rechat-dl is a simple command-line tool to download the Chat Replay messages and metadata of Twitch VODs for archival purposes.

1. Clone the repository or download the zip
2. Install the requests library, if not yet installed: pip install requests

rechat-dl requires version 2.7+ of the Python interpreter. Its only dependency is requests.

rechat-dl.py VOD-ID [FILE]
	VOD-ID: can be found in the vod url like this:
	https://www.twitch.tv/streamername/v/{VOD-ID}

	FILE (optional): the file the chat messages will be saved into.
	if not set, it's rechat-{VOD-ID}.json

The outputted .json file contains a simplified json array, containing the following from the chat replay messages:

-Sender
-Message
-Timestamp

There's no documentation for the Chat Replay API yet, but its output is very similiar to the IRC interface.

This tool only downloads the chat messages, but doesn't offer a way to view them in real-time alongside a VOD.

This fork is meant to provide a simplified output for something i have in mind.