Kick Category Groups API
The six top-level groups that sit above Kick's categories, for navigation and filtering screens.
GET /v1/kick/category-groups1 credit Failed requests are free Found, empty and not-found answers are all charged
About this endpoint
GET /v1/kick/category-groups returns data.groups with id, name, slug and icon for each top-level group. Use a group id with GET /v1/kick/livestreams?groupId= to narrow the live directory, or use a group slug to group categories in your UI.
Kick Category Groups API FAQ
What are category groups?
Kick groups its categories under top-level names such as Games, IRL, Music and Gambling. Each group has an id and slug you can use as a filter.
How many groups are there?
Six at the time of the capture. The route returns the whole list in one answer with no paging.
How many credits does it cost?
Pricing is documented on the operation in the API registry (shown on this page). Confirm on every response with meta.creditsCharged: that field is the billing source of truth.
Other Kick endpoints
- ChannelGET /v1/kick/channels/{slug}
- VideosGET /v1/kick/channels/{slug}/videos
- Gifter leaderboardGET /v1/kick/channels/{slug}/leaderboard
- Channel-point rewardsGET /v1/kick/channels/{slug}/rewards
- GoalsGET /v1/kick/channels/{slug}/goals
- EmotesGET /v1/kick/channels/{slug}/emotes
- Top channelsGET /v1/kick/top-channels
- Active chattersGET /v1/kick/channels/{slug}/chatters