# Kick Channel API Documentation

Retrieve one channel profile with its socials, follower count, badges, recent categories, and embedded livestream in a single upstream lookup. The embedded livestream is null while the channel is offline; no second call is needed to read live status.

- **Documentation:** [https://scrappa.co/docs/kick-api/kick_channel](https://scrappa.co/docs/kick-api/kick_channel)
- **API group:** Kick API
- **Endpoint:** `GET https://scrappa.co/api/kick/v1/channels/{slug}`

## Authentication

Send your Scrappa API key in the `X-API-KEY` request header. Paid endpoints also support accountless x402 payments when called without an API key.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `slug` | string | Yes | Kick channel slug, for example xqc. |

## Example request

```bash
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/kick/v1/channels/{slug}?slug=xqc"
```

## Example response

```json
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "channel": {
            "user": {
                "username": "xqc",
                "followers_count": 4100000,
                "verified": true
            },
            "livestream": {
                "is_live": true,
                "viewer_count": 4210
            },
            "recent_categories": [
                {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Just Chatting"
                }
            ]
        },
        "search_parameters": {
            "slug": "xqc"
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "upstream_family": "channel"
    }
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Error | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 404 | Not Found | The requested channel, clip, video, or subcategory does not exist. This response is not billable. |
| 422 | Validation Error | A public parameter is invalid, such as an unsupported clip sort or an empty search query. This response is not billable. |
| 502 | Invalid Source Response | Kick returned a response shape the API does not recognise. This response is not billable. |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | The service could not obtain a complete result from Kick. This response is not billable. |

## More Scrappa resources

- [API documentation](https://scrappa.co/docs)
- [Full LLM-readable API reference](https://scrappa.co/llms-full.txt)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://scrappa.co/docs/api.json)
- [Pricing](https://scrappa.co/pricing)