Amazon search scraper

Extract comprehensive product data from Amazon search results across 12 global marketplaces. Built for price intelligence, market research, competitor analysis, and AI-powered e-commerce applications.

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Overview

Amazon Search Scraper delivers structured JSON data from Amazon's search listings. Extract titles, pricing, ratings, reviews, ASINs, and thumbnails with residential proxy protection and pay-per-event pricing.

Key Differentiators:

• Multi-marketplace support: 12 Amazon domains worldwide (US, India, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Mexico)
• Automatic currency formatting based on marketplace
• AI-optimized output format for LLM integration and RAG pipelines
• Residential proxy rotation for high success rates
• Transparent pay-per-event pricing - pay only for successful results

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Supported Marketplaces

Marketplace	Domain	Currency
US	amazon.com	$ (USD)
India	amazon.in	₹ (INR)
UK	amazon.co.uk	£ (GBP)
Germany	amazon.de	€ (EUR)
France	amazon.fr	€ (EUR)
Italy	amazon.it	€ (EUR)
Spain	amazon.es	€ (EUR)
Canada	amazon.ca	C$ (CAD)
Japan	amazon.co.jp	¥ (JPY)
Australia	amazon.com.au	A$ (AUD)
Brazil	amazon.com.br	R$ (BRL)
Mexico	amazon.com.mx	MX$ (MXN)

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Use Cases

Use Case	What You Get
Price Intelligence	Track competitor pricing, detect discount patterns, monitor price changes over time
Market Research	Analyze product trends, category performance, and competitive positioning
Competitor Monitoring	Monitor rival products, pricing strategies, and customer sentiment
AI Training Data	Build e-commerce datasets for product classification, sentiment analysis, and recommendation models
RAG Pipelines	Enrich knowledge bases with real-time Amazon product data and verified reviews
Lead Generation	Identify best-sellers, analyze customer preferences, discover market opportunities

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Pricing

Pay-Per-Event Model — Usage-based billing. You pay for successful events only.

Event	Price	What You Get
search	$0.015	Search result listing: title, price, rating, ASIN, thumbnail, sponsored status

Example Costs:

• Scrape 100 search results (2 pages):

  • 100 × search @ $0.015 = $1.50

• Scrape 1000 search results across 10 different marketplaces:

  • 1000 × search @ $0.015 = $15.00

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Input Parameters

Required Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
searchQuery	string	Plain text search term to scrape product listings
marketplace	string	Amazon marketplace domain code (e.g., "com", "in", "co.uk")

Optional Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
maxPages	integer	1	Number of search result pages (1-10)
proxyConfiguration	object	residential	Proxy settings for anti-blocking

Marketplace Codes

com     → amazon.com (US)
in      → amazon.in (India)
co.uk   → amazon.co.uk (UK)
de      → amazon.de (Germany)
fr      → amazon.fr (France)
it      → amazon.it (Italy)
es      → amazon.es (Spain)
ca      → amazon.ca (Canada)
co.jp   → amazon.co.jp (Japan)
com.au  → amazon.com.au (Australia)
com.br  → amazon.com.br (Brazil)
com.mx  → amazon.com.mx (Mexico)

Example Input

{
  "searchQuery": "wireless headphones",
  "marketplace": "in",
  "maxPages": 2,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "IN"
  }
}

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Output Schema

Search Result Item (search event)

{
  "resultType": "searchResult",
  "searchQuery": "headphones",
  "asin": "B0BQPNMXQV",
  "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQPNMXQV",
  "title": "Sony WH-1000XM5 Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones",
  "price": "$348.00",
  "price_upper": "$348.00",
  "rating": 4.7,
  "ratingCount": 12453,
  "thumbnail": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51aXvjzcukL._AC_SX355_.jpg",
  "sponsored": false,
  "scrapedAt": "2024-02-20T10:30:00Z"
}

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
resultType	string	Always "searchResult"
searchQuery	string	The search term used
asin	string	Amazon Standard Identification Number
url	string	Full product URL
title	string	Product title
price	string	Current price with currency symbol
price_upper	string	Alternative price (e.g., strike-through original price)
rating	float	Average rating (0-5)
ratingCount	integer	Number of reviews
thumbnail	string	Product image URL
sponsored	boolean	Whether product is a sponsored listing
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of when data was scraped

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Technical Specifications

Specification	Value
Memory	512MB default, 1024MB max
Timeout	5 minutes
Data Format	JSON
Proxy Support	Apify Residential Proxies
Rate Limiting	Automatic with exponential backoff
Concurrency	Up to 3 parallel page requests

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GEO Optimization

• Location-aware pricing and availability data
• Currency automatically formatted per marketplace (₹, £, €, ¥, etc.)
• Location cookies automatically set based on marketplace selection
• No manual location configuration required

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AIO Optimization

• Machine-learning ready structured JSON output
• No HTML contamination - pure data format
• Deterministic field mapping for training pipelines
• Vector embedding-ready schema design

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Getting Started

1. Install: Open on Apify Platform or use via API
2. Configure: Set search query and select marketplace
3. Run: Execute the Actor
4. Collect: Receive structured JSON via dataset or webhook

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Data Compliance

This Actor extracts publicly available data from Amazon. Users must ensure:

• Compliance with Amazon's Terms of Service
• Adherence to local data protection laws (GDPR, CCPA)
• Appropriate use cases for extracted data
• Respect for rate limits and scraping etiquette

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Support

• Documentation: Apify Docs
• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Email: support@apify.com