# IdeelArt Artist & Artwork Scraper (`artsiom_k/ideelart-scraper`) Actor

Scrape IdeelArt.com original abstract-art products (price, medium, dimensions, edition, artist) and a cross-run artist rollup, with built-in delta mode. No login required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/artsiom\_k/ideelart-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Artsiom Kunitsyn](https://apify.com/artsiom_k) (community)
- **Categories:** Other, E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## ideelart-scraper

Scrapes **artworks** (original abstract-art products) and a cross-run **artist rollup** from
[IdeelArt.com](https://ideelart.com), an online gallery specializing exclusively in abstract art
sold directly from artist studios — via the site's own real Shopify product data. No login required.

### Contents

- [Key features](#key-features)
- [Output](#output)
- [Input](#input)
- [Input examples](#input-examples)
- [Incremental (delta) mode](#incremental-delta-mode)
- [FAQ](#faq)

### 🔑 Key features

- **Two entity types, one Actor.** Set `entityType` to `artworks` or `artists`.
- **Rich structured product data**, not just the page's schema.org JSON-LD — a real medium,
  material, style, support, technique, edition type, framing, and year come from the store's own
  Shopify tag data, parsed into real typed fields.
- **A real artist rollup, honestly labeled.** IdeelArt has no artist directory or per-artist profile
  page at all — `entityType=artists` is a cross-run accumulator fed as a side effect of
  `entityType=artworks` runs, so `tracked_product_count` only reflects what's actually been crawled
  so far, not a guaranteed-exhaustive total. Run `entityType=artworks` unscoped at least once before
  relying on the artist rollup.
- **Delta mode built in.** Every `artworks` run classifies each item as `new`, `changed`,
  `unchanged`, or `delisted` against a persisted baseline — pay for what changed, not a full
  re-scrape every time.
- **Confirmed-dead listings are never re-fetched.** A removed artwork returns a plain HTTP 404 on
  this site — tracked in a persisted registry so a future run skips it without a wasted request.
- **`maxItems` defaults to 50** — a fast, cheap preview, and what keeps an unconfigured run within
  Apify's automated 5-minute QA check. Clear it (`null`) for a full crawl (~4,000 artworks as of
  this build).

### 📋 Output

One dataset item per artwork or artist, depending on `entityType` — see
[`.actor/dataset_schema.json`](.actor/dataset_schema.json) for the full field list.

**Example artwork record:**

```json
{
  "source": "ideelart",
  "entity_type": "artworks",
  "external_id": "9177269240152",
  "url": "https://ideelart.com/products/vg1",
  "name": "VG1",
  "description": "Guillaume Moschini is a French abstract artist mentored by...",
  "artist_name": "Guillaume Moschini",
  "product_type": "Painting",
  "color": "Green",
  "material": "Acrylic and ink",
  "medium": "Painting",
  "style": "Colourful",
  "support": "Canvas",
  "technique": "Acrylic and ink on canvas",
  "edition": "Unique",
  "framed": false,
  "year": 2011,
  "height": 46,
  "width": 27,
  "thickness": 2,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "price": 1129.95,
  "image_urls": ["https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/..."],
  "change_type": "new"
}
```

**Example artist record:**

```json
{
  "source": "ideelart",
  "entity_type": "artists",
  "name": "Guillaume Moschini",
  "tracked_product_count": 7,
  "tracked_mediums": ["Painting"]
}
```

### 🔧 Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `entityType` | string | `artworks` | `artworks` or `artists`. |
| `startUrls` | array | — | Specific artwork product URLs to scrape directly instead of the full sitemap. `artworks` only. |
| `maxItems` | integer | `50` | Stop after pushing this many items. Set to `null` for a full crawl. |
| `mode` | string | `auto` | `auto` / `full` / `incremental` — see [Incremental mode](#incremental-delta-mode). |
| `concurrency` | integer | `25` | How many product detail pages to fetch in parallel. |
| `impersonate` | string | `chrome` | curl\_cffi TLS-impersonation target. |

### 📥 Input examples

**Default preview (50 artworks):**

```json
{ "entityType": "artworks" }
```

**Full artwork catalog:**

```json
{ "entityType": "artworks", "maxItems": null }
```

**Full artist rollup (run artworks unscoped first):**

```json
{ "entityType": "artists", "maxItems": null }
```

### 🔁 Incremental (delta) mode

`auto` mode does a full scan the first time it runs for `entityType=artworks`, then only pushes
new/changed items on later runs (`price`/`currency` are the watched fields). Only an uncapped,
unscoped run (no `maxItems` limit reached, no `startUrls`, no item errors) can detect delistings or
update the baseline. `entityType=artists` has no delta mode — it's a plain snapshot of the current
rollup state.

### ❓ FAQ

**Why don't `height`/`width`/`thickness` have a unit?**
A real, honest gap — the source itself never states a unit anywhere checked (the product page, the
underlying API response, or the site's own HTML). Given EUR pricing and a European gallery,
centimeters is the likely unit, but this isn't confirmed and nothing is guessed.

**Why is the artist rollup incomplete right after publishing?**
It only grows as `entityType=artworks` runs actually crawl the catalog — run that unscoped
(`maxItems: null`) at least once before relying on `entityType=artists` for a complete picture.

**Does this need a proxy?**
No — no anti-bot friction was found anywhere on this site while building this Actor (a real burst
test came back 100% clean, and a full large-scale run confirmed it holds at real volume).

# Actor input Schema

## `entityType` (type: `string`):

Scrape artworks (original abstract-art products, with price, medium, dimensions, edition, and the artist's name) or artists (a cross-run rollup, since ideelart.com has no real artist directory — see dataset\_schema.json for the field set of each).

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional list of specific IdeelArt product URLs (https://ideelart.com/products/{handle}) to scrape directly, instead of discovering via the full sitemap. Only applies to entityType=artworks. A startUrls-scoped run cannot detect delistings or update the incremental baseline.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after pushing this many dataset items. Defaults to 50 — a fast, cheap preview, and what keeps an unconfigured run within Apify's automated 5-minute QA check. The full site has ~4,000 artworks. Raise this or clear it (set to null) for a full run.

## `mode` (type: `string`):

"auto" (recommended): full scan on the first run for entityType=artworks, incremental (new/changed only) afterwards. "full": always push every item and refresh the baseline — schedule this periodically to catch delistings and price changes. "incremental": always push only new/changed items. Only a plain, unscoped run (no startUrls, no item errors) can detect delistings or update the baseline. Not used by entityType=artists (a plain rollup snapshot, no delta mode).

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many product detail pages to fetch in parallel. Defaults to 25 (this portfolio's standard default) — a real burst test against live ideelart.com (40 requests at concurrency 20) came back 100% clean, no anti-bot layer found.

## `impersonate` (type: `string`):

curl\_cffi browser TLS-impersonation target. Defaults to "chrome" internally.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "entityType": "artworks",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "mode": "auto",
  "concurrency": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("artsiom_k/ideelart-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("artsiom_k/ideelart-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call artsiom_k/ideelart-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,artsiom_k/ideelart-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/M7Dafsk3jNar8RjCy/builds/NHH5E7I9qCeo5QRvD/openapi.json