Kickstarter Projects API Scraper 🗂️ — Kickstarter crowdfunding campaigns by search query, category, location or project URL via the Kickstarter…

Kickstarter Projects Scraper — Scrape Kickstarter crowdfunding campaigns by search query, category, location or project URL via the Kickstarter mobile app private GraphQL API. Returns campaign rows and, with detail enrichment, project description, comments/updates counts and reward tiers. It reads Kickstarter Projects's own API directly, so it's fast, reliable and complete — no flaky HTML parsing, no headless browser. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or an API.

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✨ Why use this Kickstarter Projects Scraper?

• 🟢 No code required — set your input, click Start, download your data.
• ⚡ Fast & accurate — reads Kickstarter Projects's own private API and returns structured JSON, not scraped HTML.
• 🧾 Rich, structured data — every field below, clean and ready to use.
• 🔁 Full pagination — collects results to your maxItems cap.
• 💸 Transparent pay-per-result pricing — pay only for the rows you get.
• 📤 Export anywhere — JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or pull it live via the Apify API.

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🎯 What can you do with Kickstarter Projects data?

• Market & competitor research — analyse Kickstarter Projects records at scale.
• Price & availability monitoring — track changes over time.
• Data science & trend analysis — build clean datasets.
• Lead generation & enrichment — feed Kickstarter Projects data into your own tools.

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📥 What data does the Kickstarter Projects Scraper extract?

Each row includes: id, name, slug, url, state, description, creator, category, location, country, goalAmount, goalCurrency, pledgedAmount, pledgedCurrency …and more. See the full Data table below.

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🚀 How to scrape kickstarter.com (3 steps)

1. Set your input — provide q or location (see the table below; defaults work out of the box).
2. Pick options — filters, a proxyConfiguration, and a maxItems cap.
3. Run & export — click Start, then download the dataset as JSON/CSV/Excel or fetch it via the API.

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
q	string	–	Keyword search term (e.g. 'board game'). Leave blank to browse by category/location.
location	string	–	City or place name (e.g. 'New York'). Resolved via the app's own location lookup.
projectUrl	string	–	A Kickstarter project URL to fetch a single project's full detail (incl. rewards).
includeDetails	boolean	false	Fetch full project detail per row: story/description, comments & updates counts, reward tiers.
maxItems	integer	25	Maximum number of projects to return (0 = unlimited).
state	enum	–	Filter by campaign state — one of LIVE, SUCCESSFUL, FAILED, UPCOMING
sort	enum	–	Sort the results — one of POPULARITY, NEWEST, END_DATE, MOST_FUNDED, MOST_BACKED, MAGIC
category	enum	–	Browse a Kickstarter category — pick one from the dropdown of readable names (174 options, grouped Parent › Subcategory), e.g. Games › Tabletop Games, Art › Illustration, Technology › Software, Film & Video.
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy	Route requests through a proxy (Apify Proxy by default).

Example input

{
  "includeDetails": false,
  "maxItems": 25,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}

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📤 Output

Each result is a JSON object like this:

{
  "id": "UHJvamVjdC04OTIyMzQ4MjA=",
  "name": "FIRST DOWN: Tactical Football Board Game",
  "slug": "donbeangames/first-down-tactical-football-board-game",
  "url": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/donbeangames/first-down-tactical-football-board-game",
  "state": "LIVE",
  "description": "A tactical football board game. Call the play, outsmart your opponent.",
  "creator": "André Beucler",
  "category": "Tabletop Games",
  "location": "Baden, Switzerland",
  "country": "Switzerland",
  "goalAmount": 33000.0,
  "goalCurrency": "EUR",
  "pledgedAmount": 8690.0,
  "pledgedCurrency": "EUR",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "percentFunded": 26.33,
  "backersCount": 94,
  "launchedAt": "2026-09-15T12:20:31Z",
  "deadlineAt": "2026-10-13T12:20:31Z",
  "imageUrl": "https://i.kickstarter.com/assets/055/087/458/4d4f38f52d5ebeae62f2cf770f45a5c4_original.png?anim=false&fit=cover&gravity=auto&height=576&origin=ugc&q=92&v=178…",
  "isProjectWeLove": false,
  "watchesCount": 196,
  "story": "FIRST DOWN\n\nA tactical football board game.\n\nCall the play. Outsmart your opponent.\n\n═══════════════════════════════════════════════════\n\nYOU KNOW THE FEELIN…",
  "commentsCount": 17,
  "updatesCount": 2,
  "rewards": [
    {
      "name": "Early Bird PLAYER EDITION + SNAP FREE",
      "price": 49.0,
      "currency": "EUR",
      "backersCount": 34,
      "limit": 100,
      "remainingQuantity": 66,
      "estimatedDeliveryOn": "2027-08-01",
      "description": "Be among the FIRST 100 backers and get FIRST DOWN SNAP, our fast 2 to 4 player card game, FREE with your pledge. After the first 100, SNAP is a paid add-on (…"
    },
    {
      "name": "PLAYER EDITION",
      "price": 49.0,
      "currency": "EUR",
      "backersCount": 1,
      "limit": null,
      "remainingQuantity": null,
      "estimatedDeliveryOn": "2027-08-01",
      "description": "The best way into FIRST DOWN: the complete game, everything you need for a full match, at the lowest price.\nShipping and VAT not included, collected later in…"
    },
    "…+4 more"
  ]
}

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🧾 Data table

Field	Type	Description
id	text	ID
name	text	Title
slug	text	Slug
url	link	Project URL
state	text	State
description	text	Blurb
creator	text	Creator
category	text	Category
location	text	Location
country	text	Country
goalAmount	number	Goal amount
goalCurrency	text	Goal currency
pledgedAmount	number	Pledged amount
pledgedCurrency	text	Pledged currency
currency	text	Currency
percentFunded	number	Percent funded
backersCount	number	Backers
launchedAt	text	Launched at
deadlineAt	text	Deadline
imageUrl	link	Image URL
isProjectWeLove	boolean	Project We Love
watchesCount	number	Watches
story	text	Description (story)
commentsCount	number	Comments count
updatesCount	number	Updates count
rewards	array	Reward tiers

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💰 Pricing — pay per result

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay only for the rows it delivers.

You scrape	Price
Project row	$1.00 per 1,000 rows

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🔌 Use the Kickstarter Projects Scraper via API

Run it programmatically with the Apify API:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/kickstarter-api-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "includeDetails": false,
  "maxItems": 25,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}'

Or with the Apify CLI: apify call kickstarter-api-scraper -i input.json -o.

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❓ FAQ

Do I need an account or API key for Kickstarter Projects?

No. The actor talks to Kickstarter Projects's public/mobile API for you — you only need an Apify account.

Do I need a proxy?

A proxy is recommended for reliable runs; set proxyConfiguration (Residential is safest for geo-restricted or bot-protected sites).

What export formats are supported?

JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, JSONL, RSS, or live via the Apify API and dataset endpoints.

Is scraping this legal?

You are responsible for how you use the data. Scrape only public record data and comply with kickstarter.com's Terms and applicable law (e.g. GDPR/CCPA for personal data).

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🛠️ How it works

The actor impersonates Kickstarter Projects's official app/site and calls its private API the same way the app does, then normalises each response into the flat record above. No browser, no HTML scraping — just clean, structured data.

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📌 Good to know

• Scrape only public record data and respect kickstarter.com's Terms of Service and robots policy.
• For personal data, comply with GDPR/CCPA and applicable law — you are the data controller.
• Fields can be null when Kickstarter Projects doesn't expose them for a given record.

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