# Automatic Twitch On-Air Sign ## Overview Warning: ![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/031/031/medium800/feather_IMG_4598.jpg?1457647226) We're doing a lot of streaming lately, and I wanted to make a sign that would let people know when we're on air. All this guide will do is connect to the Twitch API and determine if the user is currently streaming - if so, the Feather will turn on some NeoPixels (you can also just use LEDs if you like) to light up the sign. **You can easily extend this to, instead of parsing for a live stream, display the stream name, number of viewers, game-being-played** or [anything else available from the Twitch API](https://github.com/justintv/Twitch-API) I did this project as an IoT-Tuesday project and livestreamed it on Youtube, you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQzoixcnFXw (It turns out the SSL failure on ESP8226 is a timeout not an encryption issue, so you can also do this project with an ESP8266!) # Previous projects [We did this once already with a raspberry Pi to be able to connect to YouTube or UStream's API but it really does require quite a bit of hacking](../../../../internet-streaming-on-air-sign/) ![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/030/946/medium800/feather_projects_onair.jpg?1457498588) I wanted to make something simpler, all-in-one, using a Feather ESP8266 or WINC1500. In the end, the Feather M0 ATWINC1500 & ESP8266 worked best, since you need to have an SSL connection to twitch.tv but at least you dont need any OAuth or API keys! - [Next Page](https://learn.adafruit.com/automatic-twitch-on-air-sign/twitch-api.md) ## Featured Products ### Adafruit Feather M0 WiFi - ATSAMD21 + ATWINC1500 [Adafruit Feather M0 WiFi - ATSAMD21 + ATWINC1500](https://www.adafruit.com/product/3010) Feather is the new development board from Adafruit, and like its namesake it is thin, light, and lets you fly! We designed Feather to be a new standard for portable microcontroller cores. This is the  **Adafruit Feather M0 WiFi w/ATWINC1500** - our take on an... 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