How to set up Twitch live notifications in Discord

What you will end up with

Where to find it

Step by step

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   Step 1: Open Twitch notifications

   In the dashboard, pick your server and choose Twitch notifications in the sidebar. The feature is already switched on for a new server, so the switch in the coloured banner shows Enabled. Nothing is posted until you have added a streamer and picked a channel for them.

   Everything on the page is only stored when you press Save in the bar at the bottom.

   Tip

   Switching the feature off keeps every streamer and every setting. Streams that start while it is off are not posted later.

   zomby.io/dashboard/…/twitchTwitch notificationsEnabledStreamers you followNo streamers yetSet it upAdd a Twitch channelPaste the address of the channel or type its name. We look it up straight away.Pick where the announcements goOne channel per streamer, with its own ping if you want one.Switch the feature onNothing is posted in your server until this is on.

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   Step 2: Add a Twitch channel

   Under Add a Twitch channel, type the streamer’s name or paste their channel address, then press Look it up. pixelpine, @pixelpine, twitch.tv/pixelpine and addresses like twitch.tv/pixelpine/about all work.

   The page answers with the channel’s name and whether that streamer is live right now, so you can tell it found the right one.

   You can follow 3 streamers on the free plan and 50 with Premium.

   Tip

   Adding a streamer only puts them on the page. They are followed once you press Save.

   zomby.io/dashboard/…/twitchTwitch channelpixelpineLook it upFound PixelPine · Offline right now1 of 3 channels · Premium follows up to 50 channels.

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   Step 3: Pick the channel and an optional ping

   Each streamer gets a card under Streamers you follow. In Announcements go to, pick the channel for their go-live posts. A streamer without a channel stays silent. If your server has only one channel in the list, it is picked for you.

   Under Ping this role you can pick a role to mention. Left empty, nobody is pinged. Only that role is ever pinged: an @everyone in a stream title stays plain text.

   Important

   ZombyIO needs to see the channel, send messages and embed links there, or the post never appears, with no error in the channel. See roles and permissions.

   zomby.io/dashboard/…/twitchStreamers you followEach one has its own channel, its own ping and, if you want, its own wording.PixelPinetwitch.tv/pixelpine · WatchedAnnouncements go to#live-nowPing this role@Stream pingsLeft empty, the announcement pings nobody.Announce this streamerOff keeps every setting here and stops the announcements.

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   Step 4: Choose the wording and the look

   Under What the announcement says, pick a starting point: Just the link, With a ping or A card of our own. A new server starts with its own default (a ping, the name and the link, plus the card), so the page shows Your own mix until you pick one.

   Under How should the stream look?, A card of our own adds a card with the streamer’s name, the stream title, the category and the live preview in your colour. Just the link leaves the preview to Discord, which shows the channel but not the stream.

   In Message when a stream starts you can use {name} for the channel name, {title} for the stream title, {game} for the category, {url} for the link to the channel and {mention} for the role being pinged.

   zomby.io/dashboard/…/twitchWhat the announcement saysUsed for every streamer, unless one of them has wording of its own.How should the stream look?A card of our ownThe stream title, the category and the live preview, in your colour.Just the linkDiscord shows its own small preview of the channel and nothing else.Message when a stream starts{mention} **{name}** is live on Twitch! {url}

   live-now

   ZombyIOAppToday at 14:32

   @Stream pings PixelPine is live on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpine

   Ranked grind, road to top 500

   Category

   VALORANT

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   Step 5: Understand Instant and Watched

   Each streamer’s card carries a badge that says how ZombyIO learns that the stream started:

   • Instant: Twitch sends ZombyIO a notice when the stream starts, and the post goes out shortly after that notice arrives.
   • Watched: ZombyIO asks Twitch on a cycle. Streamers followed by 25 or more servers on ZombyIO are checked every minute, those followed by 5 to 24 servers every 3 minutes, and all others every 15 minutes.

   Twitch limits how many channels one app can have on the instant path. While there is room, every streamer gets a place, even a small one that only your server follows. Once the places run out, they go to the streamers most servers follow, and a smaller streamer can end up Watched, where a go-live can take up to 15 minutes to appear.

   Tip

   Both badges are working states. Watched is not an error.

   zomby.io/dashboard/…/twitchStreamers you followPixelPinetwitch.tv/pixelpine · WatchedNightOwlPlaystwitch.tv/nightowlplays · Instant · Live nowWatched: Checked on a short cycle instead. Channels more servers follow move to the instant list first.

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   Step 6: Ask the streamer to connect at zomby.io/twitch

   Any streamer can move their own channel onto the instant path, whatever their size, once at least one server follows them on ZombyIO. Send them this page: zomby.io/twitch. There they press Connect with Twitch and approve on Twitch. That is all:

   • It is not a ZombyIO account and there is nothing to install.
   • ZombyIO asks Twitch for the smallest permission there is and keeps the channel id, the channel name and the display name, which are public anyway. The email address is never read.
   • Setting up the instant path normally takes about a minute. The page shows the result and how many servers follow the channel.

   To undo it, the streamer removes ZombyIO under Connections in their Twitch settings. Posts carry on. The channel keeps its instant place for now, but can lose it to a streamer that more servers follow once the places run out.

   Important

   Only the streamer can do this, signed in to their own Twitch account. The dashboard has no button for it, so send them the link.

   zomby.io/twitchThe honest reason we askTwitch lets us watch a limited number of channels instantly, and that limit is shared across every server using ZombyIO. Channels whose streamer has connected do not count towards it. So connecting does not buy you a favour, it takes you out of a queue, permanently.Connect with TwitchYour channel id, your channel name and your display name. All three are already public on your channel page. Twitch only records a connection when an app asks for a permission, so we ask for the smallest one there is, user:read:email. We never read your email address, and no token is ever stored.

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   Step 7: Save and wait for the next stream

   Press Save. There is no test button: the first post comes the next time the streamer goes live.

   If the streamer is already live when you add them, that stream is not announced; the next one is. After a post, the same streamer is not announced again for 30 minutes, so a dropped connection or a restart stays quiet.

   live-now

   ZombyIOAppToday at 14:32

   @Stream pings PixelPine is live on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/pixelpine

   Ranked grind, road to top 500

   Category

   VALORANT

Every setting explained

In the order the page shows them. Names in bold are exactly what the dashboard calls each control.

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