# Kickstarter Campaign Scraper (`khadinakbar/kickstarter-campaign-scraper`) Actor Collect public Kickstarter campaigns by search term or project URL for research and product scouting. Returns funding and backer totals, creator, category, timeline, and source fields. Excludes backer accounts, creator dashboards, and private information. $0.01 per record plus usage. - **URL**: https://apify.com/khadinakbar/kickstarter-campaign-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Khadin Akbar](https://apify.com/khadinakbar) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, AI - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 90.9% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $10.00 / 1,000 validated campaign records 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 web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. 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/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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/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 ## Kickstarter Campaign Scraper Collect validated public Kickstarter campaign records by search term or direct project URL. It is designed for product scouts, market researchers, and crowdfunding analysts who need consistent campaign funding and timeline fields—not private backer or creator-account data. ### What it returns One dataset item represents one public campaign. The actor keeps a stable, flat record shape and uses `null` when an optional public field is unavailable. | Field group | Examples | | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Identity | `campaignId`, `campaignUrl`, `name`, `blurb` | | Funding | `currency`, `goal`, `pledged`, `usdPledged`, `backersCount`, `percentFunded` | | Context | `creatorName`, `category`, `parentCategory`, `location`, `country` | | Timing | `state`, `launchedAt`, `deadline`, `scrapedAt` | | Provenance | `sourceMode`, `searchQuery`, `sourceUrl` | ### When to use it Use it to identify public crowdfunding campaigns, monitor a niche, compare goals with pledges, or enrich a known list of public Kickstarter campaign URLs. Do not use it for individual backer data, account access, creator dashboards, pledge exports, or non-Kickstarter pages. It only handles public campaign and Discover pages. ### Input ```json { "searchQueries": ["board game"], "categories": ["games"], "states": ["live"], "sort": "newest", "maxResults": 20, "maxPagesPerSeed": 1, "enrichDetails": true } ```` Alternatively, scrape specific public campaigns: ```json { "searchQueries": [], "projectUrls": ["https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/example/my-campaign"], "maxResults": 1 } ``` ### Output ```json { "campaignId": "123456789", "campaignUrl": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/example/my-campaign", "name": "Example Campaign", "creatorName": "Example Studio", "parentCategory": "Games", "goal": 20000, "pledged": 30500, "backersCount": 712, "percentFunded": 152.5, "state": "live", "sourceMode": "search", "searchQuery": "board game", "scrapedAt": "2026-07-14T12:00:00.000Z" } ``` ### Pricing | Event | Price | When it is charged | | ------------------------- | -------: | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | | Actor start | $0.00005 | Once per run, scaled by memory | | Validated campaign record | $0.01 | Only after a complete, schema-valid campaign record is persisted | For the default 5-record cap, event charges are at most **$0.05**, plus Apify platform compute and residential-proxy usage. The actor displays this cap when it starts and never charges a campaign record that was not persisted. ### Run outcomes Every run writes `OUTPUT` and `RUN_SUMMARY` in the default key-value store. - `COMPLETE` — all requested public records were processed. - `PARTIAL` — useful records were saved, but some pages failed. - `VALID_EMPTY` — the public query completed with no matching campaigns. - `INVALID_INPUT` — correct the input; no campaign events are charged. - `UPSTREAM_FAILED` — Kickstarter blocked or failed every required route before any result could be saved. ### Limits and responsible use Kickstarter can change its public page structure or challenge automated traffic. This actor uses a conservative browser session, residential proxy defaults, low concurrency, retries, and explicit diagnostics; it does not claim that an upstream challenge was a valid empty result. Use it only for data you are authorized to collect and use, and respect applicable law, platform terms, and privacy obligations. # Actor input Schema ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): Use this when you want to discover public campaigns by keyword. Enter short Kickstarter search phrases such as "board game" or "smart home". Defaults to \["board game"] and accepts up to 10 phrases. This is not a list of campaign URLs; use Kickstarter project URLs for a known campaign. ## `projectUrls` (type: `array`): Use this when you already know the public campaigns to collect. Enter full project URLs such as "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/example/my-campaign". Defaults to an empty list and accepts up to 50 URLs; equivalent URLs are canonicalized and fetched once. This is not a Discover, profile, backer, or creator-dashboard URL. ## `categories` (type: `array`): Use this when search discovery should be limited to top-level Kickstarter categories. Select values such as "games" or "technology". Defaults to every category; each selected category creates its own bounded search seed. This does not filter campaigns supplied through project URLs. ## `states` (type: `array`): Use this when you need a specific public campaign lifecycle state. Choose values such as "live" or "successful"; the default is \["live"]. Each state is fetched as a separate bounded discovery seed. This does not grant access to submitted campaigns or private pre-launch analytics. ## `sort` (type: `string`): Use this when ordering discovered public campaigns matters. Choose one Kickstarter Discover order, for example "newest" or "most\_funded". Defaults to "magic" and applies only to search discovery. This is not a guarantee of funding rank and does not reorder direct project URLs. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Use this to cap the number of validated campaign records and billable campaign events. Enter an integer from 1 to 100; for example, 20 returns at most 20 records. Defaults to 5, while the automated quality-test prefill uses 1 for a fast live canary. This is not a page-count setting; use maximum pages per seed for discovery pagination. ## `maxPagesPerSeed` (type: `integer`): Use this when a keyword or category search needs more than the first Discover page. Enter an integer from 1 to 10; for example, 2 permits two pages for each query/category/state combination. Defaults to 1 to control proxy and compute use. This does not affect direct project URLs or override the maximum campaign-record cap. ## `enrichDetails` (type: `boolean`): Use this when search results should be followed to each public campaign page for richer structured fields. Set true for detail-first records; false uses structured data already present on Discover pages. Defaults to true, while the automated quality-test prefill is false so its live canary finishes quickly. This does not access creator dashboards, pledge records, or private backer data. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQueries": [ "board game" ], "projectUrls": [], "categories": [], "states": [ "live" ], "sort": "magic", "maxResults": 1, "maxPagesPerSeed": 1, "enrichDetails": true } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): Validated public Kickstarter campaign records as JSON. ## `output` (type: `string`): Compact terminal outcome, counts, charges, and warnings. ## `runSummary` (type: `string`): Detailed diagnostic summary with output counts, retry warnings, and event charges. # 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 = { "searchQueries": [ "board game" ], "projectUrls": [], "categories": [], "states": [ "live" ], "sort": "magic", "maxResults": 1, "maxPagesPerSeed": 1, "enrichDetails": false }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("khadinakbar/kickstarter-campaign-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 = { "searchQueries": ["board game"], "projectUrls": [], "categories": [], "states": ["live"], "sort": "magic", "maxResults": 1, "maxPagesPerSeed": 1, "enrichDetails": False, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("khadinakbar/kickstarter-campaign-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 '{ "searchQueries": [ "board game" ], "projectUrls": [], "categories": [], "states": [ "live" ], "sort": "magic", "maxResults": 1, "maxPagesPerSeed": 1, "enrichDetails": false }' | apify call khadinakbar/kickstarter-campaign-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=khadinakbar/kickstarter-campaign-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Kickstarter Campaign Scraper", "description": "Collect public Kickstarter campaigns by search term or project URL for research and product scouting. Returns funding and backer totals, creator, category, timeline, and source fields. Excludes backer accounts, creator dashboards, and private information. $0.01 per record plus usage.", "version": "1.9", "x-build-id": "Ojug6COyELFVKeTOv" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/khadinakbar~kickstarter-campaign-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-khadinakbar-kickstarter-campaign-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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/khadinakbar~kickstarter-campaign-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-khadinakbar-kickstarter-campaign-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/khadinakbar~kickstarter-campaign-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-khadinakbar-kickstarter-campaign-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", "properties": { "searchQueries": { "title": "Kickstarter search queries", "type": "array", "description": "Use this when you want to discover public campaigns by keyword. Enter short Kickstarter search phrases such as \"board game\" or \"smart home\". Defaults to [\"board game\"] and accepts up to 10 phrases. This is not a list of campaign URLs; use Kickstarter project URLs for a known campaign.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "default": [ "board game" ] }, "projectUrls": { "title": "Kickstarter project URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Use this when you already know the public campaigns to collect. Enter full project URLs such as \"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/example/my-campaign\". Defaults to an empty list and accepts up to 50 URLs; equivalent URLs are canonicalized and fetched once. This is not a Discover, profile, backer, or creator-dashboard URL.", "items": { "type": "string" }, "default": [] }, "categories": { "title": "Campaign categories", "type": "array", "description": "Use this when search discovery should be limited to top-level Kickstarter categories. Select values such as \"games\" or \"technology\". Defaults to every category; each selected category creates its own bounded search seed. This does not filter campaigns supplied through project URLs.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "art", "comics", "crafts", "dance", "design", "fashion", "film-video", "food", "games", "journalism", "music", "photography", "publishing", "technology", "theater" ], "enumTitles": [ "Art", "Comics", "Crafts", "Dance", "Design", "Fashion", "Film & Video", "Food", "Games", "Journalism", "Music", "Photography", "Publishing", "Technology", "Theater" ] }, "default": [] }, "states": { "title": "Campaign states", "type": "array", "description": "Use this when you need a specific public campaign lifecycle state. Choose values such as \"live\" or \"successful\"; the default is [\"live\"]. Each state is fetched as a separate bounded discovery seed. This does not grant access to submitted campaigns or private pre-launch analytics.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "live", "successful", "failed", "canceled", "upcoming" ], "enumTitles": [ "Live", "Successful", "Failed", "Canceled", "Upcoming" ] }, "default": [ "live" ] }, "sort": { "title": "Discover sort order", "enum": [ "magic", "popularity", "newest", "end_date", "most_funded", "most_backed" ], "type": "string", "description": "Use this when ordering discovered public campaigns matters. Choose one Kickstarter Discover order, for example \"newest\" or \"most_funded\". Defaults to \"magic\" and applies only to search discovery. This is not a guarantee of funding rank and does not reorder direct project URLs.", "default": "magic" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Maximum campaign records", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Use this to cap the number of validated campaign records and billable campaign events. Enter an integer from 1 to 100; for example, 20 returns at most 20 records. Defaults to 5, while the automated quality-test prefill uses 1 for a fast live canary. This is not a page-count setting; use maximum pages per seed for discovery pagination.", "default": 5 }, "maxPagesPerSeed": { "title": "Maximum pages per discovery seed", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10, "type": "integer", "description": "Use this when a keyword or category search needs more than the first Discover page. Enter an integer from 1 to 10; for example, 2 permits two pages for each query/category/state combination. Defaults to 1 to control proxy and compute use. This does not affect direct project URLs or override the maximum campaign-record cap.", "default": 1 }, "enrichDetails": { "title": "Fetch campaign detail pages", "type": "boolean", "description": "Use this when search results should be followed to each public campaign page for richer structured fields. Set true for detail-first records; false uses structured data already present on Discover pages. Defaults to true, while the automated quality-test prefill is false so its live canary finishes quickly. This does not access creator dashboards, pledge records, or private backer data.", "default": 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", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "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": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```