# Kickstarter Campaign Search Scraper (`apt_marble/kickstarter-campaign-search-scraper`) Actor

Search Kickstarter projects and get funding goal, amount pledged, backers, deadline, category and creator.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/apt_marble/kickstarter-campaign-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Hamza](https://apify.com/apt_marble) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$1.50 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Kickstarter Campaign Search Scraper

Search Kickstarter and export campaigns with funding goal, amount pledged, percent funded, backer count, deadline, category, creator and location. Good for product research, trend tracking and finding what crowdfunding backers want.

### What you get

One row per campaign.

### Input

- **Search term** - Keyword, for example watch or board game.
- **Project state** - Live, successful, failed or upcoming.
- **Sort by** - Magic (best match), popularity, newest, ending soon, most funded or most backed.
- **Staff picks only** - Only Kickstarter staff picks.
- **Maximum results** - How many projects to collect.

Example input:

```json
{
  "searchTerm": "watch",
  "state": "live",
  "sort": "magic",
  "maxItems": 48
}
```

### Output

Each result is one row in the dataset. You can download it as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read it through the Apify API.

- `image` - Project image (first column)
- `id, name, blurb, url` - The project
- `goal, pledged, percentFunded, usdPledged, backersCount` - Funding numbers
- `state, launchedAt, deadline` - Campaign timing
- `category, parentCategory, creatorName, location` - Who and what
- `staffPick, videoUrl, rewardsUrl` - Extras

Example result:

```json
{
  "id": 25026531,
  "name": "Introducing... The Apex Watch!",
  "state": "live",
  "category": "Product Design",
  "goal": 2500,
  "pledged": 2742,
  "percentFunded": 109.68,
  "backersCount": 10,
  "currency": "USD",
  "deadline": "2026-10-19T09:41:49.000Z",
  "url": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aboutlucaceo/introducing-the-apex-watch"
}
```

### Good to know

- Runs are fast and need no cookies, logins or proxies from you.
- A search with no matches, or an input that is not valid, does not fail the run. It finishes as Succeeded with a short message and an example input.
- You pay per result row. Set **Maximum results** to control cost.
- Kickstarter returns 12 projects per page. The actor pages through automatically until your maximum is reached.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerm` (type: `string`):

Keyword to search Kickstarter projects for, for example "watch" or "board game".

## `state` (type: `string`):

Limit to projects in this state.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Order of the results.

## `staffPicksOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only return projects picked by Kickstarter staff.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many results. Lower numbers finish faster and cost less.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerm": "watch",
  "state": "",
  "sort": "magic",
  "staffPicksOnly": false,
  "maxItems": 48
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchTerm": "watch",
    "state": "",
    "sort": "magic",
    "staffPicksOnly": false,
    "maxItems": 48
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("apt_marble/kickstarter-campaign-search-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchTerm": "watch",
    "state": "",
    "sort": "magic",
    "staffPicksOnly": False,
    "maxItems": 48,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("apt_marble/kickstarter-campaign-search-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchTerm": "watch",
  "state": "",
  "sort": "magic",
  "staffPicksOnly": false,
  "maxItems": 48
}' |
apify call apt_marble/kickstarter-campaign-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,apt_marble/kickstarter-campaign-search-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/lKTQP4c4sBsXtUbVt/builds/xjMGkaiGV0qtCE3z5/openapi.json