Start Channel Commercial

[streamteam_Joe]

Hello, I’m trying to use the “Start Channel Commercial” API (Making for a partnered channel) I think this part is right but how do I add "-d ‘{“duration”: 30}’ " ?? Thanks

> $channelsApi = 'https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/12345678/commercial';
>  $ch = curl_init();
>  
>  curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
>     CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
>        "Client-ID: ababababababababababababa",
>        "Accept: application/vnd.twitchtv.v5+json",
>        "Content-Type: application/json",
>        "Authorization: OAuth ababababababababababababa",
>     ),
>     CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
>     CURLOPT_URL => $channelsApi
>  ));
>  
>  $response = curl_exec($ch);
>  curl_close($ch);

[3ventic]

// ...
CURLOPT_POST => 1,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"duration": 30}',
// ...

[streamteam_Joe]

Thanks (So does it go here?)

$channelsApi = ‘https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/12345678/commercial’;
$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
“Client-ID: ababababababababababababa”,
“Accept: application/vnd.twitchtv.v5+json”,
“Content-Type: application/json”,
“Authorization: OAuth ababababababababababababa”
),
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_POST => 1,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => ‘{“duration”: 30}’,
CURLOPT_URL => $channelsApi
));

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

I keep getting:

error: “Unauthorized”,
status: 401,
message: “Token invalid or missing required scope”

My OAuth has channel_editor or does the stream have to be live to give a positive response?

[george]

Can you try using the channel_commercial scope? That was the requirement prior to v5 so not sure if it changed or is an error in the docs.

[streamteam_Joe]

Still not working… Even used both scopes…

Does the channel have to be live/is my code even right?

[george]

I did some further testing myself and channel_commercial is the correct scope. channel_editor alone will not work. (cc @DallasNChains error in the docs?) The channel does need to be live for the commercial to execute however you will get a different error indicating such:

{
  "error": "Unprocessable Entity",
  "status": 422,
  "message": "Commercials breaks are allowed every 8 min and only when you are online."
}

I copied your code replacing my Client-ID and OAuth token (with channel_commerical scope) and received the offline channel error instead of the token error you are receiving.

I would recommend double checking your OAuth token to make sure it has the correct scope: https://api.twitch.tv/kraken?oauth_token=

[streamteam_Joe]

Thank You… I have it working now

[DallasNChains]

Thanks, @george! I’ll update the docs.