# Twitch Channel & Stream Scraper (`gurify/twitch-channel-scraper`) Actor Scrape Twitch channels — profile, followers, live-stream status (game, title, viewers) and recent videos/clips. No login, no API key. From $0.20 / 1K channels. - **URL**: https://apify.com/gurify/twitch-channel-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Gurify Software](https://apify.com/gurify) (community) - **Categories:** Social media - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $0.20 / 1,000 channels 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Twitch Channel & Stream Scraper 🟣 **Scrape Twitch channels into clean JSON — for `$0.20 / 1K channels`.** Give it channel names (`shroud`, `pokimane`, `ninja`, …); get each channel's profile, follower count, **live-stream status** (game, title, viewers) and recent **videos/clips**. No login, no API key, no Twitch developer app. > 💸 **$0.20 / 1,000 channels** — pay only for channels you get. One of the cheapest social scrapers on the Store. ### What you get per channel | Field | Example | |---|---| | `login` / `displayName` | `shroud` / `shroud` | | `followers` | `11300856` | | `isLive` | `true` | | `stream` | `{ "title": "...", "game": "VALORANT", "viewers": 28104, "startedAt": "..." }` | | `isPartner` / `isAffiliate` | `true` / `false` | | `description` | channel bio | | `createdAt` | account creation date | | `profileImageUrl` | avatar URL | | `videos[]` | recent VODs: `title`, `url`, `views`, `durationSeconds`, `publishedAt`, `game` | | `clips[]` | clips: `title`, `url`, `views`, `createdAt`, `game` | | `url` | `https://www.twitch.tv/shroud` | ### Input ```json { "channels": ["shroud", "pokimane", "https://www.twitch.tv/ninja"], "videosPerChannel": 5, "clipsPerChannel": 3, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ```` - **channels** — channel names (with/without `@`) or full Twitch URLs. - **videosPerChannel** — recent VODs to include per channel (`0` = none). - **clipsPerChannel** — clips to include per channel (`0` = none). - **proxyConfiguration** — Datacenter (default) is enough and cheapest. ### Output (one row per channel) ```json { "login": "shroud", "displayName": "shroud", "followers": 11300856, "isLive": false, "isPartner": true, "isAffiliate": false, "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/shroud", "createdAt": "2012-11-13T05:50:24Z", "profileImageUrl": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/...", "stream": null, "lastBroadcast": { "title": "...", "game": "VALORANT", "startedAt": "..." }, "videos": [ { "id": "23456789", "title": "VALORANT ranked", "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/videos/23456789", "views": 152034, "durationSeconds": 18450, "publishedAt": "...", "game": "VALORANT" } ], "clips": [] } ``` ### Use cases - **Influencer / sponsorship research** — followers, partner status, what they stream, how live they are. - **Live monitoring** — poll `isLive` + `stream.viewers`/`game` across a watchlist. - **Content datasets** — pull recent VODs/clips with view counts per channel. ### Notes - Public data only, via Twitch's own public GraphQL endpoint. No login or developer app needed. - `stream` is `null` when the channel is offline (use `lastBroadcast` for the previous stream). - Respect Twitch's Terms and your local laws. # Actor input Schema ## `channels` (type: `array`): Channel names with or without @, or channel URLs (e.g. shroud, @pokimane, https://www.twitch.tv/ninja). ## `videosPerChannel` (type: `integer`): How many recent VODs to include per channel (0 = none). ## `clipsPerChannel` (type: `integer`): How many clips to include per channel (0 = none). ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Datacenter proxy works for Twitch and is cheapest (default). ## Actor input object example ```json { "channels": [ "shroud", "pokimane" ], "videosPerChannel": 5, "clipsPerChannel": 0, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "channels": [ "shroud", "pokimane" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("gurify/twitch-channel-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "channels": [ "shroud", "pokimane", ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("gurify/twitch-channel-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "channels": [ "shroud", "pokimane" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call gurify/twitch-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gurify/twitch-channel-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Twitch Channel & Stream Scraper", "description": "Scrape Twitch channels — profile, followers, live-stream status (game, title, viewers) and recent videos/clips. No login, no API key. From $0.20 / 1K channels.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "5mRCLxtXAUdBMEpbA" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/gurify~twitch-channel-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-gurify-twitch-channel-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/gurify~twitch-channel-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-gurify-twitch-channel-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/gurify~twitch-channel-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-gurify-twitch-channel-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "channels" ], "properties": { "channels": { "title": "Twitch channels", "minItems": 1, "type": "array", "description": "Channel names with or without @, or channel URLs (e.g. shroud, @pokimane, https://www.twitch.tv/ninja).", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "videosPerChannel": { "title": "Recent videos per channel", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "How many recent VODs to include per channel (0 = none).", "default": 5 }, "clipsPerChannel": { "title": "Clips per channel", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "How many clips to include per channel (0 = none).", "default": 0 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy", "type": "object", "description": "Datacenter proxy works for Twitch and is cheapest (default).", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", 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