# Twitch Channel & Stream Scraper (`gurify/twitch-channel-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Twitch channels — profile, followers, live-stream status (game, title, viewers) and recent videos/clips. No login, no API key. From $0.20 / 1K channels.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gurify/twitch-channel-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Gurify Software](https://apify.com/gurify) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.20 / 1,000 channels

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?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Twitch Channel & Stream Scraper 🟣

**Scrape Twitch channels into clean JSON — for `$0.20 / 1K channels`.**

Give it channel names (`shroud`, `pokimane`, `ninja`, …); get each channel's profile, follower
count, **live-stream status** (game, title, viewers) and recent **videos/clips**. No login, no
API key, no Twitch developer app.

> 💸 **$0.20 / 1,000 channels** — pay only for channels you get. One of the cheapest social scrapers on the Store.

### What you get per channel

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `login` / `displayName` | `shroud` / `shroud` |
| `followers` | `11300856` |
| `isLive` | `true` |
| `stream` | `{ "title": "...", "game": "VALORANT", "viewers": 28104, "startedAt": "..." }` |
| `isPartner` / `isAffiliate` | `true` / `false` |
| `description` | channel bio |
| `createdAt` | account creation date |
| `profileImageUrl` | avatar URL |
| `videos[]` | recent VODs: `title`, `url`, `views`, `durationSeconds`, `publishedAt`, `game` |
| `clips[]` | clips: `title`, `url`, `views`, `createdAt`, `game` |
| `url` | `https://www.twitch.tv/shroud` |

### Input

```json
{
  "channels": ["shroud", "pokimane", "https://www.twitch.tv/ninja"],
  "videosPerChannel": 5,
  "clipsPerChannel": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}
```

- **channels** — channel names (with/without `@`) or full Twitch URLs.
- **videosPerChannel** — recent VODs to include per channel (`0` = none).
- **clipsPerChannel** — clips to include per channel (`0` = none).
- **proxyConfiguration** — Datacenter (default) is enough and cheapest.

### Output (one row per channel)

```json
{
  "login": "shroud",
  "displayName": "shroud",
  "followers": 11300856,
  "isLive": false,
  "isPartner": true,
  "isAffiliate": false,
  "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/shroud",
  "createdAt": "2012-11-13T05:50:24Z",
  "profileImageUrl": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/...",
  "stream": null,
  "lastBroadcast": { "title": "...", "game": "VALORANT", "startedAt": "..." },
  "videos": [
    { "id": "23456789", "title": "VALORANT ranked", "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/videos/23456789", "views": 152034, "durationSeconds": 18450, "publishedAt": "...", "game": "VALORANT" }
  ],
  "clips": []
}
```

### Use cases

- **Influencer / sponsorship research** — followers, partner status, what they stream, how live they are.
- **Live monitoring** — poll `isLive` + `stream.viewers`/`game` across a watchlist.
- **Content datasets** — pull recent VODs/clips with view counts per channel.

### Notes

- Public data only, via Twitch's own public GraphQL endpoint. No login or developer app needed.
- `stream` is `null` when the channel is offline (use `lastBroadcast` for the previous stream).
- Respect Twitch's Terms and your local laws.

# Actor input Schema

## `channels` (type: `array`):

Channel names with or without @, or channel URLs (e.g. shroud, @pokimane, https://www.twitch.tv/ninja).

## `videosPerChannel` (type: `integer`):

How many recent VODs to include per channel (0 = none).

## `clipsPerChannel` (type: `integer`):

How many clips to include per channel (0 = none).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Datacenter proxy works for Twitch and is cheapest (default).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "shroud",
    "pokimane"
  ],
  "videosPerChannel": 5,
  "clipsPerChannel": 0,
  "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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "channels": [
        "shroud",
        "pokimane"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gurify/twitch-channel-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 = {
    "channels": [
        "shroud",
        "pokimane",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gurify/twitch-channel-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 '{
  "channels": [
    "shroud",
    "pokimane"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call gurify/twitch-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gurify/twitch-channel-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/FfuGkmHIaydyM1awR/builds/5mRCLxtXAUdBMEpbA/openapi.json