Twitch Video and Clip API. Send a video or clip link, or an ID.
Video or clip with exact views and its video files. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.
Twitch Video and Clip API at a glance
Returns a public Twitch video (past broadcast, highlight or upload) or clip from its link, number or slug, with its exact views and video files. Both have the title, channel with its Partner badge, date, length, language, category and thumbnail. A video adds its chapters by category, whether it is still recording or kept from logged-out viewers, the date Twitch will delete it and a signed playlist of every quality a logged-out viewer gets. A clip adds a signed MP4 at each quality, its vertical version, the account that made it, the channel's exact followers, and the video and moment it was cut from.
GET /v1/twitch/video
- 1 credit per request, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 requests
- 22 typed fields null when unknown
urlis all it needs, e.g.https://www.twitch.tv/ninja/clip/IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD- 100 credits free when you sign up, no card, so you can build before you spend
Send one request. Get 22 fields back.
Copy the request in your language, or hand it to your agent. Sign up for an API key and your first 100 credits are free.
$ npm install socialtapurl = https://www.twitch.tv/ninja/clip/IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_ADconst params = new URLSearchParams({
url: "https://www.twitch.tv/ninja/clip/IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/twitch/video?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);import os
import requests
res = requests.get(
"https://socialtap.dev/v1/twitch/video",
params={"url": "https://www.twitch.tv/ninja/clip/IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD"},
headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])require "json"
require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/twitch/video")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://www.twitch.tv/ninja/clip/IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]<?php
$query = http_build_query([
'url' => 'https://www.twitch.tv/ninja/clip/IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/twitch/video?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"log"
"net/http"
"net/url"
"os"
)
func main() {
q := url.Values{}
q.Set("url", "https://www.twitch.tv/ninja/clip/IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/twitch/video?"+q.Encode(), nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer res.Body.Close()
var body struct {
Data json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
Meta map[string]any `json:"meta"`
Error *struct {
Code string `json:"code"`
Message string `json:"message"`
} `json:"error"`
}
if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
if body.Error != nil {
log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
}
fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/twitch/video' \
--data-urlencode 'url=https://www.twitch.tv/ninja/clip/IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"{
"data": {
"approximate_fields": [],
"author": {
"avatar_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/90d40495-f467-4911-9035-72d8d10a49c5-profile_image-300x300.png",
"display_name": "Ninja",
"id": "19571641",
"is_verified": true,
"url": "https://www.twitch.tv/ninja",
"username": "ninja"
},
"coauthors": [],
"duration_ms": 25000,
"hashtags": [],
"id": "IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD",
"is_nsfw": false,
"is_pinned": null,
"is_sponsored": null,
"language": "en",
"media": [
{
"alt_text": null,
"duration_ms": 25000,
"expires_at": "2026-11-06T01:53:39Z",
"height": 1080,
"thumbnail_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/twitch-video-assets/twitch-vap-video-assets-prod-us-west-2/63bd5360-8aea-4234-bce7-00a6426d621a/landscape/thumb/thumb-0000000000-1920x1080.jpg",
"type": "video",
"url": "https://d1ndex63qxojbr.cloudfront.net/nauth/63bd5360-8aea-4234-bce7-00a6426d621a/landscape/avc/1080/index.mp4?sig=SCRUBBED&token=%7B%22authorization%22%3A%7B%22forbidden%22%3Afalse%2C%22reason%22%3A%22%22%7D%2C%22clip_uri%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fd1ndex63qxojbr.cloudfront.net%2Fnaut…",
"width": 1920
}
],
"mentions": [],
"metrics": {
"comment_count": null,
"like_count": null,
"quote_count": null,
"repost_count": null,
"save_count": null,
"share_count": null,
"view_count": 314763
},
"platform": "twitch",
"platform_specific": {
"twitch": {
"animated_preview_url": null,
"author_follower_count": 19227257,
"broadcast_id": "41505484557",
"broadcast_type": "clip",
"category": {
"box_art_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/ttv-boxart/509658-285x380.jpg",
"id": "509658",
"name": "Just Chatting",
"slug": "just-chatting"
},
"chapters": [],
"clip_id": "1887094151",
"clipped_by": {
"avatar_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/6b44b8a3-587a-4ca2-b527-d8b07baae7ef-profile_image-300x300.png",
"display_name": "sSaintPablo",
"id": "206880681",
"is_verified": false,
"url": "https://www.twitch.tv/ssaintpablo",
"username": "ssaintpablo"
},
"content_labels": [],
"deletes_at": null,
"embed_url": "https://clips.twitch.tv/embed?clip=IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD",
"is_featured": false,
"is_recording": null,
"is_restricted": null,
"renditions": [
{
"expires_at": "2026-11-06T01:53:39Z",
"frame_rate": null,
"quality": "1080",
"url": "https://d1ndex63qxojbr.cloudfront.net/nauth/63bd5360-8aea-4234-bce7-00a6426d621a/landscape/avc/1080/index.mp4?sig=SCRUBBED&token=%7B%22authorization%22%3A%7B%22forbidden%22%3Afalse%2C%22reason%22%3A%22%22%7D%2C%22clip_uri%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fd1ndex63qxojbr.cloudfront.net%2Fnaut…"
},
{
"expires_at": "2026-11-06T01:53:39Z",
"frame_rate": null,
"quality": "720",
"url": "https://d1ndex63qxojbr.cloudfront.net/nauth/63bd5360-8aea-4234-bce7-00a6426d621a/landscape/avc/720/index.mp4?sig=SCRUBBED&token=%7B%22authorization%22%3A%7B%22forbidden%22%3Afalse%2C%22reason%22%3A%22%22%7D%2C%22clip_uri%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fd1ndex63qxojbr.cloudfront.net%2Fnauth…"
},
{
"expires_at": "2026-11-06T01:53:39Z",
"frame_rate": null,
"quality": "480",
"url": "https://d1ndex63qxojbr.cloudfront.net/nauth/63bd5360-8aea-4234-bce7-00a6426d621a/landscape/avc/480/index.mp4?sig=SCRUBBED&token=%7B%22authorization%22%3A%7B%22forbidden%22%3Afalse%2C%22reason%22%3A%22%22%7D%2C%22clip_uri%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fd1ndex63qxojbr.cloudfront.net%2Fnauth…"
}
],
"source_video": {
"id": "994448370",
"offset_ms": 5206000,
"title": "Ninja's April \"Inside Ninja's head\" on Twitch! !ask",
"url": "https://www.twitch.tv/videos/994448370"
},
"vertical_renditions": []
}
},
"platform_type": "clip",
"published_at": "2021-04-20T18:22:14Z",
"text": null,
"thumbnail_url": "https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/twitch-video-assets/twitch-vap-video-assets-prod-us-west-2/63bd5360-8aea-4234-bce7-00a6426d621a/landscape/thumb/thumb-0000000000-1920x1080.jpg",
"title": "Ninja Reenacting Chalk Board Egirls",
"type": "video",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://www.twitch.tv/ninja/clip/IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "twitch",
"source": "api",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 287,
"fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
"input": {
"kind": "clip",
"id": "IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD",
"url": "https://www.twitch.tv/ninja/clip/IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD"
},
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"client_request_id": null,
"warnings": []
}
}import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";
const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY
const res = await client.twitch.video.get({ url: "https://www.twitch.tv/ninja/clip/IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String query = "url=" + encode("https://www.twitch.tv/ninja/clip/IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/twitch/video?" + query))
.header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
.GET()
.build();
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
// An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
System.out.println(response.body());
}
static String encode(String value) {
return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
}
}using System.Text.Json;
using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));
var query = string.Join("&",
"url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://www.twitch.tv/ninja/clip/IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/twitch/video?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
.get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/twitch/video")
.query(&[("url", "https://www.twitch.tv/ninja/clip/IcyBreakableDelicataTooSpicy-RnrKLybQI3W9K_AD")])
.header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
.send()?;
let ok = res.status().is_success();
let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
if !ok {
return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
}
println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
Ok(())
}200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/twitch/videoLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs One schema on 21 platforms.
The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.
Null means unknown
A field Twitch doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
The video or clip: its link (twitch.tv/videos/2918964242, twitch.tv/ninja/clip/<slug>, clips.twitch.tv/<slug>, a player or embed link, on any of Twitch's hosts), a video's number (2918964242) or a clip's slug.
Write one parser
Twitch, TikTok, Instagram and 18 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.
platformstring- Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring- Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix).
urlstring- Canonical post URL.
typestring- Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
platform_typestring- The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …).
titlestring- Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms.
textstring- Caption, description or body as plain text.
languagestring- BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it.
Live data from 33 platforms.
What teams build with the Twitch Video and Clip API.
Turn a clip link into its video file
Track a clip's or broadcast's views over time
Find the broadcast moment a clip came from
See when a broadcast switched games, by chapter
Check when Twitch will delete a past broadcast
Good to know before you build.
- id is the video's number or, on a clip, its slug, which is what its links take. Twitch's number for a clip is platform_specific.twitch.clip_id.
- media[0].url on a video is a playlist (HLS, every quality Twitch gives a logged-out viewer and audio only), and on a clip the best MP4 of platform_specific.twitch.renditions.
- Those links are signed and work from any network until expires_at, which is less than a day away, so fetch a fresh one rather than store it. A cached answer keeps the links it was fetched with, so a max_age longer than that can return expired links.
- A video Twitch keeps from logged-out viewers, usually for the channel's subscribers, still returns every other field, with platform_specific.twitch.is_restricted true and media[0].url null.
- is_nsfw is true when Twitch marks the video or clip with any content classification label but politics and sensitive social issues, such as a mature-rated game, gambling, drugs, violence or sexual themes. platform_specific.twitch.content_labels lists them all in Twitch's own words.
- A deleted, expired or unknown item returns not_found.
- metrics has only view_count, because Twitch has no like or share counts on a video or clip and doesn't count its chat replay.
- text is the description of a video that has one, which most don't, and null on a clip, which has only a title.
- When Twitch's API fails, the item's page answers instead, with null for what the page doesn't show: the channel's number and badge, the text, language and category, the files, is_restricted, is_nsfw and the labels. It rounds a clip's length (approximate_fields) and can show views a little behind. A page nobody has opened lately draws nothing at first, and that request fails.
1 credit per request. Failed requests are free.
Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.
| Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|
| Any source | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 |
- Cache hits are free.
- Credits from packs and top-ups never expire.
- A monthly plan's credits are spent first, and what is left of them ends at each renewal.
- Prices exclude tax: sales tax is added at checkout where it applies.
- Outside the US, plans and packs are sold to businesses: checkout asks for your VAT, GST or other business tax ID.
Questions about the Twitch Video and Clip API.
More in the API reference.
Can I download a Twitch clip?
Yes. On a clip, media[0].url is a signed MP4 at the best quality, and platform_specific.twitch.renditions lists every quality. The links expire within a day.
How much does the Twitch Video and Clip API cost?
A request costs 1 credit. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000, depending on the plan or pack.
Try it on a link you already have.
Paste it in the playground, or copy the request into your code.
100free credits
- No credit card
- Failed requests are free
- Works on all 218 endpoints