few years... so, I do not imagine that they will switch any time soon.

That being said, if any breaking changes do come, I will be ready to fix them :)

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Thanks a lot! You got a patreon or Ko-Fi or similar?

No worries! 👍 I have a Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/xenova 😊

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Thanks for the update! Please keep us posted :)

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That should fix it 👍 Just running unit tests then will publish package.

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Published 👍 You can install using
pip install chat-downloader --upgrade

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@xenova I see that you solved it by moving to gql endpoint. Is it pssible that twitch will close that endpoint as well, as they just closed the v5? And if so, would your package have another way of extracting the chat data? Wondering bc of future proof. Thanks for your work!

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Got it, thanks! One more q: do they require you to use a token to communicate with that endpoint? If so, couldn't they just kill your token?

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Got it, thanks! One more q: do they require you to use a token to communicate with that endpoint? If so, couldn't they just kill your token?

The client id (token) that is used throughout the program (kimne78kx3ncx6brgo4mv6wki5h1ko) is public and is used for all unauthenticated users (you can test it out by opening an incognito tab and viewing the request that is sent). This token has been in use for many years, so, they shouldn't just kill it. If they do... it can just be replaced.

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Thanks a lot! You got a patreon or Ko-Fi or similar?

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