Twitch Comment Stream

This Rust library provides a simple interface to connect to Twitch chat and read comments in real-time using WebSockets.

Features

• Connect to Twitch chat using WebSockets.
• Read and parse chat messages.
• Handle PING/PONG messages to maintain the connection.

Installation

Add this library to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
twitch-comment-stream = "0.1.0"

Usage

Here's a basic example of how to use the TwitchCommentStream:

use twitch_comment_stream::TwitchCommentStream;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
  let mut stream = TwitchCommentStream::new("your_channel_name".to_string());
  stream.connect().await?;
  while let Ok(comment) = stream.next().await {
    println!("{}: {}", comment.user, comment.body);
  }
  Ok(())
}

API

TwitchCommentStream

• new(channel: String) -> Self: Creates a new instance for the specified channel.
• connect(&mut self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>: Connects to the Twitch chat.
• write_message(&mut self, message: String) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>: Sends a message to the chat.
• next(&mut self) -> Result<Comment, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>: Retrieves the next comment from the chat.

Comment

• user: String: The username of the commenter.
• body: String: The content of the comment.

Testing

Run the tests with:

cargo test

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.