Create Clip enhancements
When creating a clip via the Create Clip API, it is VERY limited compared to the (not for public use) GraphQL interface. Requesting that the following enhancements be made to the Create Clip API so that 3rd party apps can leverage them:
1) Add ability to specify the clip start time (number of seconds from when the broadcast started). Reason: when deciding when to create a clip, apps may want to look back 10-15 seconds instead of generating the clip starting from when the API is called.
2) Add ability to specify the clip title. Reason: currently, the API defaults the clip title to the stream title, with no option to change it.
3) Add ability to specify the clip duration (max 60 secs). Reason: current API defaults to 30 seconds with no option to change it.
4) (nice to have) Ability to access raw media MP4 files once created.
5) (nice to have) Ability to specify the clip playback speed (default to 1.0)
6) (nice to have) Ability to specify the clip preview image offset in seconds (default to 0 - start of the clip)
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Luckofthelefty
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I just came across a use case for this as well. My wife is coming over from Mixer and I have written a little rest endpoint that triggers a clip, posts the link in chat, and sends it to a discord webhook. Previously we could title the clip via the API so it was easily identifiable in Discord. It would be nice to have that feature over here too.
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SaltySadism
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My stream is based around automated game plays and detection of certain moments such as a player getting multiple kills. When I detect this, I was hoping to create the clip automatically from my application and title it based on which class/player did it, such as Hero name and since some players can take upto around 58 seconds for a penta kill, then i figured the ability to increase the clip time would also be really beneficial.
An automated create/edit API makes sense for my stream because the software i want to enhance runs on the twitch service and it would be nice to auto clip good plays, since its a 24/7 automated stream.
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Alca
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As it stands, Clips are meant to be manually edited after creation. These changes would focus it more on full automation which I'm all for. Create clip, set details, then automatically finish or create clip, fill in defaults, and then prompt for manual editing.
4) A non-public endpoint exists for the frontend (`https://clips.twitch.tv/api/v2/clips/CLIP_SLUG/status`) but not yet available on Helix or at least documented.
5) Playback speed is just client-side for whoever is viewing it. There was a way to permanently modify a Clip's speed in the editor but they removed the feature long ago.