# Zatista.com Artist & Artwork Scraper (`artsiom_k/zatista-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Zatista.com original artworks and artist profiles with a real sold/unsold split and per-artist rollup stats. No login required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/artsiom\_k/zatista-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

## zatista-scraper

Scrapes **artist profiles** and **original artworks** from [Zatista.com](https://www.zatista.com),
a US-based curated original-art marketplace — via the site's own product search API, no login
required.

### Contents

- [Key features](#key-features)
- [Output](#output)
- [Input](#input)
- [Input examples](#input-examples)
- [Incremental (delta) mode](#incremental-delta-mode)
- [How to scrape Zatista.com](#how-to-scrape-zatistacom)
- [FAQ](#faq)

### 🔑 Key features

- **Two entity types, one Actor.** Set `entityType` to `artworks` or `artists`.
- **A genuine sold/unsold split.** Every artwork carries a real `sold` flag, and every artist
  rollup includes exact `for_sale_count`/`sold_count`/`total_artworks` — computed from two cheap
  count queries per artist, not a full per-artwork fan-out.
- **Real bio data.** Artist records include location, artist statement, education, professional
  experience, exhibitions, and artistic influences — genuinely server-rendered on the artist's own
  page, not a marketing summary.
- **Full descriptions on every artwork**, fetched from the artwork's own detail page.
- **Delta mode built in.** Every run classifies each item as `new`, `changed`, `unchanged`, or
  `delisted` against a persisted baseline.
- **`maxItems` defaults to 50** — a fast preview, and what keeps an unconfigured run within Apify's
  automated 5-minute QA check. Zatista's real catalog is substantial (~29,000 for-sale + ~38,700
  sold artworks) — clear `maxItems` (`null`) for a full run.

### 📋 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, or the
Output tab's **Artworks** / **Artists** views for a readable table.

**Example artwork record:**

```json
{
  "source": "zatista",
  "entity_type": "artworks",
  "external_id": "64427",
  "url": "https://www.zatista.com/product/details/64427/In-Between-Raindrops",
  "title": "In Between Raindrops",
  "artist_id": "6333",
  "artist_name": "Nestor Toro",
  "artist_slug": "nestor-toro",
  "artist_url": "https://www.zatista.com/artist/nestor-toro",
  "type": "Painting",
  "medium": "Acrylic",
  "medium_detail": "Acrylic on Canvas",
  "price": 21000,
  "currency": "USD",
  "sold": false,
  "total_quantity": 1,
  "height": 70.0,
  "width": 60.0,
  "unit": "in",
  "description": "BOLD Statement Work! This painting conveys motion and energy...",
  "image_url": "https://d1o22ltncixott.cloudfront.net/...",
  "change_type": "new"
}
```

**Example artist record:**

```json
{
  "source": "zatista",
  "entity_type": "artists",
  "external_id": "6333",
  "url": "https://www.zatista.com/artist/nestor-toro",
  "name": "Nestor Toro",
  "slug": "nestor-toro",
  "location": "West Hollywood, CA United States",
  "bio_summary": "...",
  "for_sale_count": 863,
  "sold_count": 781,
  "total_artworks": 1644,
  "change_type": "new"
}
```

### 🔧 Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `entityType` | string | `artworks` | `artworks` or `artists`. |
| `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 | `10` | How many product/artist pages to fetch in parallel (validated live up to 25, no blocking). |
| `impersonate` | string | `chrome` | curl\_cffi TLS-impersonation target. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | off | Apify Proxy config — not needed; no anti-bot friction found. |

### 📥 Input examples

**Default preview (50 artworks):**

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

**Full artist directory:**

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

**Full artwork catalog (for-sale and sold):**

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

### 🔁 Incremental (delta) mode

`auto` mode does a full scan the first time it runs for a given `entityType`, then only pushes
new/changed items on later runs. Only an uncapped run (no `maxItems` limit reached) can detect
delistings, sold-status changes, or price changes, or update the baseline.

### 🌐 How to scrape Zatista.com

Zatista's own artist-page and search widgets call a plain JSON endpoint
(`/old_search/searchProducts`) — this Actor replicates exactly those calls, the same requests your
own browser makes when you browse the site, just automated and exhaustive. There's no public
artist directory, so both entity types discover their scope by walking this same endpoint across
its for-sale and sold catalogs.

### ❓ FAQ

**Is the sold/unsold split real, or estimated?**
Real — every artwork record's `sold` field and every artist's `for_sale_count`/`sold_count` come
directly from Zatista's own for-sale and sold catalogs, not inferred.

**Why is `subject_id` a number instead of a category name?**
Zatista's search API resolves `type`/`medium` to readable text (e.g. "Painting", "Acrylic") but not
`subject_id` — no equivalent mapping was found, so it's passed through as Zatista's own raw
internal code rather than guessed at.

**Does this cover Zatista's Canada/UK/Australia/Ireland/New Zealand sites?**
No — this Actor scrapes `zatista.com` (USD pricing) only. The other-country storefronts share the
same underlying catalog and artist ids but weren't built into this first version.

**Does this need a proxy?**
No — no anti-bot friction was found anywhere on this site. Cloudflare sits in front, but a plain
request with a normal browser User-Agent passes cleanly (tested at concurrency 25, zero blocking).

# Actor input Schema

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

Scrape artworks or artist profiles. Both entity types cover the whole site by walking Zatista's own product search API (for-sale and sold catalogs) — there's no public artist directory to browse instead. Artwork records include a real sold/unsold flag; artist records include a real rollup (for\_sale\_count/sold\_count/total\_artworks) computed from two cheap count queries, no per-artwork fan-out needed. See dataset\_schema.json for the full field list per entity type.

## `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. Zatista's real catalog is substantial (~29,000 for-sale + ~38,700 sold artworks as of this build) — clear this (set to null) for a full crawl.

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

"auto" (recommended): full scan on the first run for a given entityType, incremental (new/changed only) afterwards. "full": always push every item and refresh the baseline — schedule this periodically to catch delistings/price/sold-status changes. "incremental": always push only new/changed items. Only an uncapped run can detect delistings or update the baseline.

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

How many product/artist pages to fetch in parallel. Defaults to 10 — validated live against zatista.com with zero blocking at concurrency 25 (~5.4 req/s, page-generation-time-bound rather than rate-limited). Raise cautiously; there's no confirmed anti-bot reason to, but this hasn't been load-tested above 25.

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

curl\_cffi browser TLS-impersonation target. Defaults to "chrome" internally, though no anti-bot friction was found anywhere on this site — Cloudflare sits in front but a plain browser User-Agent passes cleanly. Override only if that stops holding.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy configuration. Leave off unless you start seeing blocks from your own IP reputation — no anti-bot friction was found while building this actor.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "entityType": "artworks",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "mode": "auto",
  "concurrency": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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/zatista-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/zatista-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/zatista-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,artsiom_k/zatista-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/SeJ0cUIzeAy5WOMsn/builds/e977AltL12WZhZAc8/openapi.json