Connecting to twitch chat python
irc, python, twitch
Solution
`getaddrinfo failed` generally means that the hostname you are trying to connect to can not be resolved to an IP address. In this case, it probably means that it doesn't exist.
Why?
When you pass `socket.connect()` a hostname instead of an IP address, it first needs to find the IP address of said hostname. It does this using `socket.getaddrinfo()`, which asks DNS servers for information about the hostname. It turns out that no DNS server has this information, so the call to `getaddrinfo` fails, hence the error message.
How to connect to Twitch's IRC
The procedure of connecting to Twitch's IRC has changed a bit since your guide was made, it seems. Here's how I managed to do it.
- Get an OAuth token from TwitchApps
- Connect, with your twitch username, to `irc.twitch.tv`, port 6667. As password, use `oauth:` plus the oauth token you just got.
- Join the channel you are streaming on.
Problem
``` import time import win32api, win32con import socket #imports module allowing connection to IRC import threading #imports module allowing timing functions #sets variables for connection to twitch chat bot_owner = 'TheMagicalCake' nick = 'MagicalCakeBot' channel = '#TheMagicalCake' server = 'magicalcakebot.jtvirc.com' password = '~redacted~' irc = socket.socket() irc.connect((server, 6667)) #connects to the server #sends variables for connection to twitch chat irc.send('PASS ' + password + '\r\n') irc.send('USER ' + nick + ' 0 * :' + bot_owner + '\r\n') irc.send('NICK ' + nick + '\r\n') irc.send('JOIN ' + channel + '\r\n') ``` I'm trying to make a bot for twitch chat but when I run this code I get the error I'm using someone elses code that works for them but not for me ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:/Users/Owner/Desktop/TheMagicalCake", line 47, in <module> irc.connect((server, 6667)) #connects to the server File "C:\Python27\lib\socket.py", line 224, in meth return getattr(self._sock,name)(*args) gaierror: [Errno 11004] getaddrinfo failed ```