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Modest BadgerOriginal post

Hi everyone,

I know this has probably been posted before but I cant find any further information as the pages that answer don't show up for me.

I am trying to keep track of my specific chatters and how many times they have checked in my Twitch chat. I am doing this for a prize at the end of the month so basically im thinking like a simple !checkin command user specific that would track how many times that user has checked in for the month's streams. I understand the private and public token is needed, just not sure how many commands i would need to use or do for this to be user specific counting. Any help is appreciated!

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Purple Tiger

You can use the Nightbot Counter API to keep track of check-ins and Google Apps Script (free) to ensure users can only check-in once per day.

1. Go to Google Apps Script.
2. Create a new project.
3. Paste this code:

const NAMESPACE = "checkinbot";
​
function doGet(e) {
  const user = e.parameter.user;
  if (!user) return ContentService.createTextOutput("❌ User not defined");
​
  const KEY = `user-${user.toLowerCase()}`;
  const baseUrl = `https://api.counterapi.dev/v1/${NAMESPACE}/${KEY}`;
​
  let count = 0;
  let lastUpdate = null;
​
  try {
    const response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(baseUrl);
    const data = JSON.parse(response.getContentText());
    count = data.count;
    lastUpdate = new Date(data.updated_at);
  } catch (error) {
    const errorText = error.toString();
    if (errorText.includes("record not found")) {
      UrlFetchApp.fetch(`${baseUrl}/up`);
      return ContentService.createTextOutput(`✅ @${user}, first check-in recorded! You now have 1 check-in.`);
    } else {
      return ContentService.createTextOutput(`⚠️ Error checking your check-in: ${errorText}`);
    }
  }
​
  const now = new Date();
  if (lastUpdate && lastUpdate.toDateString() === now.toDateString()) {
    return ContentService.createTextOutput(`🛑 @${user}, you have already checked in today.`);
  }
​
  UrlFetchApp.fetch(`${baseUrl}/up`);
  return ContentService.createTextOutput(`✅ @${user}, check-in recorded! You now have ${count + 1} check-ins.`);
}

4. Click Deploy → Manage deployments → New deployment

Type: Web app
Access: Anyone

Copy the generated URL and add a custom command in Nightbot:

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