Twitch API 3 deprecated

[k0rmarun]

Twitch is planning to shutdown their old API v1+v2 by Feb 14. Api v3 will follow "soon" (planned Feb. 2018).
See: https://blog.twitch.tv/action-required-twitch-api-version-update-f3a21e6c3410#.cql6fhukm

TwitchTube seems to use API v3 so there is no immediate danger, but sometime you might want to transition to the newer versions.

[Aldrog]

Yeah, I've read this post and API docs just yesterday.

You're right that TwitchTube uses API v3, but v5 has better docs and introduces some interesting features so I'd want to transition rather soon. I hope I'll get enough time to work on this (as a part of a bigger update) during this spring.

[Aldrog]

Twitch has announced "The New API" a couple of weeks ago. Didn't notice that at first, but turns out API v3 and v5 are now to be removed at the same day, December 31, 2018.
So there's no sence in moving to API v5 and the new "Helix" API is not yet ready for the needs of TwitchTube (basically, I can't implement anything but browsing top streams ATM with it).

[Aldrog]

With this update the Helix API seems to be functional enough for TwitchTube purposes. 😄
Now to find some spare time to complete the port...