# /kickstarter/projects/search

`POST /api/kickstarter/projects/search`

Price: 5 credits

Search Kickstarter reward-crowdfunding projects with filters and sort

## How to use it

Search Kickstarter crowdfunding projects. Filter by free-text keyword, category / subcategory, one or more campaign states (live, successful, failed, upcoming and more), funding goal range (goal_min / goal_max), amount pledged range (pledged_min / pledged_max), percent-of-goal raised range (raised_min / raised_max), staff picks (Projects We Love), and location; sort by magic relevance, popularity, newest, end date, most funded, or most backed. Each result carries funding progress, category, creator, and location.

## Parameters

- `access-token` (string, required)

## Request body

- `timeout` (integer) — Max scrapping execution timeout (in seconds) (default: 300; min: 20; max: 1500)
- `term` (string, nullable) — Free-text keyword to match projects
- `category` (array, nullable) — Filter by one or more categories or subcategories (one of: "art", "comics", "crafts", "dance", "design", "fashion", "film_video", "food", "games", "journalism", "music", "photography", "publishing", "technology", "theater", "art_ceramics", "art_conceptual_art", "art_digital_art", "art_illustration", "art_installations", "art_mixed_media", "art_painting", "art_performance_art", "art_public_art", "art_sculpture", "art_social_practice", "art_textiles", "art_video_art", "comics_anthologies", "comics_comic_books", "comics_events", "comics_graphic_novels", "comics_webcomics", "crafts_candles", "crafts_crochet", "crafts_diy", "crafts_embroidery", "crafts_glass", "crafts_knitting", "crafts_pottery", "crafts_printing", "crafts_quilts", "crafts_stationery", "crafts_weaving", "crafts_woodworking", "dance_performances", "dance_spaces", "dance_workshops", "design_architecture", "design_civic_design", "design_graphic_design", "design_interactive_design", "design_product_design", "design_toys", "design_typography", "fashion_accessories", "fashion_apparel", "fashion_childrenswear", "fashion_couture", "fashion_footwear", "fashion_jewelry", "fashion_pet_fashion", "fashion_ready_to_wear", "film_video_action", "film_video_animation", "film_video_comedy", "film_video_documentary", "film_video_drama", "film_video_experimental", "film_video_family", "film_video_fantasy", "film_video_festivals", "film_video_horror", "film_video_movie_theaters", "film_video_music_videos", "film_video_narrative_film", "film_video_romance", "film_video_science_fiction", "film_video_shorts", "film_video_television", "film_video_thrillers", "film_video_webseries", "food_community_gardens", "food_cookbooks", "food_drinks", "food_events", "food_farmer_s_markets", "food_farms", "food_food_trucks", "food_restaurants", "food_small_batch", "food_spaces", "food_vegan", "games_gaming_hardware", "games_live_games", "games_mobile_games", "games_playing_cards", "games_puzzles", "games_stl", "games_tabletop_games", "games_ttrpg", "games_video_games", "journalism_audio", "journalism_photo", "journalism_print", "journalism_video", "journalism_web", "music_blues", "music_classical_music", "music_comedy", "music_country_folk", "music_electronic_music", "music_faith", "music_hip_hop", "music_indie_rock", "music_jazz", "music_kids", "music_latin", "music_metal", "music_pop", "music_punk", "music_r_b", "music_rock", "music_world_music", "photography_animals", "photography_fine_art", "photography_nature", "photography_people", "photography_photobooks", "photography_places", "publishing_academic", "publishing_anthologies", "publishing_art_books", "publishing_audiobooks", "publishing_calendars", "publishing_children_s_books", "publishing_comedy", "publishing_fiction", "publishing_letterpress", "publishing_literary_journals", "publishing_literary_spaces", "publishing_nonfiction", "publishing_periodicals", "publishing_poetry", "publishing_radio_podcasts", "publishing_translations", "publishing_young_adult", "publishing_zines", "technology_3d_printing", "technology_apps", "technology_camera_equipment", "technology_diy_electronics", "technology_fabrication_tools", "technology_flight", "technology_gadgets", "technology_hardware", "technology_makerspaces", "technology_robots", "technology_software", "technology_sound", "technology_space_exploration", "technology_wearables", "technology_web", "theater_comedy", "theater_experimental", "theater_festivals", "theater_immersive", "theater_musical", "theater_plays")
- `state` (array, nullable) — Filter by one or more campaign states (one of: "live", "successful", "failed", "upcoming", "late_pledge", "submitted", "started", "cancelled", "suspended")
- `sort` (string) — Sort order (default: "magic"; one of: "magic", "popularity", "newest", "end_date", "most_funded", "most_backed")
- `raised` (string, nullable) — Coarse filter by how much of the funding goal has been raised (one of: "0", "1", "2")
- `raised_min` (integer, nullable) — Minimum percent of the funding goal raised (e.g. 100 for fully funded) (min: 0)
- `raised_max` (integer, nullable) — Maximum percent of the funding goal raised (min: 0)
- `goal_min` (integer, nullable) — Minimum funding goal in USD (min: 0)
- `goal_max` (integer, nullable) — Maximum funding goal in USD (min: 0)
- `pledged_min` (integer, nullable) — Minimum amount pledged in USD (min: 0)
- `pledged_max` (integer, nullable) — Maximum amount pledged in USD (min: 0)
- `staff_picks` (boolean) — Only include Projects We Love (staff picks) (default: false)
- `location_id` (integer, nullable) — Filter by location id (woe_id), e.g. 23424977 for the United States
- `count` (integer, required) — Number of projects to return (min: 1)

## Response

### 200 — Successful Response

- `@type` (string) (default: "KickstarterProject")
- `id` (integer, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `alias` (string, required)
- `description` (string, nullable)
- `project_url` (string, nullable)
- `image` (string, nullable)
- `video_url` (string, nullable)
- `state` (string, nullable)
- `goal` (number, nullable)
- `pledged` (number, nullable)
- `usd_pledged` (number, nullable)
- `converted_pledged_amount` (number, nullable)
- `percent_funded` (number, nullable)
- `backer_count` (integer, nullable)
- `currency` (string, nullable)
- `currency_symbol` (string, nullable)
- `current_currency` (string, nullable)
- `static_usd_rate` (number, nullable)
- `fx_rate` (number, nullable)
- `usd_exchange_rate` (number, nullable)
- `country` (string, nullable)
- `country_displayable_name` (string, nullable)
- `created_at` (integer, nullable)
- `launched_at` (integer, nullable)
- `deadline` (integer, nullable)
- `state_changed_at` (integer, nullable)
- `updated_at` (integer, nullable)
- `successful_at` (integer, nullable)
- `is_staff_pick` (boolean, nullable)
- `is_starrable` (boolean, nullable)
- `is_launched` (boolean, nullable)
- `is_prelaunch_activated` (boolean, nullable)
- `is_in_post_campaign_pledging_phase` (boolean, nullable)
- `is_spotlight` (boolean, nullable)
- `disable_communication` (boolean, nullable)
- `tags` (array) (default: [])
- `comment_count` (integer, nullable)
- `update_count` (integer, nullable)
- `faq_count` (integer, nullable)
- `has_community` (boolean, nullable)
- `creator` (object, nullable)
  - `@type` (string) (default: "KickstarterCreator")
  - `id` (integer, nullable)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `alias` (string, nullable)
  - `image` (string, nullable)
  - `profile_url` (string, nullable)
- `category` (object, nullable)
  - `@type` (string) (default: "KickstarterProjectCategory")
  - `id` (integer, nullable)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `alias` (string, nullable)
  - `parent_id` (integer, nullable)
  - `parent_name` (string, nullable)
- `location` (object, nullable)
  - `@type` (string) (default: "KickstarterLocation")
  - `id` (integer, nullable)
  - `name` (string, nullable)
  - `displayable_name` (string, nullable)
  - `country` (string, nullable)
  - `state` (string, nullable)
  - `location_type` (string, nullable)
  - `alias` (string, nullable)
- `story` (string, nullable)
- `risks` (string, nullable)

## Errors

### 422 — Validation Error

The request body did not validate

What to do: Check the fields against this schema. A URN with the wrong prefix is the most common cause.

- `detail` (array)
  - `loc` (array, required)
  - `msg` (string, required)
  - `type` (string, required)
  - `input` (any)
  - `ctx` (object)

### 408

The request ran past its time limit

What to do: Raise `timeout` in the request body, up to the maximum this endpoint documents. Lowering `count` or turning off the `with_*` flags also helps, because less work finishes sooner.

### 412

The entity was not found, or a precondition failed

What to do: Retrying will not help: either the entity does not exist, or the input points at a different one.

### 429

Too many requests: a rate limit or a usage window is exhausted

What to do: When the response carries an X-Retry-After header, wait that many seconds and retry: the same number is in the body as `detail.retry_after`, and the limit clears once that window passes. The message in the body names the limit that was hit.

### 500

Something broke on our side

What to do: Retrying will not help. If it keeps happening, send us the X-Request-ID from the response headers.

### 529

Rate limit reached, or the endpoint is overloaded

What to do: Wait at least 30 seconds, then retry.

## Response envelope

Success: Array of objects (may be empty if no results)

Error: Error may coexist with partial results if it occurs mid-execution. Check X-Error header and status code.

Every response carries these headers:

- `X-Error` — Error message text (present only on error)
- `X-Request-ID` — Unique request identifier
- `X-Execution-Time` — Execution time in seconds
- `X-Result-Count` — How many records the body carries. 0 means an empty result, which is a normal answer and not by itself an error. A non-zero count can come back together with X-Error when the failure happened partway through — read this header and X-Error independently.
- `X-Total-Available-Results` — How many records exist for this query, when the endpoint can say. On a `dry_run` request this is the answer and the body is empty. It saturates: the endpoint's documented maximum means 'at least that many', any smaller number is exact.
- `X-Warning` — Present when the request body carried keys this endpoint does not document. They were ignored, so any filter you meant to apply through them did not apply. Check the spelling against this schema and retry.
- `X-Retry-After` — Seconds to wait before retrying. Present only on 429.