How to set up Discord to report Twitch livestreams - Tutorial

If you are reading this article it is because you should already know what Twitch is and how it works, otherwise please read our article with everything you need to know about Twitch the number one streaming platform in the world.

How to link Twitch account with Discord account?

For connect your Twitch account and enjoy all the benefits this brings, you need to go to the bottom left and look for a nut icon. Clicking on it will open the Discord settings. There you will see an option that says "connections," choose the one that says Twitch, enter your account information, and you're done. You have now connected your Twitch account with Discord.

What are the main reasons why notifications are not reaching your followers?

The most common mistake for which the notifications from your direct caller do not reach your followers, it is because you do not have your Twitch account linked to Discord. This is essential if you want to build a brand on Twitch and become a famous streamer or influencer.

The second most common error is due to the fact that you do not have a Discord channel with a name dedicated bot to notify your community when you are live. This is important so that your community never misses your streams, as well as saving you the trouble of doing it manually.

It may also be the case that you already have a bot and a channel to notify your live streams, but that they are misconfigured. Read on because we will explain step by step how to solve the problem.

How to make Discord notify your followers about your livestream on Twitch?

There are several tools for improve the reach and quality of your flow, as in the case of Nightbot. If you do not know what we are talking about, here we explain what Nightbot is and how to configure it.

Another indispensable tool for any streamer is the use of Streamcord. A bot that provides a special role for streamers, notifies you when they are live and gives you the ability to listen to streams directly on Discord.

How to set up Discord to notify your followers of your updates?

To begin with, you need to invite the bot to our server discord server. We will use Streamcord as an example, but you can use the bot of your choice. Once the bot is on our server, we will create a text channel for ads.

Go to the die next to the name of the bot text channel newly created, select "advanced permissions" and begin configuring the permissions necessary for the bot to function properly.

The bot must have full control of the channel so that you can tag everyone so that no one misses your live announcement. Also remember to limit the channel permissions for other server members so that they can only read posts. This will prevent them from posting in the channel and someone from missing the bot's announcement.

Now let's go to configure what the bot will say in the message. If you go to the official Streamcord website and click on the "Visit Dashboard" button, you will enter the bot's configuration area.

The first thing to do is to select the server where the bot will make the announcements. We will be redirected to a page that will give us several options, the one we are interested in is the one that says "Notifications." In the notifications tab click the "Add a notification" button.

In the interface we will see the "Streamer name" option, where we will enter the name of the streamer as it appears on the Twitch page, or a link to his channel. Next to this box is a list with all the channels on our server, so select the channel created specifically for notifications.

It is time for personalize the message to be sent by bot to our followers. Here you can put whatever you want, but to give it a professional touch, we will use some variations that Streamcord offers us.

The Streamcord page itself provides these variations, so don't worry. Above the message box is a link to a page of list of variants that you can use in your message.

The '{stream.title}' variant will automatically add the title of your Twitch stream to your message. The '{user.twitch_url}' variant will put the link to the Twitch channel in the message and the variant '{stream.game}' the game or category being broadcast.

An example of a message might be, "Hello everyone! {user.name} is playing {stream.game} live, click here so you don't miss it {user.twitch_url} {Everyone}. Remember to always include the variable "{everyone}" in the message, so that everyone gets a notification.

What is the way to enable streamer mode in your Discord role?

In Discord, we will create a role that only streamers or the streamer will have. At the same time, we need to give administrator permissions to the bot that makes the announcements and place it above the Streamers role.

The most important part is that your Twitch account is connected to Discord, so that the bot can detect when you start a stream If you skip this step the bot will ignore you.

Let's go back to the aforementioned Streamcord dashboard, go to the 'live role' section, and in the first box select the role created for streamers. The second box is an additional option to filter who will have streamer mode.

Finally, if we scroll down the page, we will see the "real-time role notification" option. If we enable it, the bot will send the notification of the stream of all people with the role of Streamer.