Endpoint Playground
Searches Kick's game and activity categories by name and returns each match's id, name, slug, tags, mature flag, current viewers, thumbnail and kick.com link. query is required and at most 100 characters; limit is 1 to 100 (default 10). Use this to find categories outside the first pages that kick-subcategories can reach. A search with no matches returns an empty list.
26 Oct 2026: 9 categories; 8 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: viewers: 0 to 49,518, median 0; thumbnail_url: files.kick.com; mature: true in 1 of 9.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/kick/search-categories?query=chat' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | Yes | chat | Category name to search for, up to 100 characters |
| limit | integer | No | Maximum results, 1 to 100; defaults to 10 |
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"query": "chat",
"categories": [
{
"id": 8548,
"name": "Chat Roulette",
"slug": "chat-roulette",
"tags": [
"Casual"
],
"mature": true,
"viewers": 874,
"thumbnail_url": "https://files.kick.com/images/subcategories/8548/banner/e85a48f5-71d1-43d7-8a44-4dc7bb820b57",
"url": "https://kick.com/category/chat-roulette"
},
{
"id": 1969,
"name": "Kukoro: Stream Chat Games",
"slug": "kukoro:-stream-chat-games",
"tags": [
"Indie"
],
"mature": false,
"viewers": 0,
"thumbnail_url": "https://files.kick.com/images/subcategories/1969/banner/982748f6-c7a7-4d74-9ca3-086dd61d7fdd",
"url": "https://kick.com/category/kukoro:-stream-chat-games"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.