# Kick User Info

## Overview

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| **Status** | active |
| **Method** | `GET` |
| **Endpoint** | `/v2/kick/user/info` |
| **Base URL** | `https://api.piloterr.com` |
| **Credit Cost** | 1 credit per call |
| **Documentation** | https://www.piloterr.com/library/kick-user-info |

## Description

Retrieve complete public channel data from Kick including streamer profile, follower count, live status, and recent categories.

## Authentication

- **Key Name:** `x-api-key`
- **Location:** HTTP Header
- **Get an API key:** https://app.piloterr.com/register

## Example Request

```bash
curl --location --request GET 'https://api.piloterr.com/v2/kick/user/info' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'
```

## Example Response

### Lookup by username: xQc

```json
{
  "id": 668,
  "role": null,
  "slug": "xqc",
  "user": {
    "id": 676,
    "bio": "THE BEST AT ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. THE JUICER. LEADER OF THE JUICERS.",
    "city": null,
    "gender": null,
    "discord": "xqcow",
    "twitter": "xqc",
    "youtube": "channel/UCmDTrq0LNgPodDOFZiSbsww",
    "username": "xQc",
    "instagram": "xqcow1/",
    "profile_pic": "https://files.kick.com/images/user/676/profile_image/conversion/931b4e8f-5445-427c-bd82-b473530390cc-fullsize.webp"
  },
  "muted": false,
  "user_id": 676,
  "verified": true,
  "is_banned": false,
  "livestream": null,
  "vod_enabled": true,
  "banner_image": {
    "url": "https://files.kick.com/images/channel/668/banner_image/6fcf7418-df00-460b-9467-1fa95b8eb981"
  },
  "playback_url": "https://fa723fc1b171.us-west-2.playback.live-video.net/api/video/v1/us-west-2.196233775518.channel.DsuAwCgUc9Bh.m3u8",
  "follower_badges": [],
  "followers_count": 1053235,
  "recent_categories": [
    {
      "id": 8549,
      "name": "IRL",
      "slug": "irl",
      "tags": [
        "IRL",
        "Adventure"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "subscription_enabled": true
}
```

## Documentation

## Overview
Fetch full public channel information from Kick using a channel URL or username. Returns profile details, follower count, live stream status, subscriber badges, and recently streamed categories.

## Quickstart
```
GET https://api.piloterr.com/v2/kick/user/info?query=xqc
```

## Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `query` | string | yes | Kick channel URL or username |

## Main use cases
- Monitor Kick streamers and track their follower growth over time
- Build a Kick analytics dashboard aggregating channel and live stream metrics
- Enrich creator databases with Kick-specific social links (Twitter, Discord, YouTube)
- Identify active streamers in specific game categories for sponsorship targeting