Represents a livestream chat.

Before fetching a live chat, you have to retrieve the target livestream's info:

const info = await yt.getInfo('video_id');

Then you may request a live chat instance:

const livechat = await info.getLiveChat();

• LiveChat
  • .ev ⇒ EventEmitter
  • .start ⇒ function
  • .stop ⇒ function
  • .applyFilter ⇒ function
  • .getItemMenu ⇒ function
  • .sendMessage ⇒ function

Live Chat's EventEmitter.

Events:

• start

  Fired when the live chat is started.

  Arguments:

  Type	Description
  LiveChatContinuation	Initial chat data, actions, info, etc.

• chat-update

  Fired when a new chat action is received.

  Arguments:

  Type	Description
  ChatAction	Chat action

• metadata-update

  Fired when the livestream's metadata is updated.

  Arguments:

  Type	Description
  LiveMetadata	Livestream metadata

• error

  Fired when an error occurs.

  Arguments:

  Type	Description
  Error	Details about the error

• end

  Fired when the livestream ends.

Starts the Live Chat.

Stops the Live Chat.

Applies given filter to the live chat.

Retrieves given chat item's menu.

Returns: Promise<ItemMenu>

Sends a message.

Returns: Promise<ObservedArray<AddChatItemAction>>

See index.ts.