# Idealo Category Scraper — Product Database Building

**Use case:** 

Scrape entire idealo product categories (e.g. laptops, smartphones, coffee machines) into a structured product price database: title, brand, min/max/avg price, offersCount, specs, ratings and price history for every listing. Pass category URLs and get normalized JSON for market research, assortment analysis, price benchmarking and retail intelligence over multiple categories.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "iPhone 15"
  ],
  "productUrls": [],
  "productIds": [],
  "eanGtins": [],
  "categoryUrls": [
    "https://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/ProductCategory/3751.html",
    "https://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/ProductCategory/6801.html"
  ],
  "country": "DE",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "maxOffersPerProduct": 20,
  "includePriceHistory": false,
  "fastData": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "BUYPROXIES94952"
    ]
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "thumbnail": {
    "label": "Thumbnail",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "priceMin": {
    "label": "Min price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "offersCount": {
    "label": "Offer count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "rating": {
    "label": "Rating",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "energyClass": {
    "label": "Energy class",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "mode": {
    "label": "Mode",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "productUrl": {
    "label": "Product URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Scraped at",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Idealo Scraper $2.5/1K💰 | Offers | Price History | 6 Markets](https://apify.com/ahmed_jasarevic/idealo-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/ahmed_jasarevic/idealo-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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