Kickstarter Project Scraper

Extract crowdfunding project data from Kickstarter.com — name, description, funding goal, pledged amount, backers, deadline, creator, category, country, and more. Uses the public Kickstarter search API for 100% reliable structured data.

Features

• 31 output fields per project — complete API data in clean flat format
• Search by keyword with filters for state, sort order, category
• Pagination — fetch up to 2000 projects per run
• No proxy needed — Kickstarter's public search API is accessible with Chrome TLS impersonation
• Fast — ~20 projects/second via the official API
• No nulls — every field has a typed default

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchQueries	Array	Keywords to search on Kickstarter (e.g., "smartwatch")
state	String	Filter by state: any, live, successful, failed, canceled, submitted (default any)
sort	String	Sort order: popularity, newest, end_date, most_funded, most_backed (default popularity)
maxResults	Integer	Max projects to return (default 50, max 2000)

Example Input

{
    "searchQueries": ["smartwatch", "board game"],
    "state": "live",
    "sort": "popularity",
    "maxResults": 100
}

Output

Each project has 31 fields:

Identity

Field	Type	Description
id	Integer	Kickstarter project ID
url	String	Project URL
slug	String	URL slug
name	String	Project name
blurb	String	Short description

Funding

Field	Type	Description
goal	Number	Funding goal
pledged	Number	Amount pledged
usdPledged	Number	Amount pledged (USD)
percentFunded	Number	% of goal funded
currency	String	Currency code
currencySymbol	String	Currency symbol
backersCount	Integer	Number of backers

Status

Field	Type	Description
state	String	live, successful, failed, canceled, submitted
staffPick	Boolean	Featured as staff pick
spotlight	Boolean	Featured in spotlight

Dates

Field	Type	Description
deadline	String	Campaign deadline (ISO 8601)
launchedAt	String	Launch date (ISO 8601)
createdAt	String	Creation date (ISO 8601)

Location & Category

Field	Type	Description
country	String	Country code
countryName	String	Country name
location	String	City/region
category	String	Category name
categorySlug	String	Category slug

Creator & Media

Field	Type	Description
creatorName	String	Creator name
creatorUrl	String	Creator profile URL
creatorAvatar	String	Creator avatar image
photoFull	String	Full-size project photo
photoThumb	String	Thumbnail photo
videoUrl	String	Project video URL

| query | String | Search query that matched | | scrapedAt | String | ISO 8601 scrape timestamp |

Example Output

{
    "id": 1399308374,
    "url": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ridebeeline/beeline-moto-ii-...",
    "slug": "beeline-moto-ii-beautifully-simple-nav-for-motorcyclists",
    "name": "Beeline Moto II | Beautifully Simple Motorcycle Navigation",
    "blurb": "Easily plan, navigate and track fantastic motorcycling routes...",
    "state": "successful",
    "staffPick": true,
    "goal": 50000,
    "pledged": 516295,
    "usdPledged": 651140.5,
    "percentFunded": 1032.59,
    "currency": "GBP",
    "currencySymbol": "£",
    "backersCount": 2645,
    "deadline": "2024-03-15T11:20:01+00:00",
    "country": "GB",
    "countryName": "United Kingdom",
    "category": "Product Design",
    "creatorName": "Beeline",
    "photoFull": "https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/...",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-10T12:00:00+00:00"
}

FAQ

Q: Does this need an API key? No — Kickstarter's search.json endpoint is publicly accessible. The scraper uses Chrome TLS impersonation to bypass basic bot detection.

Q: How many projects can I scrape per run? Up to 2000 per run (with pagination). For larger datasets, run multiple searches with different queries.

Q: Can I filter by category or country? Filter by category by including the category name in your search query (e.g., "board game" or "tabletop"). Country filtering requires post-processing.

Q: How fresh is the data? Live — each run queries the Kickstarter API directly, returning real-time project data.

Use Cases

• Crowdfunding market research — track trends in product categories
• Competitive intelligence — monitor similar projects before launching yours
• Investment research — discover high-growth crowdfunded products
• Product discovery — find innovative projects before they go mainstream
• Creator outreach — identify active creators for partnerships