Upcoming Discord Feature: Twitch Sub Integration
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Streamers Like Discord?!?
In a galaxy far far away (a few months before TwitchCon)… this is what happened when our little band of Discord hamster developers heard that Twitch streamers were using Discord:
That’s some jazzy jazz! Look we were excited. Even Lirik and Summit1g gave us props! Fanboy heaven. Then a few weeks later Twitch broke Discord. The hamsters fell off the server wheel. Poor little fur balls…
Want to hear more? Watch the video:
Eventually we fixed it and the hamsters are now better. Faster. Stronger.
Anyways…I’m sure you’re wondering what all this Twitch integration coolness is about. I’m here to provide accurate details. For those with hamster-like attention spans here’s the TL;DR: Twitch streamers can now manage sub-only channels by having Discord automatically apply permissions to their subs. You can even have multiple streamers doing this on a single server!
How? Our newly minted Robo Hamster Army!! (couldn’t stay away from those cute little furballs too long and now they have robot parts too, yeah ROBOT parts).
Setting up Sub-Only Servers
Before you get into this new feature, you have to set up your permissions. Now, this isn’t a new feature but it’s a little advanced so if it’s new to you read this help article from our very own Community and Support Guru Discord Dan. Definitely get familiar with this set up first, plus we just released colors so now you can express yourself artistically too!
Connect Twitch using Hamster Power
Step one is super easy: User Settings > Connections > Twitch. Robo. Hamster. Power!
Once you’re connected, you have the ability to Sync your Twitch Subs with Discord in Server Settings > Twitch Integration. If you have permissions on several Twitch accounts you will see more than one in this list.
Once synced, Discord will auto create a special Twitch Subscriber Role for each streamer account (where you have the Manage Roles Permission). At this point, you can rename the role and manage permissions in the Roles tab of your Server.
Automatic Sub/Un-sub Management
Now that you have a proper sub group with the right permissions, we will auto-detect who is currently subscribed and manage access. You can also adjust the expiration grace period (because not everyone re-subs literally on the month. Show some mercy). Or you could force them to watch Footloose if they are slow. Because…80s!!
Now get your subs in!
This, of course, makes your Subs happy too. They just go to User Setting > Connections > Twitch to connect, then hit join on your server! No more monthly emails with new server credentials — just unabated Discord community love ❤.
We now have the ability to add new integrations, so Twitch is the first of many…stay tuned! The Robo Hamsters are hard at work. Crank! Crank!
