Send a chat message

The bot says your message in the streamer’s chat - every connected chat by default, or just Twitch or Kick with platform - spoken by the same identity as every other bot line (TipPageBot or the linked custom bot on Twitch; the TipPage account on Kick). Sent verbatim - no template variables - and it can’t start with / or !, so the bot never runs slash commands or triggers other bots. Own rate limit on top of the global ones: 20 messages per 30 seconds per streamer, shared across all keys. Requires chat:write.

POST/chat/messages

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer token (tp_live_... or tpat_...) · headerrequired

A TipPage API key (`tp_live_...`, created in Dashboard → Settings → Developer) or an OAuth 2.0 access token (`tpat_...`, see the OAuth guide). Both carry the same scopes and are accepted on every endpoint.

Request body

requiredapplication/json

messagestringrequired

What the bot says. Can't start with `/` or `!`.

max length 500

platformstring

Which chat to speak in. `all` = every chat the streamer has connected.

default: "all"

Allowed:twitchkickall

Responses

200Done.

successboolean

400Missing message (`bad_request`), over 500 characters (`message_too_long`), or disallowed content (`message_disallowed`).

errorstringrequired

Human-readable message.

codestring

Machine-readable code (e.g. `missing_scope`, `not_in_queue`).

401Missing or invalid credential (`missing_api_key` / `invalid_api_key`, or `invalid_token` for an expired/revoked OAuth access token).

errorstringrequired

Human-readable message.

codestring

Machine-readable code (e.g. `missing_scope`, `not_in_queue`).

403The key lacks the required scope (`missing_scope`).

errorstringrequired

Human-readable message.

codestring

Machine-readable code (e.g. `missing_scope`, `not_in_queue`).

required_scopestring

409The bot can't speak right now: switched off in the dashboard (`bot_disabled`), no connected channel on the requested platform, or not connected to the channel yet (`bot_unavailable` - transient when the channel exists, retry shortly).

errorstringrequired

Human-readable message.

codestring

Machine-readable code (e.g. `missing_scope`, `not_in_queue`).

429Rate limit exceeded - check the `RateLimit-*` headers.

errorstring

502The chat gateway is unreachable (`gateway_unavailable`) - retry shortly.

errorstringrequired

Human-readable message.

codestring

Machine-readable code (e.g. `missing_scope`, `not_in_queue`).

Request

curl -X POST "https://api.tippage.com/v1/chat/messages" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "message": "string",
  "platform": "twitch"
}'

const response = await fetch("https://api.tippage.com/v1/chat/messages", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "message": "string",
  "platform": "twitch"
})
});

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.tippage.com/v1/chat/messages",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    json={
  "message": "string",
  "platform": "twitch"
},
)

Response

{
  "success": true
}