Twitch Profile API
Scrape Twitch Profile data with one API call. Returns public profile information for a Twitch streamer including display name, follower count, bio, profile image URL, broadcast language, and partner/affiliate status.
Last updated August 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns a Twitch streamer's public profile: display name, follower count, bio, profile image URL, broadcast language, and partner status.
Use it for a snapshot of a channel by handle, before pulling that channel's videos or its upcoming schedule.
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What can you do with the Profile API?
The Profile endpoint gives you structured Twitch data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/twitch/profile?handle=ninja"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/twitch/profile",
params={
'handle': 'ninja',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/twitch/profile?handle=ninja",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| handle | Yes | Twitch username |
What does the Twitch Profile API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "twitch",
"endpoint": "/v1/twitch/profile",
"data": {
"author": {
"id": "19571641",
"username": "ninja",
"display_name": "Ninja",
"avatar_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/90d40495-f467-4911-9035-72d8d10a49c5-profile_image-150x150.png",
"bio": "Just want to make people happy. Co-Founder @DrinkNutcase. ",
"verified": true,
"followers": 19252542,
"following": null,
"posts_count": null,
"likes_count": null,
"url": null,
"private": null,
"joined_at": null
},
"computed": {
"engagement_rate": null,
"language": "en",
"content_category": "other",
"estimated_reach": null
}
},
"credits_used": 1,
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
How does the Twitch Profile API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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Computed fields, not just scraped
When an endpoint supports these metrics and the source provides the required inputs, the normalized record includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language. Ready to use.
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}Have a question? We got answers
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