How to Scrape Twitch Keyword Search Streams
This tutorial shows how to use Twitch Keyword Search Streams API to scrape and crawl structured Twitch data in real-time.
Search live and recent Twitch content by keyword through our API and retrieve matching streams, channel data, viewer counts, and category tags for gaming trend research and streamer discovery.
Access Twitch Data in 3 Steps
Start crawling Twitch keyword search data. Follow these steps to extract social media data in minutes.
Create Your Account
Go to our registration page and make an account. It's free, no credit card, and you get credits right away to play around with.
Verify Your Email Address
You'll get a verification email, click the link in it. Once that's done, you can grab your API token from the dashboard.
Make Your First API Call
Copy the code snippet below, swap in your API key, and run it. You'll get Twitch data back as JSON within a few seconds.
Code Sample
Here's a JavaScript example to get you going. Swap out the token and you're good, works the same way in any language that can make HTTP requests. Start collecting keyword search data via our REST API!
JavaScript | 1 | const root = 'https://ensembledata.com/apis' |
| 2 | const endpoint = '/twitch/search' |
| 3 | const params = { |
| 4 | "keyword": "magic", |
| 5 | "depth": 1, |
| 6 | "type": "videos", |
| 7 | "token": "YOUR-TOKEN-HERE" |
| 8 | } |
| 9 | |
| 10 | const queryString = new URLSearchParams(params).toString(); |
| 11 | const url = `${root}${endpoint}?${queryString}`; |
| 12 | |
| 13 | await fetch(url) |
| 14 | .then(response => response.json()) |
| 15 | .then(data => console.log(data)) |
| 16 | .catch(error => console.error(error)); |
| 17 |
Parameters
Example Response
Explore the fields returned by this endpoint. Click a row to expand nested objects and arrays, hover a value to copy it, or use "Expand all" to see everything at once.
dataarray1 item · schema from #0 1 item
itemobject11 fields
ownerobject5 fields
rolesobject2 fields
gameobject5 fields
previewThumbnailPropertiesobject2 fields
Response Codes
Status codes this endpoint can return, so you can handle errors before they surprise you in production.
API Pricing
Fetch Twitch Data at Scale
Scrape Twitch search results at scale to identify trending streams, popular games, and active gaming communities for any topic or genre.
Live Streams
Get matching live and recent Twitch streams for any keyword.
Viewer Counts
See current viewer counts to gauge a stream's popularity.
Category Tags
Discover which game categories are active for a search term.