# Twitch Channels & Streams Scraper (`romy/twitch-channels-scraper`) Actor

Twitch channel profiles, live status, and top live streams by game/category. No account needed.

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

## Pricing

from $0.94 / 1,000 channel profiles

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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 Channels & Streams Scraper

Twitch channel profiles (bio, follower count, live status) and top live
streams by game/category. Wraps Twitch's own public web GraphQL API — no
account, login, app or device needed.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `logins` | `string[]` | — | Channel logins to fetch profiles for. Either this or `games` is required. |
| `games` | `string[]` | — | Game/category names to fetch top live streams for. Either this or `logins` is required. |
| `streamsPerGame` | `integer` | `20` | Max live streams per game (only with `games`). |
| `sort` | `string` | `VIEWER_COUNT` | `VIEWER_COUNT`, `VIEWER_COUNT_ASC`, `RECENT`, or `RELEVANCE`. |

### Output

One row per channel (`channel` event) with profile + embedded live stream
info if live, and/or one row per live stream (`stream` event) for each
requested game.

### Known limitations

- This is a snapshot, not a full-catalog crawl: Twitch's own cursor
  pagination is gated behind a device-attestation token this API can't
  obtain, so `streamsPerGame` returns up to one page (max 100) per game.
- `profileViewCount` on a channel is always `null` — Twitch no longer
  populates it publicly.

### Pricing

Priced using this account's standard tiered ladder
(FREE/BRONZE/SILVER/GOLD/PLATINUM/DIAMOND = 100/92/85/78/72/68%), matching
the sibling `twitch-all-in-one-api`'s already-competitive per-item prices.

### Getting started

```bash
apify run
```

# Actor input Schema

## `logins` (type: `array`):

Twitch channel logins to fetch profiles for. Either this or games is required.

## `games` (type: `array`):

Game/category names to fetch top live streams for (exact name, e.g. "Just Chatting"). Either this or logins is required.

## `streamsPerGame` (type: `integer`):

Max live streams to return per game (only used with games).

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Ordering for the games' live streams.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "logins": [
    "shroud"
  ],
  "streamsPerGame": 20,
  "sort": "VIEWER_COUNT"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (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 = {
    "logins": [
        "shroud"
    ]
};

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

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

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,romy/twitch-channels-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/36Q755aTWkEnDDEJ5/builds/CTLJbKgq0I7lehuIM/openapi.json