Developers: API

GetChannelEmotes does not return GIF URL's

The new GetChannelEmotes endpoint does not return the correct image url for gif emotes.

For example on Lirik:

for an animated emote it returns the url:

When in fact the correct url should of been:

At the moment all gif emotes are given png url's.

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ScottRC shared this idea · Jun 19, 2021 · Report… · Admin →

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AdminMarc Szanto (Admin, Twitch) responded · Mar 31, 2026

Get Channel Emotes will provide an indication that the emote is animated, as such:

"format": [ "static", "animated"],

When "animated" is present, you can replace the emote URL's "static" with "animated".

For example, static and animated

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ScottRC commented · July 2, 2021 12:14 PM · Report

Don't really understand why giving a list of gif emotes png url's was intended behaviour, but thanks for the reply.

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