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Twitch clip

Beta GET /v1/twitch/clip

GET /v1/twitch/clip

Twitch clip.

  • Cost: 1 credit
  • Status: Beta. Built and tested against recorded responses; the shape may still gain fields.
  • 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).

curl
curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/twitch/clip" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.twitch.tv/mish/clip/WrongMagnificentTomatoCorgiDerp-C720OEMqocSPbrqA"
Python
import os
import requests

params = {
    "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/mish/clip/WrongMagnificentTomatoCorgiDerp-C720OEMqocSPbrqA",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/twitch/clip",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
    params=params,
)
body = res.json()

if body["ok"]:
    print(body["data"])
else:
    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])
TypeScript
const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/twitch/clip");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/mish/clip/WrongMagnificentTomatoCorgiDerp-C720OEMqocSPbrqA"
}).toString();
const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },
});
const body = await res.json();

if (body.ok) {
  console.log(body.data);
} else {
  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
}
n8n
{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "SocialScrape Twitch clip",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/twitch/clip",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "url",
              "value": "https://www.twitch.tv/mish/clip/WrongMagnificentTomatoCorgiDerp-C720OEMqocSPbrqA"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

Example response#

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

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_ad60996c3ead158afb03be8b",
  "data": {
    "object": "post",
    "platform": "twitch",
    "id": "161412440",
    "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/mish/clip/WrongMagnificentTomatoCorgiDerp-C720OEMqocSPbrqA",
    "type": "clip",
    "author": {
      "id": "144313101",
      "handle": "mish",
      "name": "Mish",
      "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/mish",
      "avatar_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/ab470b3c-c423-41e0-913e-69311d9b146b-profile_image-300x300.png",
      "verified": null
    },
    "title": "I blame you",
    "text": null,
    "published_at": "2026-09-17T20:46:41Z",
    "duration_seconds": 15.0,
    "language": "en",
    "hashtags": null,
    "mentions": null,
    "stats": {
      "views": 29,
      "likes": null,
      "comments": null,
      "shares": null,
      "saves": null,
      "dislikes": null
    },
    "media": {
      "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",
      "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...",
      "audio_url": null,
      "image_urls": null,
      "width": null,
      "height": null
    },
    "song": null,
    "location": null,
    "is_pinned": null,
    "is_sponsored": null,
    "extra": {
      "broadcaster_followers": 156702,
      "curator": {
        "id": "144313101",
        "login": "mish",
        "name": "Mish"
      },
      "embed_url": "https://clips.twitch.tv/embed?clip=WrongMagnificentTomatoCorgiDerp-C720OEMqocSPbrqA",
      "game": "Dead by Daylight",
      "game_id": "491487",
      "is_featured": false,
      "media_expires_at": "2026-10-30T20:48:59Z",
      "qualities": [
        {
          "frame_rate": 60,
          "quality": "1080",
          "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..."
        },
        {
          "frame_rate": 60.06336212158203,
          "quality": "720",
          "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%..."
        },
        {
          "frame_rate": 30.064006805419922,
          "quality": "480",
          "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%..."
        }
      ],
      "slug": "WrongMagnificentTomatoCorgiDerp-C720OEMqocSPbrqA",
      "video_id": "2876607229",
      "video_offset_seconds": 14472
    }
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "has_more": null
}

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:

{
  "ok": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "The platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.",
    "retryable": false
  },
  "credits_charged": 0,
  "request_id": "req_681da6abde6ff928abc27dec"
}