# \[DEPRECATED] Kick Scraper - VOD & Clip Metadata Extractor (`dltik/kick-scraper`) Actor

Extrayez les métadonnées de VODs et clips Kick.com : titre, durée, vues, streamer, catégories. Supporte VODs, clips et streams live. Aucune authentification requise pour le contenu public. Aucun téléchargement — données structurées uniquement.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dltik/kick-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Walid](https://apify.com/dltik) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos, Developer tools
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 4 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 2 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 video scrapeds

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

## Kick Scraper — VOD & Clip Metadata Extractor (kick.com)

> Extract **Kick.com VOD and clip metadata**: title, duration, views, streamer, categories, formats. Supports VODs, clips, and live streams. No authentication needed for public content, no video download — clean structured data only. **$0.002 per video**.

⭐ **Bookmark this Kick Scraper** — Apify ranks actors by bookmarks, so it directly helps the visibility of this scraper on the Apify Store.

### What is the Kick Scraper?

The **Kick Scraper** is an Apify actor that pulls metadata from any [Kick.com](https://kick.com/) VOD, clip, or live-channel page. Drop in a list of URLs (channels, VODs, clips) and get back a clean dataset with title, duration, view count, streamer name, game/category, formats available, upload date, thumbnail. No video download — pure metadata extraction.

Useful for tracking the rapidly-growing Twitch alternative — Kick has become a major streaming platform in 2024-2026, especially for streamers who left Twitch over policy changes.

### Use cases

- **Streamer-economy research** — track Kick top streamers and their growth trajectory.
- **Multi-platform creator analytics** — combine Kick data with Twitch and YouTube for full creator-economy view.
- **Brand sponsorship targeting** — find rising Kick streamers in a given game/category.
- **Content trends** — surface trending Kick VODs by game category.
- **Migration tracking** — measure how a Twitch streamer's audience evolved after moving to Kick.

### Input

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://kick.com/example_streamer",
    "https://kick.com/example_streamer/videos/abc-vod-id",
    "https://kick.com/example_streamer/clips/clip_xyz"
  ]
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "url": "https://kick.com/example_streamer/videos/abc-vod-id",
  "type": "vod",
  "title": "Example stream title",
  "duration_sec": 7245,
  "views": 12453,
  "streamer": "example_streamer",
  "category": "Just Chatting",
  "is_mature": false,
  "uploaded_at": "2026-04-25",
  "thumbnail": "https://images.kick.com/..."
}
```

### Pricing

**PAY_PER_EVENT — $0.002 per video metadata fetched** (= $2 per 1,000). Failed fetches not charged.

### FAQ — Kick.com API alternatives

**Does Kick have an official API?** Yes but it's gated and lacks bulk-scraping support. This scraper bypasses with HTTP-only access.

**Does it support live-stream metadata?** Yes — for live channels, the actor returns the current stream data (title, viewers, category) as a snapshot.

**How fast for bulk?** ~3-5 videos per second per actor instance. For 10K videos, run 4-8 concurrent actor runs.

**Why not just use yt-dlp?** yt-dlp returns raw metadata; this actor normalizes the schema across video types and adds Apify dataset structure for analytics.

***

⭐ **Found this useful? Bookmark this Kick Scraper** — it's the strongest signal for Apify Store ranking.

#### Related actors

- [Twitch Scraper](https://apify.com/dltik/twitch-scraper) — Twitch clips and VODs
- [Rumble Scraper](https://apify.com/dltik/rumble-scraper) — alternative video platform
- [YouTube Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/dltik/youtube-transcript-scraper) — pull YouTube transcripts in bulk

License: MIT · Author: [dltik](https://apify.com/dltik)

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

URL d'un VOD, clip ou chaîne Kick (ex: https://kick.com/streamer/video/abc123)

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Liste d'URLs Kick pour traitement batch

## `contentType` (type: `string`):

Filtrer par type de contenu

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Nombre maximum de vidéos à retourner (1-1000)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://kick.com/jolavanille/videos/d14ea799-cf9a-4962-aaeb-cfc020b9eb58",
  "contentType": "all",
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Métadonnées structurées de chaque VOD ou clip Kick.com : titre, durée, vues, streamer, catégories, statut live.

# 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 = {
    "url": "https://kick.com/jolavanille/videos/d14ea799-cf9a-4962-aaeb-cfc020b9eb58"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dltik/kick-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 = { "url": "https://kick.com/jolavanille/videos/d14ea799-cf9a-4962-aaeb-cfc020b9eb58" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dltik/kick-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 '{
  "url": "https://kick.com/jolavanille/videos/d14ea799-cf9a-4962-aaeb-cfc020b9eb58"
}' |
apify call dltik/kick-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dltik/kick-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/fg2hHMDIv4DVmME3N/builds/90VaLcbG6pZZ3KQv8/openapi.json