# Kickstarter Search

## Overview

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

## Description

Leverage Kickstarter project data for market trends, competitive analysis, and investment insights with Piloterr API.

## 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/kickstarter/search' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'
```

## Example Response

### Example

```json
{
  "projects": [
    {
      "id": 123456789,
      "goal": 50000,
      "name": "Exciting Video Game",
      "urls": {
        "project": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/game-dev-studio/exciting-video-game"
      },
      "blurb": "An innovative new video game experience.",
      "creator": {
        "id": 987654321,
        "name": "Game Developer Studio"
      },
      "pledged": 30000,
      "category": "Games",
      "currency": "USD",
      "deadline": "2023-12-31T23:59:59Z",
      "location": "New York, NY"
    },
    {
      "id": 987654321,
      "goal": 75000,
      "name": "Adventure Quest",
      "urls": {
        "project": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rpg-creators-inc/adventure-quest"
      },
      "blurb": "A thrilling adventure awaits in this new RPG.",
      "creator": {
        "id": 123456789,
        "name": "RPG Creators Inc."
      },
      "pledged": 55000,
      "category": "Games",
      "currency": "USD",
      "deadline": "2024-01-15T23:59:59Z",
      "location": "San Francisco, CA"
    },
    {
      "id": 654321987,
      "goal": 100000,
      "name": "Virtual Reality Sports Game",
      "urls": {
        "project": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vr-sports-ltd/virtual-reality-sports-game"
      },
      "blurb": "Experience sports like never before in VR.",
      "creator": {
        "id": 192837465,
        "name": "VR Sports Ltd."
      },
      "pledged": 80000,
      "category": "Games",
      "currency": "USD",
      "deadline": "2024-02-01T23:59:59Z",
      "location": "Los Angeles, CA"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Documentation

## Overview
Leverage Kickstarter project data for market trends, competitive analysis, and investment insights with Piloterr API.

## Quickstart
```
GET https://api.piloterr.com/v2/kickstarter/search?query=example
```

## Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `query` | string | yes | Search query or target identifier |

## Main use cases
- Integrate Kickstarter Search data into enrichment, analytics, and monitoring pipelines
- Automate large-scale extraction from Kickstarter without maintaining scrapers
- Power internal dashboards and workflow automations with live Kickstarter data