# Twitch Hype - Top Category Trending Scanner

> Twitch Hype - Top Category Trending Scanner is a paid API for AI agents from api.borisinc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns the currently hyped/trending top categories on Twitch by scanning live viewer data

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.borisinc.com/paid/twitch/hype
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/twitch-hype-top-category-trending-scanner-14d8059b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_3qPMSzajoHtA5g4xSI2HO

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability twitch-hype-top-category-trending-scanner-14d8059b
```

Example prompt: What are the top 10 most hyped categories on Twitch right now? Scan the top categories and tell me what's trending.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a real-time snapshot of which Twitch categories are currently experiencing the most viewer hype or growth. Ideal for content creators deciding what to stream, analysts tracking gaming trends, or apps surfacing trending live content. Prefer this over Twitch's public API when you want a simplified, pre-ranked hype-focused view without needing full Twitch API credentials.

## Known failure modes

- Twitch API unavailability causes 502 or 503 response
- limit parameter exceeds max value of 25 causing validation error
- No trending data available returns empty result set
- Payment not processed causes 402 response before data is returned

## How this service works

Live Steam best-sellers, deals, per-app detail and IGDB metadata, Twitch hype scores, and agent utilities for verification and extraction. From $0.001 a call, free samples on every endpoint, auth-then-capture. MCP and HTTP.

## Output

A ranked list of the currently most hyped Twitch categories, likely including category names, viewer counts or hype metrics, and ranking order — covering up to the number of top categories specified (default or up to 25).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "Top categories to scan (max 25)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "hype": [
   {
    "category": "VALORANT",
    "hype_score": 41230.5,
    "avg_viewers": 1200,
    "stream_count": 900
   }
  ],
  "count": 10
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/twitch-hype-top-category-trending-scanner-14d8059b/health.json
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