pirica/twitch-drops-lurker

Get twitch drops without the hassle of having a tab open

Deprecation

This project is not actively being worked on. While it's still functional, @mt025 has a fork with many improvements.

You might want to take a look at it here: https://github.com/mt025/twitch-drops-lurker

twitch-drops-lurker

Installation

1. Clone the repository to your device with git clone https://github.com/NiciusB/twitch-drops-lurker.git
2. Install npm depencencies. First go to the downloaded folder cd twitch-drops-lurker, then run npm install
3. Create a .env file by copying and modifying the example .env.example file. For further information, refer to the .env section below
4. Create a localStorage.json file. For the content, run copy(Object.entries(localStorage)) in the console when having twitch.tv open. This will fill your clipboard and you can paste it directly into localStorage.json
5. Create a cookies.json file. Some of the cookies are not accesible from javascript, so you'll need to export them using the extension EditThisCookie
6. Start the node process. You could run node index.js, but please check the Deploying section below

.env

• CHROME_EXEC_PATH: The path for your chrome executable. In windows it's usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe, in macOS /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome, and in linux you can run which chrome
• GAME: The game you want to lurk. You can get this value by going to Browse -> Your game of choice. Then, copy the ID from the address bar. For example, for Dark Souls III the address bar will be https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Dark%20Souls%20III, so the GAME value will be Dark%20Souls%20III
• PORT: Port for the webserver that allows monitoring the bot's status
• SCREENSHOT_INTERVAL: Interval in seconds between every screenshot. The webserver serves these screenshots for easier debugging

Deploying

We recommend using a tool like pm2 to manage your node process. It will automatically launch on boot, recover from errors, and save logs and crashes to disk.