Kickstarter Scraper

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Searches Kickstarter by keyword and returns project data for every result. Give it a term like "Games" or "Solar Energy" and it pages through Kickstarter's search results, collecting funding figures, backer counts, creator info, deadlines, and campaign status for each project it finds.

What it does

The actor calls Kickstarter's search API and works through results page by page. Each record comes back with the project URL, creator name, funding goal, pledged amount, backer count, deadline, status, and links to the cover image and pitch video.

Most people use it to track which campaigns are live in a category, pull funding data for research, or build contact lists from active projects.

Input

Example input:

{
"searchTerms":["board games","indie games"],
"maxItems":200
}

Output

Each project is stored as one record in the default dataset:

{
"url":"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cyberpunktcg/the-official-cyberpunk-trading-card-game",
"name":"The Official Cyberpunk Trading Card Game",
"blurb":"The first official collectible card game set in the Cyberpunk universe.",
"creatorName":"WeirdCo",
"creatorUrl":"https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/weirdco",
"category":"Games",
"subcategory":"Tabletop Games",
"location":"Seattle, WA",
"country":"US",
"fundingGoal":100000.0,
"amountPledged":17816734.0,
"percentFunded":17816.734,
"backerCount":27217,
"currency":"USD",
"deadline":"2024-12-01T00:00:00+00:00",
"launchedAt":"2024-10-01T00:00:00+00:00",
"status":"live",
"staffPick":true,
"imageUrl":"https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/...",
"videoUrl":"https://v.kickstarter.com/...",
"searchTerm":"board games",
"scrapedAt":"2025-04-09T10:23:45+00:00",
"error":null
}

Limits

• maxItems caps at 1000 per search term.
• Kickstarter paginates results at 12 projects per page. The actor handles this automatically.
• If one project fails to parse, it pushes an error record and keeps going.

FAQ

Can I scrape a specific project URL directly? Not yet. The actor searches by keyword. Direct URL support may come in a future version.

What does staffPick mean? Kickstarter editors hand-pick certain projects. Those tend to rank higher in search and browse results.

What statuses can status return? live, successful, failed, canceled, or suspended.