# Twitch Streams & Clips Discovery Scraper (`gurify/twitch-discovery-scraper`) Actor

Discover Twitch by game/category — top LIVE streams (overall or per game), top CLIPS per game (by period), or the GAMES directory. No login, no API key. From $0.20 / 1K items.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gurify/twitch-discovery-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 items

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 Streams & Clips Discovery Scraper 🟣

**Discover Twitch by game/category into clean JSON — for `$0.20 / 1K items`.**

Not by channel — by **what's happening now**. Get the top **live streams** (overall or for a
game), the top **clips** for a game (by time window), or the **games directory** ranked by
viewers. No login, no API key, no Twitch developer app.

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

### Three discovery modes (`resultType`)

#### `streams` — live streams (default)

Leave `games` empty for the **top streams overall**, or pass game names for **top streams per game**.

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `broadcasterName` / `broadcasterLogin` | `VALORANT_jpn` |
| `title` | `VALORANT Challengers Japan 2026` |
| `viewers` | `2570` |
| `game` | `VALORANT` |
| `startedAt` | `2026-06-25T08:00:00Z` |
| `thumbnailUrl` / `url` | preview image / `https://www.twitch.tv/valorant_jpn` |

#### `clips` — top clips per game (set `clipPeriod`)

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `title` | `1st ACE NEW MAP` |
| `views` | `7978` |
| `url` | `https://www.twitch.tv/horcus/clip/MushyJoyousSushiBIRB-…` |
| `broadcasterName` / `creatorLogin` | `Horcus` / `someclipper` |
| `durationSeconds` / `createdAt` / `game` / `period` | `30` / `…` / `VALORANT` / `LAST_WEEK` |

#### `games` — the games directory

`name`, `displayName`, `viewers`, `url` (e.g. `Just Chatting → 111021 viewers`).

### Input

```json
{
  "resultType": "streams",
  "games": ["VALORANT", "Just Chatting"],
  "maxItemsPerGame": 50,
  "clipPeriod": "LAST_WEEK",
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}
```

- **resultType** — `streams` · `clips` · `games`.
- **games** — game/category names. For `streams`, empty = **top overall**; for `clips`, required; ignored for `games`.
- **maxItemsPerGame** — items per game (or total games). Twitch caps a single request at **100 per game** (streams/clips/games) and **30 for top-streams-overall**.
- **clipPeriod** — `LAST_DAY` · `LAST_WEEK` · `LAST_MONTH` · `ALL_TIME` (clips only).
- **proxyConfiguration** — Datacenter (default) is enough and cheapest.

### Use cases

- **Trend discovery** — what's being watched right now, per game and overall.
- **Clip mining** — pull the top viral clips for a game/time window (titles + direct URLs).
- **Influencer sourcing** — find the biggest live streamers in a category, then enrich each with the **Twitch Channel Scraper**.
- **Market sizing** — viewer counts per game from the directory.

### Notes

- Public data only, via Twitch's own public GraphQL endpoint. No login or developer app needed.
- `streams` are live at scrape time (`viewers` is the live count). Respect Twitch's Terms and your local laws.
- Returns the top results in a single request (up to **100 per game**, **30 for top-streams-overall**) — Twitch integrity-gates deeper pagination. Pass multiple `games` to cover more.

# Actor input Schema

## `resultType` (type: `string`):

streams = live streams (top overall, or per game); clips = top clips per game; games = the games directory.

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

Game/category names (e.g. VALORANT, Just Chatting). For 'streams' leave empty to get the top streams overall; for 'clips' this is required; ignored for 'games'.

## `maxItemsPerGame` (type: `integer`):

How many streams/clips to fetch per game (or total games). Twitch caps a single request at 100 per game (clips/streams/games) and 30 for top-streams-overall.

## `clipPeriod` (type: `string`):

Time window for top clips.

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

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

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "resultType": "streams",
  "games": [
    "VALORANT",
    "Just Chatting"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerGame": 50,
  "clipPeriod": "LAST_WEEK",
  "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 = {
    "games": [
        "VALORANT",
        "Just Chatting"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gurify/twitch-discovery-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 = {
    "games": [
        "VALORANT",
        "Just Chatting",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

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

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/hehGUQbEVW6EhxeZ9/builds/qPKCvJEUQIZqxhwtf/openapi.json