# Twitch Scraper: Channels, Streams, Clips & VODs (`jmrsquared_tech/twitch-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Twitch channels with followers and live status, top clips, past broadcasts and live streams by game or category. No login or API key needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jmrsquared_tech/twitch-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Tech IT](https://apify.com/jmrsquared_tech) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Twitch Scraper: Channels, Streams, Clips & VODs

Scrape Twitch without an API key: channel profiles with follower counts, partner status and social links, past broadcasts with views, top clips, and live streams by game or across Twitch, filtered by language.

### What you get

- **Channels**: followers, partner or affiliate, live status, viewers, current or last game, description, account age and social links.
- **VODs**: every past broadcast with title, date, duration, views and game, with paging.
- **Top clips**: up to 100 most viewed clips per channel for all time, the last month, week or day.
- **Live streams**: the top 100 live streams per game or category, or the 30 most watched across Twitch, with viewers, language and broadcaster followers.

### Quick start

1. Fill in the first field, or keep the example input.
2. Click **Start**.
3. Export results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read them through the API.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Channels | Channel names or twitch.tv URLs |
| Include VODs / Max VODs | Past broadcasts with paging |
| Include top clips / Max clips | Most viewed first, up to 100 |
| Clips period | All time, month, week or today |
| Live streams for these games | Exact category names, e.g. Just Chatting |
| Include top live streams | Most watched across Twitch right now |
| Live stream languages | Two-letter codes such as en or es |

### Output example

```json
{"type":"channel","channel":"shroud","followers":11293940,"isPartner":true,"game":"AION 2","socialLinks":{"youtube":"https://youtube.com/shroud"},"url":"https://www.twitch.tv/shroud"}
```

### Pricing

You pay per result saved. Set a maximum cost per run in the run options and the scraper stops cleanly when it reaches it.

### Use cases

- Influencer and sponsorship research
- Game and category popularity tracking
- Clip collection for highlight channels
- Competitor monitoring for streamers

# Actor input Schema

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

Twitch channel names (shroud) or URLs (https://www.twitch.tv/shroud).

## `includeVods` (type: `boolean`):

Add each channel's past broadcasts with views, duration and game.

## `maxVodsPerChannel` (type: `integer`):

Stop each channel at this many VODs.

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

Add each channel's most viewed clips.

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

Most viewed clips first, up to 100 per channel.

## `clipsPeriod` (type: `string`):

Time window for top clips.

## `liveStreamGames` (type: `array`):

Exact Twitch category names, e.g. Just Chatting, Fortnite, Counter-Strike. Returns the top 100 live streams per category, most viewers first.

## `includeTopLiveStreams` (type: `boolean`):

Also list the 30 most watched live streams on Twitch right now, across all categories.

## `liveStreamLanguages` (type: `array`):

Only live streams in these languages, as two-letter codes (en, es, de...). Leave empty for all.

## `maxLiveStreams` (type: `integer`):

Stop each live list at this many streams (Twitch serves up to 100 per category and 30 site-wide).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "shroud"
  ],
  "includeVods": true,
  "maxVodsPerChannel": 10,
  "includeClips": true,
  "maxClipsPerChannel": 10,
  "clipsPeriod": "all",
  "includeTopLiveStreams": false,
  "maxLiveStreams": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Scrape Twitch channels with followers and live status, top clips, past broadcasts and live streams by game or category. No login or API key needed.

# 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": [
        "shroud"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jmrsquared_tech/twitch-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": ["shroud"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jmrsquared_tech/twitch-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": [
    "shroud"
  ]
}' |
apify call jmrsquared_tech/twitch-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,jmrsquared_tech/twitch-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/lXrBBwhkoib5VbUYi/builds/urSvQAREaybyJZe86/openapi.json