public static bool channelExists(string url)
{
try
{
using (var client = new NewWebClient())
{
client.HeadOnly = true;
// fine, if channel exists
// throws Exception on 404
client.DownloadString(url);
}
return(true);
}
catch (WebException)
{
return(false);
}
}
public static bool channelExists(string channel)
{
try
{
using (var client = new NewWebClient())
{
client.HeadOnly = true;
// fine, no content downloaded
// throws 404
client.DownloadString("https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/" + channel);
}
return(true);
}
catch
{
return(false);
}
}
public static bool channelExists(string channel)
{
try
{
using (var client = new NewWebClient())
{
string s = client.DownloadString(String.Format(channelInfoUrl, channel));
if (s.Contains("mvc.js', null)"))
{
return(false);
}
}
return(true);
}
catch
{
return(false);
}
}
public string getViewers()
{
JObject jObject;
string info;
try
{
using (NewWebClient cl = new NewWebClient()) {
info = cl.DownloadString(String.Format(infoUrl, channelName));
}
jObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <JObject>(info);
return(jObject["spectators"].ToString());
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine("Viewers exception: " + ex.Message);
return("0");
}
}