# Kick — Wrapped API

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> Discover all active livestreams from any Kick.com category and access detailed information about each channel, including viewer counts, tags, language, and creator profiles. Monitor live content across specific categories to find streamers and trending broadcasts in real-time.

**Category:** Streaming Video | **Website:** [kick.com/category/just-chatting](https://kick.com/category/just-chatting) | **Docs:** [parse.bot/marketplace/8e472d1e-5d53-4fcc-abc7-969ae025f917/kick-com-api](https://parse.bot/marketplace/8e472d1e-5d53-4fcc-abc7-969ae025f917/kick-com-api)

Pay-per-use API proxy. Each call is automatically billed to your wallet in USDC.

## Access

**Base URL:** `https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-kick-com-api-8e472d1e/`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <LOCUS_API_KEY>`

## Endpoints

### get_category_livestreams

Get all currently live streams in a Kick.com category. Automatically paginates through results via cursor. Returns livestream details including channel info, viewer counts, tags, and language. When limit is 0, returns all available livestreams (may be hundreds). The sort parameter controls ordering of the paginated results server-side.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `category` | string | No | Category slug (e.g. 'just-chatting'). |
| `category_id` | string | No | Category ID number. If not provided, known slugs are auto-resolved (just-chatting=15). Required for categories not in the known mapping. |
| `limit` | integer | No | Maximum number of livestreams to return. 0 returns all available. |
| `sort` | string | No | Sort order for results. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-kick-com-api-8e472d1e/get_category_livestreams \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"category":"<string>","category_id":"<string>","limit":"<integer>","sort":"<string>"}'
```

### get_channel_live_status

Check whether a specific Kick.com channel is currently live. Returns the channel's live status along with stream metadata (title, viewer count, category, thumbnail) when live, or nulls for those fields when offline. Always returns the channel's profile picture and last-known category.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `channel_slug` | string | Yes | The channel's URL slug (e.g. 'davooxeneize', 'pokekamen'). |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-kick-com-api-8e472d1e/get_channel_live_status \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"channel_slug":"<string>"}'
```