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Twitch clip API

Twitch clip: GET /v1/twitch/clip. 1 credit per request.

GET /v1/twitch/clip

GET /v1/twitch/clip

Twitch clip.

  • Cost: 1 credit
  • Cache: Results are kept up to 30 days; send max_age_days to reuse them for free.
  • Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers 202 with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).

Parameters#

NameTypeRequiredDescription
urlURLyesClip URL (clips.twitch.tv/... or twitch.tv/<user>/clip/...). Accepted hosts: twitch.tv.

Every request also accepts:

  • trim: true for a smaller response without null fields and extra.
  • raw: true to also get the platform's original object as raw.
  • max_age_days: accept a cached result up to this many days old, for 0 credits (Caching).

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/twitch/clip" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.twitch.tv/mish/clip/WrongMagnificentTomatoCorgiDerp-C720OEMqocSPbrqA"

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response, lists and long text are shortened. Status 200.

200 OKSample response
1{2  "ok": true,3  "credits_charged": 1,4  "credits_remaining": 4999,5  "cached": false,6  "cached_at": null,7  "request_id": "req_ad60996c3ead158afb03be8b",8  "data": {9    "object": "post",10    "platform": "twitch",11    "id": "161412440",12    "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/mish/clip/WrongMagnificentTomatoCorgiDerp-C720OEMqocSPbrqA",13    "type": "clip",14    "author": {15      "id": "144313101",16      "handle": "mish",17      "name": "Mish",18      "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/mish",19      "avatar_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/ab470b3c-c423-41e0-913e-69311d9b146b-profile_image-300x300.png",20      "verified": null21    },22    "title": "I blame you",23    "text": null,24    "published_at": "2026-09-17T20:46:41Z",25    "duration_seconds": 15.0,26    "language": "en",27    "hashtags": null,28    "mentions": null,29    "stats": {30      "views": 29,31      "likes": null,32      "comments": null,33      "shares": null,34      "saves": null,35      "dislikes": null36    },37    "media": {38      "thumbnail_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/twitch-video-assets/twitch-vap-video-assets-prod-us-west-2/4d311f4f-f31e-4e2e-94e4-6cf72a0952ea/landscape/thumb/thumb-0000000000-1920x1080.jpg",39      "video_url": "https://d1ndex63qxojbr.cloudfront.net/nauth/4d311f4f-f31e-4e2e-94e4-6cf72a0952ea/landscape/h264/1080/index.mp4?sig=11106fd9e3e950249533f1425a1b1c48a5b3801c&token=%7B%22authorization%22%3A%7B%22forbidden%22%3Afalse%2C%22reason%22%3A%22%22%7D...",40      "audio_url": null,41      "image_urls": null,42      "width": null,43      "height": null44    },45    "song": null,46    "location": null,47    "is_pinned": null,48    "is_sponsored": null,49    "extra": {50      "broadcaster_followers": 156702,51      "curator": {52        "id": "144313101",53        "login": "mish",54        "name": "Mish"55      },56      "embed_url": "https://clips.twitch.tv/embed?clip=WrongMagnificentTomatoCorgiDerp-C720OEMqocSPbrqA",57      "game": "Dead by Daylight",58      "game_id": "491487",59      "is_featured": false,60      "media_expires_at": "2026-10-30T20:48:59Z",61      "qualities": [62        {63          "frame_rate": 60,64          "quality": "1080",65          "url": "https://d1ndex63qxojbr.cloudfront.net/nauth/4d311f4f-f31e-4e2e-94e4-6cf72a0952ea/landscape/h264/1080/index.mp4?sig=11106fd9e3e950249533f1425a1b1c48a5b3801c&token=%7B%22authorization%22%3A%7B%22forbidden%22%3Afalse%2C%22reason%22%3A%22%22%7D..."66        },67        {68          "frame_rate": 60.06336212158203,69          "quality": "720",70          "url": "https://d1ndex63qxojbr.cloudfront.net/nauth/4d311f4f-f31e-4e2e-94e4-6cf72a0952ea/landscape/h264/720/index.mp4?sig=11106fd9e3e950249533f1425a1b1c48a5b3801c&token=%7B%22authorization%22%3A%7B%22forbidden%22%3Afalse%2C%22reason%22%3A%22%22%7D%..."71        },72        {73          "frame_rate": 30.064006805419922,74          "quality": "480",75          "url": "https://d1ndex63qxojbr.cloudfront.net/nauth/4d311f4f-f31e-4e2e-94e4-6cf72a0952ea/landscape/h264/480/index.mp4?sig=11106fd9e3e950249533f1425a1b1c48a5b3801c&token=%7B%22authorization%22%3A%7B%22forbidden%22%3Afalse%2C%22reason%22%3A%22%22%7D%..."76        }77      ],78      "slug": "WrongMagnificentTomatoCorgiDerp-C720OEMqocSPbrqA",79      "video_id": "2876607229",80      "video_offset_seconds": 1447281    }82  },83  "cursor": null,84  "has_more": null85}

Response#

A Post object in data.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

CodeHTTPRetryMeaning
invalid_params400noA parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
unsupported_url400noThe URL is not one this endpoint accepts (wrong platform or form).
not_found404noThe platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.

Example error:

1{2  "ok": false,3  "error": {4    "code": "not_found",5    "message": "The platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.",6    "retryable": false7  },8  "credits_charged": 0,9  "request_id": "req_681da6abde6ff928abc27dec"10}