Widget Submission Guidelines, Template, and Checklist

[Zaytri she/her]

Widget Gallery Guidelines

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When you submit a new widget, it will be reviewed by me or a forum moderator, to check if it passes the following guidelines:

• No malware allowed, obviously
• Must comply with Twitch Terms of Service and Community Guidelines
• Code cannot be obfuscated or include unknown remote code
• Code cannot send user data to a remote server without it being clear to the users how that data will be used
• Cannot include anything related to web3 (NFTs, blockchain, cryptocurrency, etc.) or generative AI
• Cannot include support for 7TV or global emotes from 3rd party emote services
• Cannot include images of Pepe the Frog

Even if it does pass these guidelines, the widget still may be removed for other reasons. In any case, we will make it clear to you why a widget has been removed, and you will be given chances to revise your submission.

If your submission has passed review, and you later make an update that violates these guidelines, your widget will be removed.

My stance on 7TV and Pepe

Widget Submission Template

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Don't just copy someone else's widget description, make it your own! As a general rule, here are the 3 things you may want to include:

1. Screenshots and/or Video
   • People likely aren't going to download your widget without seeing how it works in action
2. Widget Features
   • If you're building off of Slime Chat, you can include a link to that and then list the features you've added on top of that
3. Terms of Use
   • Set your terms for reselling, credits, etc.

Widget Code Checklist

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Here's some things you may want to review in your code before submitting a widget, especially if you're building off of Slime Chat:

1. Review the README.txt to ensure that all links and details are accurate
2. Check the top of the overlay HTML file and <title> if you put your widget name and version in there, make sure it's accurate
3. Check your settings JS file, make sure your `text-display`s are accurate, and that the first argument of slime2.widget.loadSettings() is a data JS file with your widget name
4. Make sure to not include SLIME2_TWITCH_KEY.js, it's important that you do not give anyone access to your key
5. You can include a data JS file if that makes it easier for you to set specific defaults, but it's recommended to not include it and set default values within the settings JS itself
   • Make sure to review what your widget looks like without a data JS file! You should ensure that it works without one, to make it easy for the user to revert to default settings by simply deleting their data JS file

Now that you've gone through all of that, you're ready to submit a widget! You can use the link below:

> Submit a New Widget

 

[Zaytri she/her]

Updated Widget Verification process: Rather than communicating with you via the forum conversation system, you will now need to create a thread with your widget code in Widget Verification to apply for verification.