# Twitch Scraper Pro (`red.cars/twitch-scraper-pro`) Actor

Scrape Twitch channels, VODs, clips, and live streams. Profiles with follower counts, recent VODs with view counts, top clips, and live channel discovery by game category.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/red.cars/twitch-scraper-pro.md
- **Developed by:** [AutomateLab](https://apify.com/red.cars) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.50 / 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 Pro

Scrape any Twitch channel in a single run: channel profile with follower count and partner status, recent VODs with view counts and durations, top clips, and live channel discovery by game category. One actor covers what others split into four.

### Why this over the alternatives

| Actor | 30-day users | Rating | Reviews | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Twitch Scraper Pro (this actor)** | new | new | new | $0.005/run + $2.50 per 1,000 results |
| automation-lab/twitch-scraper | 135 | 0.0 | 0 | from $1.80 per 1,000 channel scrapes |
| easyapi/twitch-channel-scraper | 25 | 4.8 | 5 | pay per event |

The category's biggest listing has no reviews and no rating after months in the store. This actor ships with multi-channel input, VODs and clips in the same run, live discovery by category, and a hard cap so you never overpay for a bad query.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| channels | string list | summit1g | Channel logins or names, as many as you want per run |
| categories | string list | empty | Game names such as Valorant; returns live channels ranked by viewers |
| maxVideos | integer | 10 | Recent VODs per channel, 1 to 100 |
| maxClips | integer | 10 | Top clips per channel, 0 to 100 |
| maxCategoryChannels | integer | 10 | Live channels per category, 1 to 100 |
| includeProfile | boolean | true | One profile row per channel |

### Output

Each dataset record has a `type` field: `profile`, `video`, `clip`, or `live_stream`.

**profile**: channel, displayName, url, followers, isPartner, description, avatarUrl, bannerUrl, createdAt, totalVods, isLive, liveViewers, liveTitle, liveGame

**video**: channel, id, title, url, createdAt, lengthSeconds, viewCount, game

**clip**: channel, id, title, url, createdAt, viewCount, durationSeconds

**live_stream**: category, channel, displayName, followers, title, url, startedAt, viewers, game

### Pricing

$0.005 per actor start plus $2.50 per 1,000 results. Filtered and missing channels are never billed: a channel that does not exist produces zero rows.

### Use cases

- Influencer marketing: rank streamers by followers, partner status, and live viewers in your game category
- Gaming and esports analysts: track VOD output, view counts, and top clips over time
- Creator outreach: pull contact-ready channel lists by category with follower counts
- Competitive research: monitor competitor channels' VOD and clip performance daily

### FAQ

**Do I need a Twitch API key or login?** No. Paste channel logins or game names and run.

**How many channels can I process per run?** Dozens of channels per run is fine. Keep result caps sensible; total output is hard-capped at 1,000 rows per run.

**Does a channel that does not exist cost me anything?** No. Missing channels log a warning and produce zero billed rows.

**What about live-stream discovery?** Give it game names (for example Valorant or Just Chatting) and it returns the channels currently live in that category, ranked by viewers, with follower counts.

**Can I export the data?** Yes, every Apify export works: JSON, CSV, Excel, or via the API and webhooks.

# Actor input Schema

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

Twitch channel logins or names, e.g. summit1g or Kai Cenat. One run handles many channels.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Game or category names such as Valorant. For each, the actor returns the channels currently live in that category ranked by viewers.

## `maxVideos` (type: `integer`):

How many recent VODs to return per channel, 1 to 100.

## `maxClips` (type: `integer`):

How many top clips to return per channel, 0 to 100.

## `maxCategoryChannels` (type: `integer`):

How many live channels to return per category, ranked by viewers, 1 to 100.

## `includeProfile` (type: `boolean`):

Include one profile row per channel with follower count, partner status, and live state.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "summit1g"
  ],
  "maxVideos": 10,
  "maxClips": 10,
  "maxCategoryChannels": 10,
  "includeProfile": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Link to the dataset of scraped records

# 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": [
        "summit1g"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("red.cars/twitch-scraper-pro").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": ["summit1g"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("red.cars/twitch-scraper-pro").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": [
    "summit1g"
  ]
}' |
apify call red.cars/twitch-scraper-pro --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,red.cars/twitch-scraper-pro"
        }
    }
}
```

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/5yC37UMFyzYF1yhmW/builds/iLWbIWviVgd8zyP8d/openapi.json