# Kickstarter Scraper — Projects, Funding & Backer Data (`samwise.agency/kickstarter-scraper`) Actor Scrape Kickstarter projects: search by keyword or category, filter live/successful, get funding progress, backers, deadlines, and creator info. Clean JSON/CSV for product research and crowdfunding intelligence. - **URL**: https://apify.com/samwise.agency/kickstarter-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [samwise.agency](https://apify.com/samwise.agency) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Business - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $10.00 / 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/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 Scraper — Projects, Funding & Backer Data Crowdfunding is a live map of what consumers want next. This Actor scrapes **Kickstarter projects** — search by keyword or category, filter live vs successful, and export funding progress, backer counts, deadlines, and creators as clean rows. **What you can extract:** - 🚀 **Live projects** — what's raising money right now in your niche - ✅ **Successful projects** — validated product ideas with funding data - 📊 **Funding metrics** — goal, pledged, percent funded, backers - 🗂️ **Sorts** — newest, most funded, most backed, ending soon ### Quick start 1. Click **Run** — default finds live "board game" projects, newest first 2. Swap in your product category or keywords 3. Schedule weekly = trend radar for product ideas in your space ### Sample output ```json { "type": "project", "id": 1929840910, "name": "Aeon Trespass: Odyssey — Second Printing", "blurb": "The colossal cooperative board game returns.", "url": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/intothe/aeon-trespass", "state": "live", "category": "Tabletop Games", "creator": "Into The Unknown", "goal": 100000, "pledged": 1240553, "percentFunded": 1240, "backers": 8912, "launchedAt": "2026-07-01T15:00:31.000Z", "deadline": "2026-07-29T15:00:31.000Z", "staffPick": true } ```` ### Use cases - **Product researchers** — what's getting funded in your category - **E-commerce & inventors** — validate ideas before building - **Agencies** — prospect list of funded creators who now need marketing - **Journalists & analysts** — crowdfunding trend data ### Pricing Pay per project row delivered. ### FAQ **Where's the data from?** Kickstarter's own public discover feed (the same data on kickstarter.com/discover), fetched politely with proxies. **Historical projects?** Yes — set state to "successful" or "all". # Actor input Schema ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): Keywords to search projects for (e.g. 'board game', 'e-bike', 'coffee'). ## `categories` (type: `array`): Optional Kickstarter category IDs (e.g. 34 = Tabletop Games, 16 = Technology). ## `sort` (type: `string`): Sort order for results. ## `state` (type: `string`): Which projects to include. ## `maxItemsPerQuery` (type: `integer`): Cost cap per search/category. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apify Proxy keeps requests reliable. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQueries": [ "board game" ], "categories": [], "sort": "newest", "state": "live", "maxItemsPerQuery": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # 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" ], "categories": [], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("samwise.agency/kickstarter-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"], "categories": [], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("samwise.agency/kickstarter-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" ], "categories": [], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call samwise.agency/kickstarter-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=samwise.agency/kickstarter-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Kickstarter Scraper — Projects, Funding & Backer Data", "description": "Scrape Kickstarter projects: search by keyword or category, filter live/successful, get funding progress, backers, deadlines, and creator info. 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"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/samwise.agency~kickstarter-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-samwise.agency-kickstarter-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": "Search queries", "type": "array", "description": "Keywords to search projects for (e.g. 'board game', 'e-bike', 'coffee').", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "categories": { "title": "Category IDs", "type": "array", "description": "Optional Kickstarter category IDs (e.g. 34 = Tabletop Games, 16 = Technology).", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "sort": { "title": "Sort", "enum": [ "newest", "magic", "popularity", "end_date", "most_funded", "most_backed" ], "type": "string", "description": "Sort order for results.", "default": "newest" }, "state": { "title": "Project state", "enum": [ "live", "successful", "all" ], "type": "string", "description": "Which projects to include.", "default": "live" }, "maxItemsPerQuery": { "title": "Max projects per query", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 2000, "type": "integer", "description": "Cost cap per search/category.", "default": 50 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Apify Proxy keeps requests reliable.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": 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": { 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