They simply configure the extension and start streaming via e.g. We solve this problem by providing a simple configuration UI and remove the need to configure a browser source in OBS.Īnother huge advantage of that extension is that broadcasters who want to stream on consoles, don't need a capture card anymore to be able to display alerts in their stream. New streamers often struggle with the sheer amount of configuration work they have to do on streamlabs or streamelements. With this Twitch extension, we are solving one of the biggest challenges for streamers. We had to reimplement the WebSockets part three times switching back and forth between hosting them on EC2 or implementing them in the API Gateway.Ĭreating an easy and intuitive UI which enables broadcasters to configure alerts with just a few clicks was a challenging task as well. To keep track of those connections, we also use an instance of Amazon ElastiCache.
We currently do not use AWS Cognito, but this might be something we're looking into for V2 of the extension.įor the webhooks and IRC endpoints, we host the software on EC2 instances.įor WebSockets we added another EC2 instance because we are expecting to maintain about 600k or more concurrent WebSocket connections (we deliver the alerts via WebSockets to all viewers). We make heavy use of the API Gateway and AWS Lambdas for our OAuth flow. They are high quality and really add value to the visual appearance of the broadcasters streams. As soon as they hit save and go live, viewers will get the alerts delivered directly through the extension.Īll the alerts we offer in our extension are built by the design team. Instead, they can configure the alert style and texts they want to display directly in the extension. With our extension, broadcasters will not need to add browser sources or use external tools to show alerts (follow, subs. That's why we made it our goal to create an easy to use Twitch extension for displaying alerts on stream. However, we think the current solutions are too complicated for new streamers.
Nearly every streamer on Twitch uses Stream Alerts and therefore needs external tools to configure and display them. Since 2011 streamers are broadcasting games and IRL streams on Twitch.
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