Twitch Clips Scraper

Extract the top clips from any Twitch channel in bulk — clip title, view count, duration, game, creator handle, and full-resolution thumbnail — in a clean structured JSON output.

Why use this actor

• No account / no login required — just give it a Twitch channel login (or full channel URL).
• No API key needed — this actor returns the same clip data the Twitch web app shows on the Clips tab.
• Rich detail — clip title, view count, duration in seconds, the game played at the time, the broadcaster handle, and a high-resolution thumbnail URL ready to embed.
• Top-clips ranking — clips come back in descending view-count order so the most viral moments are always first.
• Bulk input — pass a list of channels in one run; one dataset row per clip.
• Stable JSON output suitable for pipelines, spreadsheets, and databases — every row carries _input, _source, _scrapedAt envelope fields so you can join results back to your input list.

How it works

1. You provide a list of Twitch channel logins (e.g. xqc) or full channel URLs.
2. The actor fetches each channel's clips list, paginating until it has up to maxResults clips per channel.
3. Each clip is flattened into a structured JSON record — title, view count, duration, game, creator, thumbnail.
4. Results stream into your dataset, ready to download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

You do not need to manage scrapers, browsers, or rotating IPs — all handled internally.

Input

{
  "channels": [
    "xqc",
    "shroud"
  ],
  "period": "LAST_WEEK",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["DATACENTER"]
  }
}

Field	Type	Description
channels	array	List of Twitch channel logins or channel URLs. Both xqc and https://www.twitch.tv/xqc are accepted.
period	string	Time window for the top-clips ranking: LAST_DAY, LAST_WEEK, LAST_MONTH, or ALL_TIME. Defaults to LAST_WEEK.
maxResults	integer	Maximum number of clips returned per channel. Default: 20. Max: 200.
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy settings. Datacenter proxy works for most channels.

Output

Input: xqc, maxResults: 3

{
  "_input": "xqc",
  "_source": "S1-primary",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-05-18T11:23:35.624365+00:00",
  "id": "3942697259",
  "slug": "DeliciousDelightfulPicklesWOOP",
  "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/xqc/clip/DeliciousDelightfulPicklesWOOP",
  "title": "xqc makes the wrong choice",
  "viewCount": 943767,
  "durationSeconds": 44,
  "createdAt": "2020-12-09T19:18:10Z",
  "thumbnailURL": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/twitch-video-assets/twitch-vap-video-assets-prod-us-west-2/ce4b4ef1-4e8d-4391-bff6-2bc4c5506a4d/landscape/thumb/thumb-0000000000-1920x1080.jpg",
  "broadcaster": {
    "id": "71092938",
    "login": "xqc",
    "displayName": "xQc"
  },
  "game": {
    "id": "65876",
    "name": "Cyberpunk 2077"
  },
  "language": "EN",
  "isFeatured": false
}

Field	Type	Description
_input	string	The channel login or URL exactly as you supplied it. Use this to join results back to your input list.
_source	string	Internal tag for the path used to fetch the record. S1-primary means the fastest, richest path; values starting with S2-fallback indicate a fallback was used.
_scrapedAt	string	ISO-8601 UTC timestamp when the record was scraped.
id	string	Twitch's numeric clip ID. Stable across renames.
slug	string	Human-readable clip slug used in the public URL (e.g. DeliciousDelightfulPicklesWOOP).
url	string	Canonical public clip URL — opens the clip in the Twitch web player.
title	string	Clip title set by the clipper.
viewCount	integer	Total views on the clip at scrape time.
durationSeconds	integer	Clip length in seconds (typically 5–60).
createdAt	string	ISO-8601 UTC timestamp when the clip was first cut.
thumbnailURL	string	Full-resolution preview image URL (1920x1080 landscape). Safe to embed in dashboards.
broadcaster.id	string	Numeric Twitch user ID of the streamer the clip belongs to.
broadcaster.login	string	Streamer login (URL handle).
broadcaster.displayName	string	Streamer display name with original casing.
game.id	string	Twitch's internal game/category ID.
game.name	string	Game or category name shown at the moment the clip was cut (e.g. Cyberpunk 2077).
language	string	Stream language at the time of the clip (e.g. EN).
isFeatured	boolean	true if Twitch has flagged this clip as featured on the channel.

Error envelope

Channels that don't exist or fail to fetch return a structured error instead of crashing the run:

{
  "_input": "this-channel-does-not-exist-xyz",
  "_error": "fetch_failed",
  "_errorDetail": "channel not found",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-05-18T11:23:40.012345+00:00"
}

Filter on _error to triage failed rows.

Pricing

This actor is billed per result: $3.50 per 1,000 clips (Tier 3). Each clip returned = 1 result. Errors (channel not found, fetch failures) are not billed.

Other Sosmed Actors

Platform	Actor	Best for
Twitch	Twitch Channel Scraper	Channel profile, followers, live status
Twitch	Twitch Video Detail Scraper	Full VOD detail — title, duration, view count
YouTube	YouTube Shorts Scraper	Short-form vertical clips from any channel
Instagram	Instagram Account Reels Scraper	Reels feed for any Instagram handle
Threads	Threads Account Threads Scraper	All threads posted by a Threads account
Bluesky	Bluesky Account Posts Scraper	Posts feed for any Bluesky handle

Browse the full catalog at apify.com/xtracto.

Notes

• Clip rankings shift over time — the same channel scraped today vs. tomorrow can return a different set, especially for LAST_DAY and LAST_WEEK periods.
• Clips persist even after the original VOD is deleted by the streamer, so old viral moments remain reachable.
• Very new channels with fewer than 5 clips may return an empty result set.
• viewCount is eventually-consistent and may lag the live counter on twitch.tv by a few minutes.
• For large jobs (many channels x high maxResults), enable Apify Proxy rotation to avoid per-IP rate limits.