# eBay Scraper - Listings, Prices & Sellers (`benthepythondev/ebay-scraper`) Actor eBay Scraper that searches eBay listings by keyword via the official eBay Browse API. Extract title, price, condition, shipping, discount, seller rating, image and URL across any eBay marketplace (US, UK, DE, FR, IT, ES, AU, CA). For price tracking, reselling, arbitrage and product research. - **URL**: https://apify.com/benthepythondev/ebay-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [ben](https://apify.com/benthepythondev) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## eBay Scraper — Listings, Prices & Sellers **Search [eBay](https://www.ebay.com) listings via the official eBay Browse API — fast, reliable, no browser or proxy needed.** Built for **price monitoring, reselling, market research, and product analytics**. ### What you get For every listing in the search results: - **title** — listing title - **price** + **currency** - **original_price** + **discount_percentage** (when on sale) - **shipping_cost** — cheapest shipping option - **condition** — New, Pre-owned, Refurbished, … - **seller_username**, **seller_feedback_pct**, **seller_feedback_score** - **buying_options** — Fixed price / Auction - **category**, **item_location_country** - **item_id**, **url**, **image** - **marketplace**, **search_query**, **scraped_at** ### Supported marketplaces US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Australia, Canada. ### Why this Actor | | eBay Scraper | HTML scrapers | eBay API (direct) | |---|---|---|---| | Uses official Browse API | Yes | No | Yes | | No blocks / captchas | Yes | No | Yes | | No API keys to set up | Yes | — | No (you register) | | Seller rating + shipping | Yes | Partial | Yes | | Runs in seconds | Yes | No | Yes | | Pay per listing | Yes | — | — | ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `searchQuery` | string | Keyword to search (e.g. `nike air max`) | | `marketplace` | string | eBay country site (`EBAY_US`, `EBAY_DE`, …) | | `condition` | string | `all`, `new` or `used` | | `sort` | string | Best match / price / newly listed | | `maxResults` | integer | Max listings to return | #### Example input ```json { "searchQuery": "nike air max", "marketplace": "EBAY_US", "condition": "all", "sort": "best_match", "maxResults": 100 } ```` ### Sample output ```json { "item_id": "286393092388", "title": "Nike Air Max 90 Smoke Grey Black", "price": 104.99, "currency": "USD", "original_price": 123.5, "discount_percentage": "15", "shipping_cost": 0.0, "condition": "New with box", "seller_username": "wise_sneakers", "seller_feedback_pct": "100.0", "url": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/286393092388", "marketplace": "EBAY_US", "search_query": "nike air max" } ``` ### Use cases - **Price monitoring** — track competitor prices and market value over time - **Reselling / arbitrage** — find underpriced items and seller trends - **Market research** — analyse price distribution, conditions and sellers - **Product analytics** — feed dashboards and pricing tools ### Pricing Pay-per-result. You are charged only for the listings returned — empty runs cost nothing. Runs are fast and cheap (API-based, no browser). ### Notes & legal - Uses the official eBay Browse API — no scraping of HTML, no proxy required. - Use data only for lawful purposes and in line with eBay's terms. ### Related actors More scrapers from the same author: - [Amazon Product Scraper](https://apify.com/benthepythondev/amazon-product-scraper) — product search, prices, ratings & reviews - [Vinted Scraper](https://apify.com/benthepythondev/vinted-scraper) — second-hand fashion listings & prices - [willhaben Scraper](https://apify.com/benthepythondev/willhaben-scraper) — Austria's largest classifieds marketplace - [Discogs Scraper](https://apify.com/benthepythondev/discogs-scraper) — vinyl, music releases & labels # Actor input Schema ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Keyword to search on eBay (e.g. 'nike air max', 'iphone 15', 'lego star wars'). ## `marketplace` (type: `string`): Which eBay country site to search. ## `condition` (type: `string`): Filter by item condition. ## `sort` (type: `string`): How to sort the results. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of listings to return. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQuery": "nike air max", "marketplace": "EBAY_US", "condition": "all", "sort": "best_match", "maxResults": 50 } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchQuery": "nike air max", "maxResults": 50 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("benthepythondev/ebay-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchQuery": "nike air max", "maxResults": 50, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("benthepythondev/ebay-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searchQuery": "nike air max", "maxResults": 50 }' | apify call benthepythondev/ebay-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=benthepythondev/ebay-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "eBay Scraper - Listings, Prices & Sellers", "description": "eBay Scraper that searches eBay listings by keyword via the official eBay Browse API. Extract title, price, condition, shipping, discount, seller rating, image and URL across any eBay marketplace (US, UK, DE, FR, IT, ES, AU, CA). For price tracking, reselling, arbitrage and product research.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "bAT8IhBLnCg6oLDk7" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/benthepythondev~ebay-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-benthepythondev-ebay-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/benthepythondev~ebay-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-benthepythondev-ebay-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/benthepythondev~ebay-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-benthepythondev-ebay-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "searchQuery", "marketplace" ], "properties": { "searchQuery": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "Keyword to search on eBay (e.g. 'nike air max', 'iphone 15', 'lego star wars').", "default": "laptop" }, "marketplace": { "title": "eBay Marketplace", "enum": [ "EBAY_US", "EBAY_GB", "EBAY_DE", "EBAY_FR", "EBAY_IT", "EBAY_ES", "EBAY_AU", "EBAY_CA" ], "type": "string", "description": "Which eBay country site to search.", "default": "EBAY_US" }, "condition": { "title": "Condition", "enum": [ "all", "new", "used" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by item condition.", "default": "all" }, "sort": { "title": "Sort By", "enum": [ "best_match", "price_asc", "price_desc", "newly_listed" ], "type": "string", "description": "How to sort the results.", "default": "best_match" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max Results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of listings to return.", "default": 100 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": 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"example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, 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