Kick API endpoint
Returns one Kick game or activity category by slug: id, name, parent category, tags, description, current viewers, follower count, mature flag, banner and kick.com link. slug comes from kick-subcategories or kick-search-categories. An unknown slug returns not found.
/kick/subcategoryslug is required, from kick-subcategories or kick-search-categories.
Notable response behavior:
id is the numeric id kick-livestreams takes as category_id.followers is the category's follower count; viewers is the live viewer count at request time.404.Example response (long values and lists shortened):
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"subcategory": {
"id": 15,
"name": "Just Chatting",
"slug": "just-chatting",
"parent_id": 2,
"parent_name": "IRL",
"parent_slug": "irl",
"tags": [
"IRL",
"Casual"
],
"mature": false,
"viewers": 218719,
"followers": 1330448,
"banner_url": "https://files.kick.com/images/subcategories/15/banner/conversion/b697a8a3-62db-4779-aa76-e4e47662af97-banner.w…",
"url": "https://kick.com/category/just-chatting"
}
}
}
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | Yes | Category slug from kick-subcategories' or kick-search-categories' own slug field | just-chatting | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/kick/subcategory?slug=just-chatting" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"subcategory": {
"id": 15,
"name": "Just Chatting",
"slug": "just-chatting",
"parent_id": 2,
"parent_name": "IRL",
"parent_slug": "irl",
"tags": [
"IRL",
"Casual"
],
"mature": false,
"viewers": 218719,
"followers": 1330448,
"banner_url": "https://files.kick.com/images/subcategories/15/banner/conversion/b697a8a3-62db-4779-aa76-e4e47662af97-banner.w…",
"url": "https://kick.com/category/just-chatting"
}
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/kick.subcategoryResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | kick.SubcategoryResponse | No | ||||
| data.subcategory | kick.Subcategory | No | ||||
| data.subcategory.banner_url | string | No | ||||
| data.subcategory.description | string | No | ||||
| data.subcategory.followers | integer | No | ||||
| data.subcategory.id | integer | No | ||||
| data.subcategory.mature | boolean | No | ||||
| data.subcategory.name | string | No | ||||
| data.subcategory.parent_id | integer | No | ||||
| data.subcategory.parent_name | string | No | ||||
| data.subcategory.parent_slug | string | No | ||||
| data.subcategory.slug | string | No | ||||
| data.subcategory.tags | array | No | ||||
| data.subcategory.url | string | No | ||||
| data.subcategory.viewers | integer | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/kick/subcategory?slug=just-chatting" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"