# Twitch Categories Scraper (`easyapi/twitch-categories-scraper`) Actor

A robust Twitch Categories Scraper that extracts comprehensive game category data, including game details, tags, and viewer counts based on custom keywords. Perfect for market research, trend analysis, and competitive insights in the gaming industry. 🎮📈

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/twitch-categories-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 22 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Twitch Categories Scraper 🎮📊

### 🚀 Advanced Twitch Categories Extraction Tool

This powerful Apify Actor allows you to scrape detailed information about Twitch game categories based on your search keywords. Ideal for game developers, market analysts, and researchers seeking insights into trending games and viewer statistics on Twitch.

#### 🔑 Key Features:

- 🔍 **Keyword-Based Search**: Search Twitch categories using custom keywords.
- 📈 **Comprehensive Data Collection**: Extracts game ID, name, slug, box art URLs, tags, viewer counts, and associated keywords.
- 🌐 **Multi-Keyword Support**: Handle multiple search keywords in a single run.
- 🛡️ **Stealth Mode**: Utilizes Puppeteer Extra with stealth plugins to avoid detection.
- ⚡ **Efficient Crawling**: High-performance data extraction with intelligent pagination and scrolling.
- 🕒 **Customizable Limits**: Set maximum number of items to scrape per keyword.

#### 📋 Output Data Structure:

- **Basic Game Info**:
  - `id`: Unique identifier of the game.
  - `name`: Name of the game.
  - `slug`: URL-friendly identifier.
  - `boxArtURL`: URL to the game's box art.
  - `templateBoxArtURL`: Template URL for box art with dynamic dimensions.

- **Tags**:
  - Array of tags associated with the game, including `id`, `localizedName`, and `tagName`.

- **Viewer Statistics**:
  - `viewersCount`: Current number of viewers for the game.

- **Keyword**:
  - `keyword`: The search keyword used to find the game.

#### 💡 Use Cases:

- **Market Research**: Analyze trending games and their popularity on Twitch.
- **Competitor Analysis**: Compare viewer statistics across different game categories.
- **Content Strategy**: Develop targeted content based on popular game trends.
- **Game Development**: Understand audience preferences and emerging game genres.

#### 🛠️ How to Use:

1. **Configure Input**: Provide search keywords and set the maximum number of items to scrape.
2. **Run the Actor**: Execute the scraping process with a single click.
3. **Retrieve Data**: Access the structured JSON data for further analysis and integration.

Unlock valuable insights into the gaming community on Twitch with ease! 🎮✨

### 🔧 Input Configuration

Customize your scraping job with the following input parameters:

- `keywords`:
  - **Description**: List of keywords to search for Twitch game categories.

- `maxItems`:
  - **Description**: Maximum number of game categories to scrape per keyword.

Start gathering comprehensive Twitch game category data today and enhance your projects with actionable insights! 📊🌟

#### Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

```
{
	"keywords": ["war"],
    "maxItems": 30
}
```

#### Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the **Storage** tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

```
[
	{
		"id": "66366",
		"slug": "war-thunder",
		"name": "War Thunder",
		"displayName": "War Thunder",
		"boxArtURL": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/66366_IGDB-90x120.jpg",
		"templateBoxArtURL": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/66366_IGDB-%7Bwidth%7Dx%7Bheight%7D.jpg",
		"tags": [
			{
				"id": "a69f7ffb-ddda-4c05-8d7d-f0b24975a2c3",
				"isLanguageTag": false,
				"localizedName": "FPS",
				"tagName": "FPS",
				"__typename": "Tag"
			},
			{
				"id": "523fe736-fa95-44c7-b22f-13008ca2172c",
				"isLanguageTag": false,
				"localizedName": "Shooter",
				"tagName": "Shooter",
				"__typename": "Tag"
			},
			{
				"id": "22e434b6-ca88-46e8-91ef-c18ee1cb8a67",
				"isLanguageTag": false,
				"localizedName": "Simulation",
				"tagName": "Simulation",
				"__typename": "Tag"
			},
			{
				"id": "643fe658-c4fc-45f0-9aed-cbe54a7c1d10",
				"isLanguageTag": false,
				"localizedName": "MMO",
				"tagName": "MMO",
				"__typename": "Tag"
			},
			{
				"id": "4d1eaa36-f750-4862-b7e9-d0a13970d535",
				"isLanguageTag": false,
				"localizedName": "Action",
				"tagName": "Action",
				"__typename": "Tag"
			}
		],
		"viewersCount": 961,
		"__typename": "Game",
		"keyword": "war"
	},
	{
		"id": "780037970",
		"slug": "star-wars-outlaws",
		"name": "Star Wars Outlaws",
		"displayName": "Star Wars Outlaws",
		"boxArtURL": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/780037970_IGDB-90x120.jpg",
		"templateBoxArtURL": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/780037970_IGDB-%7Bwidth%7Dx%7Bheight%7D.jpg",
		"tags": [
			{
				"id": "80427d95-bb46-42d3-bf4d-408e9bdca49a",
				"isLanguageTag": false,
				"localizedName": "Adventure Game",
				"tagName": "Adventure Game",
				"__typename": "Tag"
			},
			{
				"id": "4d1eaa36-f750-4862-b7e9-d0a13970d535",
				"isLanguageTag": false,
				"localizedName": "Action",
				"tagName": "Action",
				"__typename": "Tag"
			}
		],
		"viewersCount": 172,
		"__typename": "Game",
		"keyword": "war"
	},
    ...
]
```

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

List of keywords to search for Twitch game categories

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of game categories to scrape per keyword

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "war"
  ],
  "maxItems": 30
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/twitch-categories-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("easyapi/twitch-categories-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 '{}' |
apify call easyapi/twitch-categories-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,easyapi/twitch-categories-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/hryWu2BGJuaKEJRJY/builds/6e66zd97hCA8cPBef/openapi.json