# eBay Scraper (`bgfc97/ebay-scraper`) Actor

Scrape eBay search results and item details — title, price, condition, shipping, seller, sold count, image — across 8 marketplaces. Cheerio-based, auto pagination, proxy-ready.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bgfc97/ebay-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Bruno](https://apify.com/bgfc97) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 item scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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 🏷️

Get clean, structured **eBay** data — search results and item details — from 8 marketplaces.

Great for price monitoring, reselling/arbitrage tools, market research, competitor tracking, and AI agents that need live listing data.

### What it does

- **Search results** by keyword: title, price, shipping, condition, sold count, image, link — with pagination.
- **Item detail** by URL or ID: title, price, condition, brand, seller, seller feedback, availability, image.

### Input

```json
{
  "searchKeywords": ["nintendo switch"],
  "itemUrls": ["https://www.ebay.com/itm/123456789012"],
  "country": "us",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}
```

### Output (one row per item)

```json
{
  "type": "search_result",
  "search_keyword": "nintendo switch",
  "item_id": "123456789012",
  "title": "Nintendo Switch OLED",
  "price": 299.99,
  "shipping": "Free shipping",
  "condition": "Brand New",
  "sold": "1,203 sold",
  "url": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/123456789012"
}
```

### Marketplaces

US, UK, DE, AU, CA, FR, IT, ES.

### Notes

- Reads only public listing pages — no login.
- Datacenter proxy is usually enough; switch to residential if blocked.
- Run on a schedule to track prices and availability for any set of keywords or items.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchKeywords` (type: `array`):

Search terms. Returns the eBay results grid (title, price, shipping, condition, sold).

## `itemUrls` (type: `array`):

eBay item URLs (…/itm/ID) or bare item IDs for full item detail.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Which eBay marketplace to use.

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

Stop after this many items (search results + item details combined).

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel requests.

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

Apify proxy. Datacenter is usually enough for eBay; switch to residential if blocked. The account running the Actor pays for proxy usage.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchKeywords": [
    "nintendo switch"
  ],
  "itemUrls": [],
  "country": "us",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "maxConcurrency": 8,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchKeywords": [
        "nintendo switch"
    ],
    "itemUrls": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bgfc97/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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchKeywords": ["nintendo switch"],
    "itemUrls": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bgfc97/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 '{
  "searchKeywords": [
    "nintendo switch"
  ],
  "itemUrls": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call bgfc97/ebay-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=bgfc97/ebay-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/lSyzV0AwUFUSSVujs/builds/OeRfZx3PqrLq5vxOe/openapi.json