# Kick Scraper (`jhon_snow/kick-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Kick.com channel profiles, live streams by category & language, past broadcasts (VODs) and clips into clean JSON/CSV. Fast HTTP-only, no browser. Pay only per result.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jhon\_snow/kick-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ivan Oscar Niglia](https://apify.com/jhon_snow) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 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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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Kick Scraper — Channels, Live Streams, VODs & Clips

Extract public data from **[Kick.com](https://kick.com)** — the fast-growing live-streaming platform — into a clean, structured dataset (JSON, CSV, Excel, or via API). No browser, no login: the actor talks to Kick's public JSON endpoints, so runs are **fast and cheap**.

**What you get**

| Data | Fields (highlights) |
|---|---|
| **Channel profile** | followers, verified/affiliate status, bio, social links (Instagram, X, YouTube, TikTok, Discord…), subscription enabled, recent categories, sub badges, **current live stream** (title, viewers, category, start time) |
| **Live streams by category** | title, current viewers, language, category, tags, thumbnail, started-at, channel info — sorted by viewers, optional **language filter** (e.g. only `Spanish`) |
| **Past broadcasts (VODs)** | title, views, duration, category, language, thumbnail, source URL, date |
| **Clips** | title, views, likes, duration, clip video URL, thumbnail, creator, category, date — sorted by most viewed / newest / most liked, over all time / 24h / 7d / 30d |

### Use cases

- **Streamer analytics** — track followers, live viewers and clip performance for one or hundreds of channels.
- **Sponsorship & talent scouting** — list the top live streamers in a category and language (e.g. *Spanish-speaking GTA streamers right now*), with follower counts and social handles.
- **Clip aggregation & content research** — pull the most-viewed clips of a channel or the last 7 days for highlight compilations and trend research.
- **Market research** — monitor which categories and languages are growing on Kick.
- **AI agents / RAG pipelines** — feed structured Kick data to LLM agents (the actor is also exposed as an MCP tool on Apify).

### Input

All fields are optional, but you need **at least one channel** or **`maxLivestreams` > 0**.

```json
{
  "channels": ["xqc", "https://kick.com/lacobra"],
  "includeVideos": true,
  "maxVideosPerChannel": 20,
  "includeClips": true,
  "clipsSort": "view",
  "clipsTime": "month",
  "maxClipsPerChannel": 50,
  "liveCategories": ["just-chatting", "grand-theft-auto-v"],
  "liveLanguages": ["Spanish"],
  "maxLivestreams": 100
}
```

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `channels` | Channel slugs or URLs. Each returns one `channel` item (+ VODs and clips if enabled). |
| `includeVideos` / `maxVideosPerChannel` | Recent past broadcasts per channel. |
| `includeClips` / `clipsSort` / `clipsTime` / `maxClipsPerChannel` | Clips per channel. `clipsSort`: `view`, `date`, `like`. `clipsTime`: `all`, `day`, `week`, `month`. |
| `liveCategories` | Category slugs (`just-chatting`, `slots-casino`, `counter-strike`, `irl`, …). Empty = all categories. |
| `liveLanguages` | Keep only streams in these languages (`Spanish`, `English`, `Portuguese`, …). Empty = all. |
| `maxLivestreams` | Live streams to return per category, sorted by viewers. `0` skips the live directory. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Apify Proxy (datacenter) is recommended for larger runs. |

### Output

Every dataset item has a `type` (`channel`, `livestream`, `video`, `clip`) plus shared columns (`slug`, `username`, `title`, `isLive`, `viewerCount`, `followersCount`, `category`, `language`, `views`, `url`) so all types fit in one table. Example `channel` item:

```json
{
  "type": "channel",
  "id": 668,
  "slug": "xqc",
  "username": "xQc",
  "isLive": true,
  "viewerCount": 41230,
  "followersCount": 1108097,
  "verified": true,
  "isAffiliate": false,
  "subscriptionEnabled": true,
  "category": "Just Chatting",
  "url": "https://kick.com/xqc",
  "socials": { "instagram": "xqcow1", "twitter": "xqc", "youtube": "xQcOW", "discord": null, "tiktok": null, "facebook": null },
  "recentCategories": [{ "id": 15, "name": "Just Chatting", "slug": "just-chatting" }],
  "currentLivestream": { "id": 126589871, "title": "…", "viewerCount": 41230, "startedAt": "2026-09-10T13:13:00.000Z", "category": "Just Chatting", "language": "English" },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-10T14:02:11.412Z"
}
```

Example `clip` item:

```json
{
  "type": "clip",
  "id": "clip_01H811MXG4FBR62FXPE1AXABDH",
  "slug": "xqc",
  "title": "soda",
  "views": 326485,
  "likes": 0,
  "durationSeconds": 30,
  "category": "Just Chatting",
  "createdAt": "2023-08-17T06:07:19.490Z",
  "clipVideoUrl": "https://clips.kick.com/clips/dh/clip_01H811MXG4FBR62FXPE1AXABDH/playlist.m3u8",
  "thumbnail": "https://clips.kick.com/clips/dh/clip_01H811MXG4FBR62FXPE1AXABDH/thumbnail.png",
  "creator": { "id": 7418785, "username": "Wasab7i", "slug": "wasab7i" },
  "url": "https://kick.com/xqc/clips/clip_01H811MXG4FBR62FXPE1AXABDH"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay only for what you extract (**pay-per-event**): a small fee per channel profile, per live stream, per VOD and per clip — no subscription, no minimum. Platform usage is minimal because the actor makes plain HTTP requests (no headless browser). Check the **Pricing** tab for current rates.

### Tips

- Live streams are sorted by current viewers; combine `liveCategories` + `liveLanguages` to build regional leaderboards (e.g. Spanish *IRL* streamers).
- Schedule the actor (every 15–60 min) and connect it to Google Sheets, Slack, Make or Zapier via Apify integrations to get a live dashboard of your channels.
- Not-found channels are returned as an item with `"error": "NOT_FOUND"` instead of failing the run.
- For hundreds of channels, keep the default Apify Proxy on to avoid rate limits.

### Legal & fair use

This actor only collects **publicly available** data that anyone can see on kick.com without logging in. It does not access private data, bypass authentication, or interact with chat. You are responsible for using the data in compliance with Kick's Terms of Service and applicable law (including GDPR/CCPA when data relates to individuals). Kick is a trademark of its owner; this actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Kick.

### Support

Found a bug, or need extra fields (chat messages, category directory, subscriber counts)? Open an **Issue** in the Issues tab — feature requests are welcome.

***

## 🇪🇸 Kick Scraper — Canales, streams en vivo, VODs y clips

Extraé datos públicos de **Kick.com** en un dataset limpio (JSON, CSV, Excel o API). Sin navegador ni login: el actor usa los endpoints JSON públicos de Kick, por eso es **rápido y barato**.

**Qué obtenés**

- **Perfil de canal**: seguidores, verificado/afiliado, bio, redes (Instagram, X, YouTube, TikTok, Discord…), suscripciones habilitadas, categorías recientes y **stream en vivo actual** (título, espectadores, categoría, inicio).
- **Streams en vivo por categoría**: título, espectadores, idioma, categoría, tags, miniatura — ordenados por espectadores, con **filtro de idioma** (por ejemplo, solo `Spanish`).
- **Transmisiones pasadas (VODs)**: título, vistas, duración, categoría, idioma, fecha.
- **Clips**: título, vistas, likes, duración, URL del video, creador — ordenados por más vistos / más nuevos / más likeados, en todo el tiempo / 24 h / 7 días / 30 días.

**Casos de uso**: analítica de streamers, scouting de talentos para sponsors (ej. *los streamers hispanohablantes de GTA con más espectadores ahora*), compilados de clips, investigación de mercado y pipelines de agentes de IA.

**Entrada mínima**: al menos un canal en `channels` **o** `maxLivestreams` > 0. Ejemplo: `{"liveCategories": ["just-chatting"], "liveLanguages": ["Spanish"], "maxLivestreams": 50}` devuelve los 50 streams en español de *Just Chatting* con más espectadores en este momento.

**Precio**: pagás solo por lo que extraés (pago por evento): una fracción de centavo por canal, stream, VOD o clip. Sin suscripción ni mínimos.

**Uso legal**: el actor solo recolecta datos **públicos** visibles sin iniciar sesión. Sos responsable de usar los datos respetando los Términos de Kick y la normativa aplicable. No está afiliado a Kick.

¿Bugs o campos extra? Abrí un *Issue* en la pestaña Issues.

# Actor input Schema

## `channels` (type: `array`):

Kick channel slugs or URLs to scrape (e.g. `xqc` or `https://kick.com/xqc`). For each channel you get the profile (followers, verified, live status, current stream) and optionally its VODs and clips.

## `includeVideos` (type: `boolean`):

Scrape the channel's recent past broadcasts (title, duration, views, category, language, thumbnail).

## `maxVideosPerChannel` (type: `integer`):

Upper limit of VODs per channel (Kick returns the most recent ones first).

## `includeClips` (type: `boolean`):

Scrape the channel's clips (title, views, likes, duration, clip URL, creator).

## `clipsSort` (type: `string`):

How to sort clips before applying the limit.

## `clipsTime` (type: `string`):

Time window for clips.

## `maxClipsPerChannel` (type: `integer`):

Upper limit of clips per channel.

## `liveCategories` (type: `array`):

Category slugs to list CURRENT live streams from (e.g. `just-chatting`, `grand-theft-auto-v`, `slots-casino`, `counter-strike`). Leave empty to list the top live streams across all categories (set `maxLivestreams` > 0).

## `liveLanguages` (type: `array`):

Only keep live streams whose language matches one of these names (as Kick labels them: `Spanish`, `English`, `Portuguese`, `Turkish`, `Arabic`, `Japanese`, ...). Leave empty for all languages. Kick's directory has no server-side language filter, so the actor scans pages (up to 1,440 streams per category) and keeps the matches.

## `maxLivestreams` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of live streams to return per category (sorted by current viewers, descending). Set to 0 to skip the live directory.

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

Proxy to use. Apify Proxy (datacenter) is recommended for larger runs; Kick may rate-limit a single IP.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "xqc",
    "lacobra"
  ],
  "includeVideos": true,
  "maxVideosPerChannel": 20,
  "includeClips": true,
  "clipsSort": "view",
  "clipsTime": "all",
  "maxClipsPerChannel": 20,
  "liveCategories": [],
  "liveLanguages": [],
  "maxLivestreams": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `stats` (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 = {
    "channels": [
        "xqc",
        "lacobra"
    ],
    "liveCategories": [],
    "liveLanguages": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jhon_snow/kick-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 = {
    "channels": [
        "xqc",
        "lacobra",
    ],
    "liveCategories": [],
    "liveLanguages": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jhon_snow/kick-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 '{
  "channels": [
    "xqc",
    "lacobra"
  ],
  "liveCategories": [],
  "liveLanguages": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call jhon_snow/kick-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,jhon_snow/kick-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/meQQtRMMbUoinKy24/builds/HLLLjEZLcH9rqCIDA/openapi.json