TwitchConnectRequest

Allows a Twitch account to be used as an authentication mechanism.

Once authenticated the platform can determine the current players details from the Twitch platform and store them within GameSparks.

If the Twitch user is already linked to a player, the current session will switch to the linked player.

If the current player has previously created an account using either DeviceAuthentictionRequest or RegistrationRequest AND the Twitch user is not already registered with the game, the Twitch user will be linked to the current player.

If the current player has not authenticated and the Twitch user is not known, a new player will be created using the Twitch details and the session will be authenticated against the new player.

If the Twitch user is already known, the session will switch to being the previously created user.

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Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
accessToken	No	string	The access token is used by the client to make authenticated requests on behalf of the end user.
doNotCreateNewPlayer	No	boolean	Indicates whether the server should return an error if a new player would have been registered, rather than creating the player. Defaults to false.
doNotLinkToCurrentPlayer	No	boolean	Indicates that the server should not try to link the external profile with the current player. If false, links the external profile to the currently signed in player. If true, creates a new player and links the external profile to them. Defaults to false.
errorOnSwitch	No	boolean	Indicates whether the server should return an error if an account switch would have occurred, rather than switching automatically. Defaults to false.
language	No	string	The player's language
segments	No	JSON	An optional segment configuration for this request.
switchIfPossible	No	boolean	Indicates that the server should switch to the supplied profile if it isalready associated to a player. Defaults to false.
syncDisplayName	No	boolean	Indicates that the associated players displayName should be kept in syn with this profile when it's updated by the external provider.

Response Parameters

A response containing the auth token

Parameter	Type	Description
authToken	string	44b297a8-162a-4220-8c14-dad9a1946ad2
displayName	string	The player's display name
newPlayer	boolean	Indicates whether the player was created as part of this request
scriptData	ScriptData	A JSON Map of any data added either to the Request or the Response by your Cloud Code
switchSummary	Player	A summary of the player that would be switched to. Only returned as part of an error response for a request where automatic switching is disabled.
userId	string	The player's id

Nested types

ScriptData

A collection of arbitrary data that can be added to a message via a Cloud Code script.

Parameter	Type	Description
myKey	string	An arbitrary data key
myValue	JSON	An arbitrary data value.

Player

A nested object that represents a player.

Parameter	Type	Description
achievements	string[]	The achievements of the Player
displayName	string	The display name of the Player
externalIds	JSON	The external Id's of the Player
id	string	The Id of the Player
online	boolean	The online status of the Player
scriptData	JSON	The script data of the Player
virtualGoods	string[]	The virtual goods of the Player

Error Codes

Key	Value	Description
accessToken	ACCOUNT_ALREADY_LINKED	The current user has a Twitch profile and it's not the profile they have just tried to log in with
accessToken	NOTAUTHENTICATED	The system was unable to authenticate the token
accessToken	REQUIRED	The accessToken is required but not provided
authentication	COPPA restricted	Social authentications are not allowed on COPPA compliant credentials due to social accounts containing personally identifiable information

Code Samples

C#

    using GameSparks.Api;
    using GameSparks.Api.Requests;
    using GameSparks.Api.Responses;
    ...
    new TwitchConnectRequest()
        .SetAccessToken(accessToken)
        .SetDoNotCreateNewPlayer(doNotCreateNewPlayer)
        .SetDoNotLinkToCurrentPlayer(doNotLinkToCurrentPlayer)
        .SetErrorOnSwitch(errorOnSwitch)
        .SetLanguage(language)
        .SetSegments(segments)
        .SetSwitchIfPossible(switchIfPossible)
        .SetSyncDisplayName(syncDisplayName)
        .Send((response) => {
        string authToken = response.AuthToken;
        string displayName = response.DisplayName;
        bool? newPlayer = response.NewPlayer;
        GSData scriptData = response.ScriptData;
        AuthenticationResponse._Player switchSummary = response.SwitchSummary;
        string userId = response.UserId;
        });

ActionScript 3

    import com.gamesparks.*;
    import com.gamesparks.api.requests.*;
    import com.gamesparks.api.responses.*;
    import com.gamesparks.api.types.*;
    ...

    gs.getRequestBuilder()
        .createTwitchConnectRequest()
        .setAccessToken(accessToken)
        .setDoNotCreateNewPlayer(doNotCreateNewPlayer)
        .setDoNotLinkToCurrentPlayer(doNotLinkToCurrentPlayer)
        .setErrorOnSwitch(errorOnSwitch)
        .setLanguage(language)
        .setSegments(segments)
        .setSwitchIfPossible(switchIfPossible)
        .setSyncDisplayName(syncDisplayName)
        .send(function(response:com.gamesparks.api.responses.AuthenticationResponse):void {
        var authToken:String = response.getAuthToken(); 
        var displayName:String = response.getDisplayName(); 
        var newPlayer:Boolean = response.getNewPlayer(); 
        var scriptData:ScriptData = response.getScriptData(); 
        var switchSummary:Player = response.getSwitchSummary(); 
        var userId:String = response.getUserId(); 
        });

Objective-C

    #import "GS.h"
    #import "GSAPI.h"
    ...
    GSTwitchConnectRequest* request = [[GSTwitchConnectRequest alloc] init];
    [request setAccessToken:accessToken;
    [request setDoNotCreateNewPlayer:doNotCreateNewPlayer;
    [request setDoNotLinkToCurrentPlayer:doNotLinkToCurrentPlayer;
    [request setErrorOnSwitch:errorOnSwitch;
    [request setLanguage:language;
    [request setSegments:segments;
    [request setSwitchIfPossible:switchIfPossible;
    [request setSyncDisplayName:syncDisplayName;
    [request setCallback:^ (GSAuthenticationResponse* response) {
    NSString* authToken = [response getAuthToken]; 
    NSString* displayName = [response getDisplayName]; 
    BOOL newPlayer = [response getNewPlayer]; 
    NSDictionary* scriptData = [response getScriptData]; 
    GSPlayer* switchSummary = [response getSwitchSummary]; 
    NSString* userId = [response getUserId]; 
    }];
    [gs send:request];

C++

    #include <GameSparks/generated/GSRequests.h>
    using namespace GameSparks::Core;
    using namespace GameSparks::Api::Responses;
    using namespace GameSparks::Api::Requests;
    ...

    void TwitchConnectRequest_Response(GS& gsInstance, const AuthenticationResponse& response) {
    gsstl::string authToken = response.getAuthToken(); 
    gsstl::string displayName = response.getDisplayName(); 
    Optional::t_BoolOptional newPlayer = response.getNewPlayer(); 
    GSData scriptData = response.getScriptData(); 
    Types::Player* switchSummary = response.getSwitchSummary(); 
    gsstl::string userId = response.getUserId(); 
    }
    ......

    TwitchConnectRequest request(gsInstance);
    request.SetAccessToken(accessToken)
    request.SetDoNotCreateNewPlayer(doNotCreateNewPlayer)
    request.SetDoNotLinkToCurrentPlayer(doNotLinkToCurrentPlayer)
    request.SetErrorOnSwitch(errorOnSwitch)
    request.SetLanguage(language)
    request.SetSegments(segments)
    request.SetSwitchIfPossible(switchIfPossible)
    request.SetSyncDisplayName(syncDisplayName)
    request.Send(TwitchConnectRequest_Response);

Java

import com.gamesparks.sdk.api.autogen.GSRequestBuilder.TwitchConnectRequest;
import com.gamesparks.sdk.api.autogen.GSResponseBuilder.AuthenticationResponse;
import com.gamesparks.sdk.api.autogen.GSTypes.*;
import com.gamesparks.sdk.api.GSEventListener;

...
gs.getRequestBuilder().createTwitchConnectRequest()
    .setAccessToken(accessToken)
    .setDoNotCreateNewPlayer(doNotCreateNewPlayer)
    .setDoNotLinkToCurrentPlayer(doNotLinkToCurrentPlayer)
    .setErrorOnSwitch(errorOnSwitch)
    .setLanguage(language)
    .setSegments(segments)
    .setSwitchIfPossible(switchIfPossible)
    .setSyncDisplayName(syncDisplayName)
    .send(new GSEventListener<AuthenticationResponse>() {
        @Override
        public void onEvent(AuthenticationResponse response) {
            String authToken = response.getAuthToken(); 
            String displayName = response.getDisplayName(); 
            Boolean newPlayer = response.getNewPlayer(); 
            Player switchSummary = response.getSwitchSummary(); 
            String userId = response.getUserId(); 
        }
    });

Cloud Code

    var request = new SparkRequests.TwitchConnectRequest();
    request.accessToken = ...;
    request.doNotCreateNewPlayer = ...;
    request.doNotLinkToCurrentPlayer = ...;
    request.errorOnSwitch = ...;
    request.language = ...;
    request.segments = ...;
    request.switchIfPossible = ...;
    request.syncDisplayName = ...;
    var response = request.Send();

var authToken = response.authToken; 
var displayName = response.displayName; 
var newPlayer = response.newPlayer; 
var scriptData = response.scriptData; 
var switchSummary = response.switchSummary; 
var userId = response.userId;