Hi all,
I’m the author of ChatEgg, a mobile app that pulls a creator’s live chat from multiple platforms (Twitch, YouTube, Kick, TikTok) into a single real-time feed. The primary use case is a creator watching their own stream’s chat while they broadcast. I’d love to add support for Patreon Live.
I’ve already been working on integrating the official v2 API, including the early-access Live endpoints (campaigns.lives / w:campaigns.lives). GET /api/oauth2/v2/lives/{id} is great for detecting and managing a live as it returns state, rtmp_url, stream_key, scheduled_for, title, description. But everything there is broadcast/ingest control; there’s nothing for consuming the Live’s chat.
From what I can tell, Live chat is powered by a third-party chat service (appears to be getstream.io), and I can’t find any OAuth-authenticated way to obtain the chat connection details (a channel identifier + a chat token). The only path I’ve found to a chat token requires a first-party Patreon web session, which isn’t ideal for a third-party OAuth app.
My question: is there a supported / planned OAuth path to read a Live’s chat? For example, exposing the chat channel + a scoped chat token on the Live resource, or an OAuth-authenticated token endpoint. Read-only is entirely sufficient for my use case; I just want to display incoming messages, not post messages.
The docs note the Live APIs are early-access and invite feedback, so I’m happy to be an early-access partner and share real-world integration feedback. Thanks!