How to run twitchio bot forever without manually adding the new token

[abdumhman]

I understand that if the bot access token expires we must get a new one from the refresh token and replace the token of my bot

bot = commands.Bot(
token=token,
client_id=os.environ[‘CLIENT_ID’],
nick = “mynick”,
prefix=“!”,
initial_channels=[channel]
)

bot.run()

However I don’t understand how I can replace the token automatically when without stopping my server and manually changing the token every time the token expires.

Any help would be extremely appreciated thanks.

[DevMcGee]

Refreshing Access Tokens

[abdumhman]

Hello, I know how to use the refresh token to get a access token and run the bot however I am running a full stack web application and in my backend so would need to run my bot at all times without stopping the changing the access token myself. Is there a way for the bot to detect when the access token has expired and replace it automatically?

[Dist]

You could just have your backend make the requests to the Refresh Token endpoint, and then store the new access and refresh token, such as in a database, a file, whatever is suitable for your use case.

Then whenever it needs to connect, such as after a disconnect or when the app first starts up, it just gets the token from where you’ve stored them.

[abdumhman]

Apologies but im very new to twitchio could u give me an example of how you do this? How can I write the code for it to connect and use a new access token whenever there is a disconnection?

[DevMcGee]

I’m not understanding what the issue is. Can you better describe your situation? Am I understanding correctly that you have a web component and a chat connection? You said you understand how to use refresh tokens and your question is about running forever without having to manually add a new token. Where is the issue?

@abdumhman

How can I write the code for it to connect and use a new access token whenever there is a disconnection?

I recommend checking the token’s expiration before reconnecting and refreshing it if it has expired.

[BarryCarlyon]

Post removed, you leaked your client secret and a refresh token, pleaes revoke and regenerate both

[DevMcGee]

@abdumhman

I am running the bot like this:

  while True:
      time.sleep(expires)
       *over here get another token from refresh
       ******** Now over here how do I replace the token of the bot and rerun it

I’m not familiar with twitchio, but a quick glance at the documentation suggests you should consider using Client.event_token_expired instead. It doesn’t look like there is another way to do it without hacking into twitchio’s internals but .