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Get all live streams from any Kick.com category. Returns channel info, viewer counts, tags, language, and creator metadata for every active broadcast.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/f59a3031-957d-4dfa-b4a6-14e94c1b2950/get_category_livestreams?limit=5&category=just-chatting' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
Get all currently live streams in a Kick.com category. Automatically paginates through all results. Returns livestream details including channel info, viewer counts, tags, and language.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sort | string | Sort order for results. |
| limit | integer | Maximum number of livestreams to return. 0 returns all available. |
| category | string | Category slug (e.g. 'just-chatting'). |
| category_id | string | Category ID number. If not provided, known slugs are auto-resolved (just-chatting=15). Required for categories not in the known mapping. |
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"category": "string - the category slug queried",
"livestreams": "array of livestream objects with channel info, viewer counts, tags, and metadata",
"total_count": "integer - number of livestreams returned"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"category": "just-chatting",
"livestreams": [
{
"tags": [
"funny"
],
"title": "KICK News Stream",
"language": "ja",
"is_mature": false,
"channel_id": 57035257,
"start_time": "2026-05-14T13:22:25Z",
"category_id": 15,
"channel_slug": "korekore_ch",
"viewer_count": 58102,
"category_name": "Just Chatting",
"category_slug": "just-chatting",
"livestream_id": "019e26a7-1668-76dd-870d-4dc8e22e5d3e",
"thumbnail_url": "https://images.kick.com/video_thumbnails/XFe3ftHjLy1x/DYYBrdADeYwx/720.webp",
"channel_username": "korekore_ch",
"channel_profile_pic": "https://files.kick.com/images/user/58166499/profile_image/conversion/e0edc160-d87e-40aa-b0e6-555b08583d3e-thumb.webp"
}
],
"total_count": 5
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the kick.com API
The Kick.com API exposes 1 endpoint — get_category_livestreams — that returns every currently live stream across any Kick.com category, with over 10 fields per stream including viewer counts, channel metadata, tags, and language. Pass a category slug like just-chatting or a numeric category ID to retrieve a full snapshot of active broadcasts, with automatic pagination so no results are missed.
What the API Returns
The get_category_livestreams endpoint returns a livestreams array, a category string confirming the queried slug, and a total_count integer showing how many live streams were found. Each entry in the livestreams array includes channel information, live viewer counts, associated tags, language, and additional broadcast metadata. The endpoint automatically paginates through all available results, so you receive the complete set of active streams without managing page tokens yourself.
Parameters and Category Resolution
You can identify a category using either the category slug (e.g. just-chatting) or a numeric category_id. For well-known slugs, category ID resolution happens automatically — for example, just-chatting maps to ID 15 without any extra lookup. For categories outside the auto-resolved set, supply the category_id directly. The optional sort parameter controls result ordering, and the limit parameter caps how many livestreams are returned; setting limit to 0 retrieves all available streams in that category.
Coverage and Freshness
The endpoint reflects the current live state of a Kick.com category at the time of the request. Viewer counts and stream status are point-in-time values — a stream that goes offline between calls will not appear in the next response. Because the API returns all live streams in a category (not just a fixed top-N), it is well-suited for building category-wide leaderboards, tracking tag distributions, or auditing which channels are broadcasting in a given language at any moment.
- Build a Kick.com category leaderboard ranked by live viewer counts.
- Filter active streams by language to surface region-specific content for a given category.
- Track which tags appear most frequently across all live broadcasts in a category.
- Monitor how many channels are simultaneously live in a category over time.
- Identify new or smaller streamers in a category who are currently broadcasting.
- Aggregate creator metadata across a category for influencer discovery pipelines.
- Detect viewer-count spikes in a category to flag trending streams in real time.
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 100 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 250 req/min |
One credit = one API call regardless of which marketplace API you call. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.
Does Kick.com have an official developer API?+
What does each livestream object in the response include?+
livestreams array includes channel information (such as channel name and creator profile data), a live viewer count, associated tags, language, and broadcast metadata. The total_count field tells you how many streams were returned for the queried category.Does the API cover all Kick.com categories, or only a fixed list?+
category_id. A small set of well-known slugs — including just-chatting (ID 15) — resolve automatically without needing the ID. For any other category, supply the category_id directly. There is no hardcoded allowlist limiting which categories can be queried.Can I retrieve historical stream data or past viewer counts through this API?+
Can I look up a single channel's stream details by username rather than by category?+
get_category_livestreams; it does not support per-channel lookups by username or channel slug. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add a channel-specific endpoint.