Amazon Search Scraper -- Lite

Amazon Search Scraper -- Lite extracts product details from Amazon search results using one or more keywords.
It is designed for fast, lightweight, and cost-effective scraping, with predictable behavior and clear limits.

This actor uses a non-JavaScript (Cheerio-based) crawling approach, making it significantly faster than browser-based scrapers.
Because JavaScript is not executed, some dynamically rendered fields may occasionally be unavailable.

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Key Capabilities

• Run multiple search keywords in a single execution
• Per-keyword maximum result limit (max_results)
• Supports multiple Amazon marketplaces
• Configurable Amazon sorting options
• Automatic pagination
• Two-phase crawling strategy
  • Search pages → ASIN discovery
  • Product pages → product data extraction
• Separate retry strategy
  • Search pages → higher retries
  • Product pages → minimal retries
• Hard stop once result limit is reached
• Native Apify proxy configuration
• Lightweight and fast using Cheerio
• All extracted data is displayed in a single table view

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Crawling Approach (Lite Design)

This actor uses a non-browser crawler optimized for speed and low proxy usage.

How it works

• Search result pages are parsed directly from HTML
• Product detail pages are fetched individually
• No JavaScript rendering or browser automation is used

Implications

• ✅ Faster execution
• ✅ Lower proxy cost
• ✅ More stable for large keyword lists
• ⚠️ Some dynamic fields may occasionally return null

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Input Parameters

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
search_strings	Array	Yes	--	List of keywords to search on Amazon
max_results	Number	No	10	Maximum number of valid products per keyword
domain_code	String	No	in	Amazon marketplace domain
sort_by	String	No	relevanceblender	Sorting method for Amazon search results
maxConcurrency	Number	No	1	Controls parallelism
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Apify default	Proxy settings

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Supported Amazon Domains

• com -- United States\
• in -- India\
• co.uk -- United Kingdom\
• de -- Germany\
• fr -- France\
• it -- Italy\
• es -- Spain\
• nl -- Netherlands\
• se -- Sweden\
• ca -- Canada\
• com.au -- Australia\
• co.jp -- Japan\
• sg -- Singapore\
• ae -- UAE\
• sa -- Saudi Arabia\
• com.mx -- Mexico\
• com.br -- Brazil\
• com.tr -- Turkey\
• pl -- Poland\
• eg -- Egypt

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Sort Options (sort_by)

Value	Description
relevanceblender	Relevance (default)
price-asc-rank	Price: Low to High
price-desc-rank	Price: High to Low
review-rank	Customer Reviews
date-desc-rank	Newest Arrivals
salesrank	Best Sellers

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Concurrency Guidelines

• Recommended: maxConcurrency = 1
• Higher concurrency may improve speed but reduces predictability
• Sorting by price or rating works best with concurrency set to 1

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⚠️ Concurrency Limitation (Important)

To ensure strict adherence to the max_results limit, this actor is optimized to run with maxConcurrency = 1.

When higher concurrency is used, parallel request execution may cause slightly more products to be fetched than the specified limit due to queued and in-flight requests.

For predictable and exact results, keep concurrency set to 1.

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Output (Table View)

All extracted data is displayed directly in a single table view in the Apify UI.

Output Fields

Fields

Field	Description
search_keyword	Keyword used to find the product
asin	Amazon Standard Identification Number
title	Product title
brand	Product brand
price	Displayed product price
mrp	Maximum retail price (if available)
rating	Average customer rating
reviews_count	Total number of reviews
product_url	Amazon product page URL
seller_name	Seller display name
seller_type	Amazon or Third-Party
fulfilled_by	Amazon or Seller
seller_profile_url	Seller profile link (if available)
features	Product feature highlights (flattened list)
images	Product image URLs

ℹ️ List-type fields such as features and images are flattened for table display.

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Example Input

{
  "search_strings": ["asian paints", "apple watches"],
  "max_results": 10,
  "domain_code": "in",
  "sort_by": "price-asc-rank",
  "maxConcurrency": 1,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "IN"
  }
}

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Proxy Configuration

This actor supports Apify's native proxy configuration:

• Residential proxies (recommended for Amazon)
• Datacenter proxies
• Country-specific routing
• Custom proxy URLs

Residential proxies generally provide better stability and fewer blocks on Amazon.

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Support

For issues, questions, or feature requests:

📧 aadyanthasolutions@gmail.com