Chat client

TwitchChatClient connects to Twitch IRC over WebSocket, handles PING/PONG, and emits strongly typed events for every message.

import { TwitchChatClient } from "velho";

const chat = new TwitchChatClient({
  username: "my_bot",
  token: process.env.TWITCH_CHAT_TOKEN!,
  reconnect: true,
  autoJoin: ["#velho"],
});

await chat.connect();

chat.on("ready", () => console.log("Chat ready"));
chat.on("message", (message) => {
  console.log(`[${message.channel}] <${message.username}> ${message.text}`);
});

chat.say("#velho", "Hello Twitch!");

• Events include ready, message, notice, join, part, reconnect, close, and error.
• Automatic reconnect with configurable delay; augment with custom backoff if necessary.
• listen subscribes to messages and returns an unsubscribe callback.
• say() sends immediately; callers must enforce Twitch Chat rate limits.