"Get Streams" endpoint issue

Hi.

My app uses “Get Streams” endpoint to get current viewers of the streams and I’m noticing that API response data is the same during very large time periods (10-15 minutes or more responsing with the same values…). My app makes one call to “Get Streams” each minute and this issue affects to precision of my app. I have been using this service for several months and it has always worked much better.

Has anyone else noticed?, Is a caching issue?.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards.

PD: Please, excuse my limited English.

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Nothing out of the ordinary here

Yes*

  • answer maybe incorrect due to caching

Thank you very much for your reply.

Recent example (“stream” still in progress). The following call: “https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams?user_id=94925616”, during 49 minutes and 49 calls, has only returned 3 different “viewer_count” (“5206” has been returned during 28 consecutive minutes!):

|DATETIME|VIEWER_COUNT|
|1:32 PM|5340|
|1:31 PM|5340|
|1:30 PM|5340|
|1:29 PM|5340|
|1:28 PM|5340|
|1:27 PM|5340|
|1:26 PM|5340|
|1:25 PM|5206|
|1:24 PM|5206|
|1:23 PM|5206|
|1:22 PM|5206|
|1:21 PM|5206|
|1:20 PM|5206|
|1:19 PM|5206|
|1:18 PM|5206|
|1:17 PM|5206|
|1:16 PM|5206|
|1:15 PM|5206|
|1:14 PM|5206|
|1:13 PM|5206|
|1:12 PM|5206|
|1:11 PM|5206|
|1:10 PM|5206|
|1:09 PM|5206|
|1:08 PM|5206|
|1:07 PM|5206|
|1:06 PM|5206|
|1:05 PM|5206|
|1:04 PM|5206|
|1:03 PM|5206|
|1:02 PM|5206|
|1:01 PM|5206|
|1:00 PM|5206|
|12:59 PM|5206|
|12:58 PM|5206|
|12:57 PM|5091|
|12:56 PM|5091|
|12:55 PM|5091|
|12:54 PM|5091|
|12:53 PM|5091|
|12:52 PM|5091|
|12:51 PM|5091|
|12:50 PM|5091|
|12:49 PM|5091|
|12:48 PM|5091|
|12:47 PM|5091|
|12:46 PM|5091|
|12:45 PM|5091|
|12:44 PM|5091|

I understand that there is a cache system, but don’t you think these levels are excessive?

Best regards.

shrug

Not much else I can add, I don’t think it’s a bug.

Could be there is extra caching at the moment to handle additional load due to COVID, but shrug

It’s possible. I have noticed this behavior since the beginning of last week. Previously, the behavior was much better.

Thank you very much.

Noticed this as well and it’s really annoying.

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