login_page = self._download_webpage(
self._LOGIN_URL, None, 'Downloading login page')
- login_form = self._form_hidden_inputs(login_page)
+ login_form = self._hidden_inputs(login_page)
login_form.update({
'login': username.encode('utf-8'),
'http://www.twitch.tv/%s/profile' % channel_id,
'TwitchProfile', channel_id)
+ # Channel name may be typed if different case than the original channel name
+ # (e.g. http://www.twitch.tv/TWITCHPLAYSPOKEMON) that will lead to constructing
+ # an invalid m3u8 URL. Working around by use of original channel name from stream
+ # JSON and fallback to lowercase if it's not available.
+ channel_id = stream.get('channel', {}).get('name') or channel_id.lower()
+
access_token = self._download_json(
'%s/api/channels/%s/access_token' % (self._API_BASE, channel_id), channel_id,
'Downloading channel access token')