These are the three Python files I use that allows Twitch Chat or Youtube Chat to control your keyboard or mouse to play a game. You are welcome to use or adapt this code for your own content.
To run the code you will need to install Python 3.9 or greater.
The python dependencies can be installed with the requirements.txt file.
- Create the virual enviroment
python -m venv chatplaysenv
- Activate the virual environment
Windows
chatplaysenv\Scripts\activate
MacOS / Linux
source chatplaysenv/bin/activate
- Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
Note: While the requirements.txt file shows all the installed pacakges, the following are the core packages this project cares about: keyboard, pydirectinput, pyautogui, pynput, requests, python-dotenv, discord
In the same directory as the file you are running create a file names .env (with no file extension) using the following template:
# Set to True which sources you want to listen to for the input.
LISTEN_ON_TWITCH = True
LISTEN_ON_YOUTUBE = False
LISTEN_ON_DISCORD = False
# Twitch Settings
# Replace this with your Twitch username. Must be all lowercase.
TWITCH_CHANNEL = "YOUR_USERNAME"
# Youtube Settings
# Replace this with your Youtube's Channel ID. Find this by clicking your Youtube profile pic -> Settings -> Advanced Settings.
YOUTUBE_CHANNEL_ID = "YOUTUBE_CHANNEL_ID_HERE"
# If you're using an Unlisted stream to test on Youtube, replace "None" below with your stream's URL in quotes.
# Otherwise you can leave this as "None"
YOUTUBE_STREAM_URL = None
# Discord Settings
DISCORD_TOKEN = "BOT_TOKEN"
DISCORD_GUILD = "GUILD_SERVER_NAME"
DISCORD_CHANNEL = "CHANNEL_NAME"
Once Python is set up, simply change the Twitch username, Youtube channel ID, or Discord information in the .env file, and you'll be ready to go.
python TwitchPlays_TEMPLATE.py
This code is originally based off Wituz's Twitch Plays template, then expanded by DougDoug and DDarknut with help from Ottomated for the Youtube side. For now I am not reviewing any pull requests or code changes, this code is meant to be a simple prototype that is uploaded for educational purposes. But feel free to fork the project and create your own version!