# Kick Video Downloader: Clips and VODs as MP4 with Watchlist (`getascraper/kick-video-downloader`) Actor

Download Kick.com clips and VODs as MP4 files by channel or direct URL. Watchlist mode catches new clips automatically, before the streamer deletes the source VOD. Clear size-based pricing, no surprise stacked fees. Built for clip creators, archivists and social teams.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/getascraper/kick-video-downloader.md
- **Developed by:** [GetAScraper](https://apify.com/getascraper) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Automation, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $6.40 / 1,000 video (small)s

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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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Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 🎬 Kick Video Downloader: Clips and VODs as MP4 with Watchlist

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<span style="font-size:23px;font-weight:800;color:#1C1917;line-height:1.3">Download Kick clips and VODs before they're gone</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;color:#57534E;line-height:1.6">Get MP4 files from any Kick channel or direct URL. Watchlist mode grabs new clips automatically, before the streamer deletes the source VOD.</span>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:800;color:#6D28D9">🎯 Clear pricing, no guessing</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12px;color:#57534E">Size tiers are stated plainly. Know roughly what a download costs before you run it.</span>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:800;color:#6D28D9">🔔 Watchlist mode</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12px;color:#57534E">Track a channel and download only what's new since your last run.</span>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:800;color:#6D28D9">⚡ No browser needed</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12px;color:#57534E">Runs on Kick's own public data. Fast, reliable, nothing to configure.</span>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:800;color:#6D28D9">🔒 Personal use, stated plainly</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12px;color:#57534E">Built for archiving and offline viewing. Redistribution is the streamer's call.</span>
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Pull clips and VODs from any public [Kick](https://kick.com) channel. Export MP4 download links to JSON, CSV or Excel, or connect them into your own pipeline via the API. Run it once, or schedule it to watch a channel. No account, no API key, no coding required.

### ✨ Why use this Actor

**Built for anyone who needs Kick footage before it disappears.**

- 🎬 **Clip compilation creators**: pull the source footage the moment a clip goes up, not after the VOD it came from is deleted.
- 📼 **Fan archivists and community moderators**: preserve VODs and clips for a community or wiki with a scheduled watchlist that checks your favorite channels automatically.
- 📊 **Social and marketing teams**: repurposing streamer content needs a cost you can predict per download, not a surprise bill after the fact.

**Pricing is the real difference.** The leading alternative bills through six separate size-based charges plus a startup fee, so you can't know the cost until after the download finishes. This Actor states its size tiers plainly, and no other Kick downloader on the Store offers a watchlist that catches new clips before the source VOD is gone.

### 🚀 How it works

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<span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:800;color:#6D28D9;letter-spacing:1px">STEP 1</span><br>
<span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:700;color:#1C1917">Pick a channel or paste a URL</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12px;color:#57534E">Give it a Kick channel, or a specific clip or VOD link.</span>
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<span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:800;color:#6D28D9;letter-spacing:1px">STEP 2</span><br>
<span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:700;color:#1C1917">Set your limits</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12px;color:#57534E">Choose how many clips, or cap a VOD's length to control cost and run time.</span>
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<span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:800;color:#6D28D9;letter-spacing:1px">STEP 3</span><br>
<span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:700;color:#1C1917">Get your MP4s</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12px;color:#57534E">Download links land in your dataset, ready to grab.</span>
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### 📥 Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `mode` | enum | No | What to download: latest clips from a channel, latest VODs from a channel, or specific URLs. |
| `channel` | string | No | Kick channel slug, e.g. xqc. Used for channel-based modes. |
| `directUrls` | array of URLs | No | Specific Kick clip or VOD URLs to download. |
| `maxItems` | integer | No | Stop after downloading this many clips or VODs. |
| `maxVodDurationMinutes` | integer | No | Caps how much of a VOD is downloaded, so one long broadcast can't blow past cost or run time. |
| `monitorMode` | boolean | No | Remember what was already downloaded for this channel and fetch only new clips or VODs on later runs. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | No | Proxy settings. Datacenter by default. |

### 📤 Output

Every result is one downloaded clip or VOD:

```json
{
  "mediaType": "clip",
  "id": "clip_01M1GPMNTS36TJXS6KKG57CC87",
  "channel": "xqc",
  "title": "Odin's empty vault Sadge",
  "category": "Just Chatting",
  "durationSec": 61,
  "viewCount": 7,
  "sourcePageUrl": "https://kick.com/xqc?clip=clip_01M1GPMNTS36TJXS6KKG57CC87",
  "downloadUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/.../records/clip-....mp4",
  "fileSizeBytes": 47879506
}
```

Download the dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or XML from the Apify Console, or pull it through the API. Each row's `downloadUrl` links directly to the MP4 file.

### 📊 Data table

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `mediaType` | string | `clip` or `vod`. |
| `id` | string | The clip ID or VOD's unique identifier. |
| `channel` | string | The Kick channel the media belongs to. |
| `title` | string | The clip or broadcast title, where published. |
| `category` | string | The game or stream category, where published. |
| `durationSec` | number | Duration in seconds. |
| `viewCount` | number | View count at time of collection. |
| `sourcePageUrl` | string | Link back to the clip or VOD on Kick. |
| `downloadUrl` | string | Direct link to the downloaded MP4 file. |
| `fileSizeBytes` | number | Size of the downloaded file. |
| `changedFields` | array | Watchlist mode only: present when a prior snapshot changed. |
| `error` | string | Set when a specific clip or VOD failed to download. |

The Output tab also ships two pre-built views: a downloads overview and a watchlist-changes view.

### 💰 Pricing

This Actor is pay per result: you only pay for the clips and VODs you actually download, sized in clear, stated tiers. A run that returns nothing costs nothing. There is no subscription and no hidden startup fee.

### ⭐ Enjoying Kick Video Downloader?

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<span style="font-size:20px;letter-spacing:4px">⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐</span><br>
<span style="font-size:17px;font-weight:800;color:#1C1917">Found the clip before it vanished?</span><br>
<span style="font-size:14px;color:#57534E">A 5-star rating takes 10 seconds and helps other creators and archivists find it. Your feedback also tells us what to build next.</span>
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### 🛠️ Tips for better runs

- Turn on `monitorMode` and schedule the Actor to catch new clips as soon as a streamer posts them, before the source VOD can be deleted.
- Set `maxVodDurationMinutes` deliberately on long broadcasts. A full multi-hour VOD costs and takes longer than a short highlight.
- Use `directUrls` mode when you already know exactly which clips or VODs you want, for the fastest and cheapest run.
- Deleted or private VODs can't be recovered. If a clip or VOD is gone from Kick, this Actor can't get it back.

### ❓ FAQ

**Is it legal to download Kick clips and VODs?**
Kick's own Help Center supports downloading your own stream recordings. For other creators' content, downloading for personal, offline viewing is generally fine, but re-uploading, re-clipping without credit, or commercial use is the streamer's call, not this Actor's. You are responsible for how you use downloaded content.

**Can I download an entire multi-hour VOD?**
Yes, up to the length you set in `maxVodDurationMinutes`. This exists to keep cost and run time predictable on very long broadcasts. Raise the cap if you need more, or run `directUrls` mode against just the segment you need.

**Why did a clip or VOD fail to download?**
Kick content can be deleted or made private at any time, sometimes within minutes of a broadcast ending. A failed row includes an `error` field explaining what happened, rather than silently disappearing from your results.

**Can I get alerted when a channel posts something new?**
Yes. Turn on watchlist mode and schedule the Actor to run periodically. Only clips or VODs new since the last check are downloaded.

Found a bug or need a custom version of this Actor? Open an issue from the Actor's Issues tab and it'll be looked at directly.

### 🔗 Other actors

- [Kick Streamer Intelligence Monitor: Live Channels, Streams & Clips](https://apify.com/getascraper/kick-scraper) ↗ - Kick channel, stream, VOD and clip metadata with change tracking.
- [Loom Video Downloader: MP4, captions, and metadata](https://apify.com/getascraper/loom-video-downloader) ↗ - download Loom recordings as MP4 with captions.
- [Streamable Video Downloader: Direct MP4 links in seconds](https://apify.com/getascraper/streamable-video-downloader) ↗ - direct MP4 links from Streamable videos.
- [Twitch Scraper: channels, live streams, clips and games](https://apify.com/getascraper/twitch-scraper) ↗ - channel, stream and clip data from Twitch.
- [Bulk Image Downloader: Website Crawl, ZIP and Image Dataset](https://apify.com/getascraper/bulk-image-downloader) ↗ - crawl a site and download every image found.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to download: the latest clips from a channel, the latest VODs from a channel, or specific clip/VOD URLs you already know.

## `channel` (type: `string`):

Kick channel slug, from kick.com/<channel>. Used when Mode is set to a channel-based option.

## `directUrls` (type: `array`):

Specific Kick clip or VOD page URLs to download. Used only when Mode is set to specific URLs.

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

Remember what was already downloaded for this channel and fetch only clips or VODs new since the last run. Turn this on for scheduled runs that need to catch a clip before its source VOD is deleted.

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

Stop after downloading this many clips or VODs in this run.

## `maxVodDurationMinutes` (type: `integer`):

Caps how much of a VOD is downloaded, so one long broadcast can't blow past the run's expected time or cost. Does not apply to clips, which are already short.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Datacenter proxy is enough for Kick's public API and video CDN, and is the default. Only switch to residential if you hit unexpected blocks at very high volume.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "channelClips",
  "channel": "xqc",
  "directUrls": [],
  "monitorMode": false,
  "maxItems": 5,
  "maxVodDurationMinutes": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `downloads` (type: `string`):

No description

## `files` (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 = {
    "mode": "channelClips",
    "channel": "xqc",
    "directUrls": [],
    "monitorMode": false,
    "maxItems": 5,
    "maxVodDurationMinutes": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("getascraper/kick-video-downloader").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 = {
    "mode": "channelClips",
    "channel": "xqc",
    "directUrls": [],
    "monitorMode": False,
    "maxItems": 5,
    "maxVodDurationMinutes": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("getascraper/kick-video-downloader").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 '{
  "mode": "channelClips",
  "channel": "xqc",
  "directUrls": [],
  "monitorMode": false,
  "maxItems": 5,
  "maxVodDurationMinutes": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call getascraper/kick-video-downloader --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,getascraper/kick-video-downloader"
        }
    }
}

```

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/6yE6UrUImbGHIqCYL/builds/Yn2uXGyRm8bquXOmQ/openapi.json