# Kickstarter Projects Scraper - Search Campaigns & Funding (`blackfalcondata/kickstarter-com-scraper`) Actor

Scrape kickstarter.com — records. Every record carries location the source publishes. Structured rows, ready to import into a CRM or a spreadsheet. The actor supports keyword search, location filters and controllable result limits.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/kickstarter-com-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Black Falcon Data](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation, Automation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.80 / 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

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# README

### What does Kickstarter Projects Scraper do?

Kickstarter Projects Scraper extracts structured project data from [kickstarter.com](https://kickstarter.com) — including location data. It supports keyword search, location filters, and controllable result limits, so you can run the same query consistently over time.

**New to Apify?** [Sign up free](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=1h3gvi) and use the included $5 monthly platform credit to test this actor.

### Key features

- **💵 Structured pricing:** structured `currency` on every project — numbers you can sort and compare without parsing price text.
- **🖼️ Images:** `imageUrl` on every project, ready for a catalog or a feed.
- **🗂️ Category path:** `category` place each project in kickstarter.com's own category tree.
- **🔍 Keyword search:** search kickstarter.com by keyword with the `query` input.
- **🔗 Paste-mode:** paste kickstarter.com URLs into `startUrls` to scrape exactly the pages you picked in the browser.
- **♻️ Incremental mode:** daily runs emit only listings that are new or whose price/condition changed since last run. Perfect for inventory-diff dashboards and competitive pricing alerts. Saves 80–95% on recurring monitoring.
- **🔔 Notifications:** telegram / Slack / Discord / WhatsApp / webhook alerts on each run. Combine with incremental to ping only when prices or inventory actually move.
- **📦 Compact mode:** light payload with core fields only — comparable rows across listings without HTML or metadata overhead. Perfect for pricing dashboards.
- **🔌 MCP connectors:** export your results into Notion via Apify's MCP connectors — a clean run-summary page, no glue code. Opt-in via the App connector field; deterministic field-mapping, no AI. Built on Apify's connector framework, so more destinations open up as their catalog grows.
- **📌 Change classification:** each record carries a `changeType` of NEW / UPDATED / UNCHANGED / REAPPEARED / EXPIRED. Default emits NEW + UPDATED + REAPPEARED; opt into the others with `emitUnchanged` / `emitExpired`.
- **🧹 Empty-field stripping:** drop null, empty-string, and empty-array fields from each record before push. Smaller payloads for AI agents and dashboards that already handle missing fields gracefully.

### What data can you extract from kickstarter.com?

Each result includes Core project fields (`id`, `name`, `blurb`, `url`, `portalUrl`, `projectPath`, `state`, and `isLaunched`, and more) and extended fields (`detailFetched`). In standard mode, all fields are always present — unavailable data points are returned as `null`, never omitted. In compact mode, only core fields are returned.

### Input

The main inputs are a search keyword, an optional location filter, and a result limit. Additional filters and options are available in the input schema.

Key parameters:

- **`query`** — Project search keywords (e.g. "board game", "espresso", "graphic novel"). Use a JSON array for several searches in one run. Leave everything empty to browse live projects (bounded by Max Results).
- **`queries`** — Several search keywords, one per line. Combined with the Search Term field if both are set. (default: `[]`)
- **`categories`** — Category slugs (art, comics, crafts, dance, design, fashion, film-and-video, food, games, journalism, music, photography, publishing, technology, theater) or numeric category IDs (also sub-categories, e.g. 34). One search per category. Empty = all categories. (default: `[]`)
- **`states`** — Which lifecycle states to return: live, successful, failed, canceled, upcoming, or all (= every state, one search each). Empty = live projects (the site default). (default: `[]`)
- **`sort`** — Result order. Empty = the site default (magic).
- **`staffPicksOnly`** — Only return projects Kickstarter marked as Projects We Love. (default: `false`)
- **`country`** — Two-letter country code (e.g. "GB", "US"; a JSON array for several). Keeps projects whose country or location country matches. Empty = worldwide.
- **`locationWoeid`** — Restrict to one place by its Yahoo WOEID (the site discover filter woe_id, e.g. 2459115 = New York). 0 or empty = off.
- **`minPercentFunded`** — Only deliver projects funded at least this much (100 = reached the goal). Max Results counts delivered rows, so the run keeps paging until enough match.
- **`minBackers`** — Only deliver projects with at least this many backers.
- **`minPledgedUsd`** — Only deliver projects with at least this much pledged, converted to USD.
- **`launchedWithinDays`** — Only deliver projects launched in the last N days. 0 or empty = any.
- ...and 30 more parameters

### Input examples

**Basic search** — Keyword-driven search with a result cap.

→ Full payload per result — all standard fields populated where the source provides them.

```json
{
  "query": "board game",
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

**Incremental tracking** — Only emit projects that changed since the previous run with this `stateKey`.

→ First run builds the baseline state. Subsequent runs emit only records that are new or whose tracked content changed. Set `emitUnchanged: true` to include unchanged records as well.

```json
{
  "query": "board game",
  "maxResults": 200,
  "incrementalMode": true,
  "stateKey": "board-game-tracker"
}
```

**Compact output for AI agents** — Return only core fields for AI-agent and MCP workflows.

→ Small payload with the most important fields — ideal for piping into LLMs without token overhead.

```json
{
  "query": "board game",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "compact": true
}
```

### Output

Each run produces a dataset of structured project records. Results can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Dataset tab in Apify Console.

### Example project record

```json
{
  "id": 1613907293,
  "name": "Rainbow Blvd. - A Colorful and Clever Board Game",
  "blurb": "Build beautiful translucent 3D rainbows & score on any player's turn in a vibrant strategy board game for 1–4 players (5 w/expansion).",
  "url": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/steelwinggames/rainbow-blvd",
  "portalUrl": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/steelwinggames/rainbow-blvd",
  "projectPath": "steelwinggames/rainbow-blvd",
  "state": "live",
  "isLaunched": true,
  "prelaunchActivated": true,
  "inLatePledgePhase": false,
  "category": "Tabletop Games",
  "categoryId": 34,
  "parentCategory": "Games",
  "creatorName": "Steelwing Games",
  "creatorId": 1119977508,
  "creatorUrl": "https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/steelwinggames",
  "location": "Kansas City, MO",
  "locationId": 2430683,
  "country": "US",
  "countryName": "United States",
  "currency": "USD",
  "goal": 10000,
  "pledged": 38191,
  "percentFunded": 381.91,
  "backersCount": 468,
  "goalUsd": 10000,
  "pledgedUsd": 38191,
  "usdExchangeRate": 1,
  "launchedAt": "2026-10-13T14:59:59.000Z",
  "deadline": "2026-11-12T23:00:00.000Z",
  "durationDays": 30,
  "createdAt": "2026-01-05T18:16:42.000Z",
  "stateChangedAt": "2026-10-13T15:00:03.000Z",
  "staffPick": true,
  "spotlight": false,
  "imageUrl": "https://i.kickstarter.com/assets/055/533/440/a9a7727c3ad81533966c3e5ef4913847_original.png?anim=false&fit=cover&gravity=auto&height=576&origin=ugc&q=92&v=1792100060&width=1024&sig=3PsdwV8oHHLSKWLQ9WSw...",
  "videoUrl": "https://v2.kickstarter.com/1793814050-BvrNO6bCaxQF2ksL734wyTq%2B1jllk%2BS8U5ITM8Y6%2FoM%3D/projects/5270115/video-1465874-h264_high.mp4",
  "videoThumbnailUrl": "https://d15chbti7ht62o.cloudfront.net/projects/5270115/video-1465874-h264_720.jpg?2026",
  "rewardsUrl": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/steelwinggames/rainbow-blvd/rewards",
  "source": "kickstarter.com",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-05T02:51:40.199Z",
  "projectId": "1613907293",
  "slug": "rainbow-blvd",
  "currencySymbol": "$",
  "pledgedConverted": 38191,
  "convertedCurrency": "USD",
  "pledgedPerBacker": 81.6,
  "locationCity": "Kansas City",
  "locationState": "MO",
  "locationCountry": "US",
  "categorySlug": "games/tabletop games",
  "parentCategoryId": 12,
  "creatorSlug": "steelwinggames",
  "creatorAvatarUrl": "https://i.kickstarter.com/assets/052/122/290/57108c923ee3f93f1f3a56ecd4db0ed0_original.png?anim=false&fit=cover&height=160&origin=ugc&q=92&v=1767633636&width=160&sig=K2HQMlKtHiaD2uJrKCLteov0JtOknI3xxy...",
  "photoUrl": "https://i.kickstarter.com/assets/055/533/440/a9a7727c3ad81533966c3e5ef4913847_original.png?anim=false&fit=cover&gravity=auto&height=315&origin=ugc&q=92&v=1792100060&width=560&sig=UsCJKPOaV%2B4jcwfIva6...",
  "searchPage": 1,
  "position": 1,
  "totalHits": 10350,
  "listingId": "c03f2be0b0853a90459bfa4c8d6bf88778f2ee8248d3e3b8cc0bafb1736644c4",
  "searchQuery": "board game",
  "contentQuality": "full",
  "detailFetched": false,
  "contentHash": "c4a471b747a53e9b3963dc5796de1229374a98221818270bfa5c895f2179b095"
}
```

### Incremental fields

When incremental mode is on, each record also carries:

- `changeType` — one of `NEW`, `UPDATED`, `UNCHANGED`, `REAPPEARED`, `EXPIRED`. Default output covers `NEW` / `UPDATED` / `REAPPEARED`; set `emitUnchanged: true` or `emitExpired: true` to opt into the others.
- `isRepost`, `repostOfId`, `repostDetectedAt` — populated when a new listing matches the tracked content of a previously expired one. Set `skipReposts: true` to drop detected reposts from the output.

### How to scrape kickstarter.com

1. Go to [Kickstarter Projects Scraper](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/kickstarter-com-scraper?fpr=1h3gvi) in Apify Console.
2. Enter a search keyword and optional location filter.
3. Set `maxResults` to control how many results you need.
4. Click **Start** and wait for the run to finish.
5. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

### Use cases

- Extract project data from kickstarter.com for market research and competitive analysis.
- Monitor new and changed projects on scheduled runs without processing the full dataset every time.
- Feed structured data into AI agents, MCP tools, and automated pipelines using compact mode.
- Export clean, structured data to dashboards, spreadsheets, or data warehouses.

### How much does it cost to scrape kickstarter.com?

Kickstarter Projects Scraper uses [pay-per-event](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/paid-actors/pay-per-event) pricing. You pay a small fee when the run starts and then for each result that is actually produced.

- **Run start:** $0.00045 per run
- **Per result:** $0.0008 per project record

Example costs:

- 10 results: **$0.00846**
- 25 results: **$0.02**
- 100 results: **$0.081**
- 200 results: **$0.16**
- 500 results: **$0.4**

#### Example: recurring monitoring savings

These examples compare full re-scrapes with incremental runs at different churn rates. Churn is the share of projects that are new or whose tracked content changed since the previous run. Actual churn depends on your query breadth, source activity, and polling frequency — the scenarios below are examples, not predictions.

Example setup: 250 projects per run, daily polling (30 runs/month). Costs scale linearly with the number of projects.

| Churn rate | Full re-scrape run cost | Incremental run cost | Savings vs full re-scrape | Monthly cost after baseline |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 5% — stable niche query | $0.20 | $0.01 | $0.19 (95%) | $0.31 |
| 15% — moderate broad query | $0.20 | $0.03 | $0.17 (85%) | $0.91 |
| 30% — high-volume aggregator | $0.20 | $0.06 | $0.14 (70%) | $1.82 |

Full re-scrape monthly cost at the same cadence: $6.02. First month with incremental costs $0.50 / $1.08 / $1.96 for the 5% / 15% / 30% scenarios because the first run builds baseline state at full cost before incremental savings apply.

Platform usage is included in the per-result fee shown above.

### FAQ

#### How many results can I get from kickstarter.com?

The number of results depends on the search query and available projects on kickstarter.com. Use the `maxResults` parameter to control how many results are returned per run.

#### Does Kickstarter Projects Scraper support recurring monitoring?

Yes. Enable incremental mode to only receive new or changed projects on subsequent runs. This is ideal for scheduled monitoring where you want to track changes over time without re-processing the full dataset.

#### Can I integrate Kickstarter Projects Scraper with other apps?

Yes. Kickstarter Projects Scraper works with Apify's [integrations](https://apify.com/integrations?fpr=1h3gvi) to connect with tools like Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, Slack, and more. You can also use webhooks to trigger actions when a run completes.

#### Can I use Kickstarter Projects Scraper with the Apify API?

Yes. You can start runs, manage inputs, and retrieve results programmatically through the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2). Client libraries are available for JavaScript, Python, and other languages.

#### Can I use Kickstarter Projects Scraper through an MCP Server?

Yes. Apify provides an [MCP Server](https://apify.com/apify/actors-mcp-server?fpr=1h3gvi) that lets AI assistants and agents call this actor directly. Use compact mode, a single `descriptionFormat`, and `excludeEmptyFields` to keep payloads manageable for LLM context windows.

#### Is it legal to scrape kickstarter.com?

This actor extracts publicly available data from kickstarter.com. Web scraping of public information is generally considered legal, but you should always review the target site's terms of service and ensure your use case complies with applicable laws and regulations, including GDPR where relevant.

#### Your feedback

If you have questions, need a feature, or found a bug, please [open an issue](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/kickstarter-com-scraper/issues?fpr=1h3gvi) on the actor's page in Apify Console. Your feedback helps us improve.

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### Getting started with Apify

New to Apify? [Create a free account with $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=1h3gvi) — no credit card required.

1. Sign up — $5 platform credit included
2. Open this actor and configure your input
3. Click **Start** — export results as JSON, CSV, or Excel

Need more later? [See Apify pricing](https://apify.com/pricing?fpr=1h3gvi).

### Disclaimer

This actor accesses only publicly available data on kickstarter.com. You are responsible for how you use the extracted data — in particular any personal information such as names, phone numbers, or email addresses — and for complying with Kickstarter Projects's terms of use, applicable data-protection law (including the GDPR where it applies), and the anti-spam rules of your jurisdiction.

This actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Kickstarter Projects or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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# Changelog

This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/kickstarter-com-scraper/changelog.md

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Project search keywords (e.g. "board game", "espresso", "graphic novel"). Use a JSON array for several searches in one run. Leave everything empty to browse live projects (bounded by Max Results).

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Several search keywords, one per line. Combined with the Search Term field if both are set.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Category slugs (art, comics, crafts, dance, design, fashion, film-and-video, food, games, journalism, music, photography, publishing, technology, theater) or numeric category IDs (also sub-categories, e.g. 34). One search per category. Empty = all categories.

## `states` (type: `array`):

Which lifecycle states to return: live, successful, failed, canceled, upcoming, or all (= every state, one search each). Empty = live projects (the site default).

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

Result order. Empty = the site default (magic).

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

Only return projects Kickstarter marked as Projects We Love.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code (e.g. "GB", "US"; a JSON array for several). Keeps projects whose country or location country matches. Empty = worldwide.

## `locationWoeid` (type: `integer`):

Restrict to one place by its Yahoo WOEID (the site discover filter woe_id, e.g. 2459115 = New York). 0 or empty = off.

## `minPercentFunded` (type: `integer`):

Only deliver projects funded at least this much (100 = reached the goal). Max Results counts delivered rows, so the run keeps paging until enough match.

## `minBackers` (type: `integer`):

Only deliver projects with at least this many backers.

## `minPledgedUsd` (type: `integer`):

Only deliver projects with at least this much pledged, converted to USD.

## `launchedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Only deliver projects launched in the last N days. 0 or empty = any.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Restrict to projects from one place by its numeric Kickstarter location ID (e.g. "2459115" for New York, NY; the number at the end of kickstarter.com/discover/places/... URLs). Use a JSON array for several locations. Leave empty for worldwide. A value that is not a numeric ID stops the run with an input error instead of searching worldwide.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total results (0 = unlimited).

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum result pages to read per search (12 projects per page). The site stops returning pages after a fixed depth, so very broad searches are best split by keyword, category or sort.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Paste kickstarter.com discover/search URLs; each becomes its own search task, merged and deduped by project ID, and combined with any search term, category or state you set. A project URL (/projects/creator/slug) is fetched as exactly that project (see Project URLs).

## `projectUrls` (type: `array`):

Direct campaign URLs (kickstarter.com/projects/creator/slug). Each returns exactly that project with all detail groups, regardless of search ranking. A URL whose creator does not match the project is reported and skipped. Not affected by the result filters.

## `fetchStory` (type: `boolean`):

Adds each project's full campaign story as `story` (Markdown), `storyHtml` and `storyText` (plain text), plus `risks`, `faqs` (question and answer) and `environmentalCommitments`. One extra request per result page.

## `fetchDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Adds `rewards` (reward tiers with price, shipping, items, limits), `rewardsCount`, `addOnsCount`, `updatesCount`, `commentsCount`, `faqCount`, `tags`, `creatorBiography`, `creatorLaunchedCount`, `creatorBackedCount`, `creatorLastLogin` and `creatorWebsites`. One extra request per result page.

## `enrichEmails` (type: `boolean`):

Adds `creatorWebsites` (the websites the creator lists), `emails` (addresses printed in the campaign story or on the creator's own website) and `contactEmail` (the best match, own-domain address first). Reads up to three pages of the creator's own website; social profiles are skipped. Empty when no address is published. Also turns on the project details (same request, no extra cost).

## `qualifyByPayment` (type: `boolean`):

Checks the pages of the creator's own website that the email search already reads (no extra requests) for payment processors and shop platforms (Stripe, Shopify, PayPal, Square, WooCommerce, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Chargebee and more). Adds `takesPayments` (true, false, or null when no own website could be read), `paymentProcessors`, `stripeLiveKey` (the public key, only if the site prints one) and `paymentConfidence` (high, medium, low). Turns on "Find creator contact emails".

## `compact` (type: `boolean`):

Core fields only (for AI-agent/MCP workflows).

## `excludeEmptyFields` (type: `boolean`):

Drop null, empty-string, and empty-array fields from each record before push. Smaller payloads for AI agents and dashboards.

## `incrementalMode` (type: `boolean`):

Compare against previous run state. stateKey is optional — defaults to a value derived from search inputs (queries, locations, startUrls, country) so different filter sets never share state.

## `stateKey` (type: `string`):

Optional. Stable identifier for the tracked search universe. Leave empty to auto-generate from search inputs.

## `skipReposts` (type: `boolean`):

When incremental, skip listings whose content matches an expired listing from a prior run (cross-run duplicate detection).

## `emitUnchanged` (type: `boolean`):

When incremental mode is on, also emit listings whose content has not changed since the last run.

## `emitExpired` (type: `boolean`):

When incremental mode is on, also emit listings that were seen before but are no longer found.

## `notifyOnlyChanges` (type: `boolean`):

When Incremental Mode is on, only send notifications for NEW and UPDATED listings. Has no effect outside incremental mode.

## `notificationLimit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of listings included in each notification message (1–20).

## `telegramToken` (type: `string`):

Telegram bot token (from @BotFather). Required for Telegram notifications.

## `telegramChatId` (type: `string`):

Telegram chat or channel ID (e.g. "-100123456789"). Required when telegramToken is set.

## `discordWebhookUrl` (type: `string`):

Discord incoming webhook URL. Server Settings → Integrations → Webhooks → New Webhook.

## `slackWebhookUrl` (type: `string`):

Slack incoming webhook URL. api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks.

## `whatsappPhoneNumberId` (type: `string`):

Your WhatsApp Business phone-number ID (numeric, from Meta dashboard). Required when whatsappAccessToken is set.

## `whatsappAccessToken` (type: `string`):

WhatsApp Cloud API permanent access token (System User token from Meta Business). Recipient must have messaged the business number within the last 24h (service-conversation window — free since Nov 2024).

## `whatsappTo` (type: `string`):

Recipient phone in E.164 format without + (e.g. "436641234567"). Recipient must have messaged your business number within last 24h.

## `webhookUrl` (type: `string`):

Receives a JSON POST with {metadata, items} after each run. Universal escape hatch for n8n / Make / Zapier / custom backends.

## `webhookHeaders` (type: `object`):

Optional JSON object of custom headers (e.g. {"Authorization":"Bearer ..."}).

## `appConnector` (type: `string`):

Optional. Pick a connected app under Settings → API & Integrations to receive your results (including any contact details). Best-effort across MCP connectors as Apify expands its catalog.

## `mcpIssueTeam` (type: `string`):

Only when the connected app is an issue tracker: the team (name or ID) the summary issue is created under, if that app requires one.

## `descriptionFormat` (type: `string`):

Choose which representation of the listing description to include. `all` keeps every variant; the others keep only the selected one.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "board game",
  "queries": [],
  "categories": [],
  "states": [],
  "staffPicksOnly": false,
  "maxResults": 100,
  "maxPages": 50,
  "startUrls": [],
  "projectUrls": [],
  "fetchStory": false,
  "fetchDetails": false,
  "enrichEmails": false,
  "qualifyByPayment": false,
  "compact": false,
  "excludeEmptyFields": false,
  "incrementalMode": false,
  "skipReposts": false,
  "emitUnchanged": false,
  "emitExpired": false,
  "notifyOnlyChanges": false,
  "notificationLimit": 5,
  "descriptionFormat": "all"
}
```

# 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 = {
    "query": "board game",
    "maxResults": 100,
    "excludeEmptyFields": false,
    "descriptionFormat": "all"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("blackfalcondata/kickstarter-com-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 = {
    "query": "board game",
    "maxResults": 100,
    "excludeEmptyFields": False,
    "descriptionFormat": "all",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("blackfalcondata/kickstarter-com-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 '{
  "query": "board game",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "excludeEmptyFields": false,
  "descriptionFormat": "all"
}' |
apify call blackfalcondata/kickstarter-com-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,blackfalcondata/kickstarter-com-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/zJ9066v1UoqDI6laH/builds/ZuzMlU1ARN78S88Bv/openapi.json