# Casa del Libro Books Scraper (Spain) (`bibian/casadellibro-books-scraper`) Actor

Extract book listings from Casa del Libro, a major Spanish bookstore: title, author, publisher, category, ISBN, format, page count, price, currency, stock status, language and publication date.

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

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 book listings

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Casa del Libro Books Scraper (Spain)

Scrape [Casa del Libro](https://www.casadellibro.com), a major Spanish bookstore, for book data: title, author, publisher, category, ISBN, format, page count, prices and stock status, ready for price tracking, market research and catalog comparison in Spain.

### What you can do with it

- **Track book prices in Spain**: pull current price, currency and stock status for new and recently reissued titles.
- **Build a catalog or price-comparison feed**: export title, author, publisher, ISBN, format and page count for cataloging or matching against your own inventory.
- **Research the Spanish publishing market**: see which publishers and categories dominate newly released books over the last 30 days.
- **Feed a book recommendation or metadata database**: ISBN, language and publication date are ready for deduplication against other sources.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Maximum number of books | The run stops once this many books are saved. |

### Output

One record per book:

```json
{
  "title": "Responsabilidad por daños en la construcción modular de edificios",
  "author": "PEDRO PEREZ CABALLERO ABAD",
  "publisher": "Editorial Dykinson, S.L.",
  "category": "Derecho civil",
  "isbn": "9791370474553",
  "bookFormat": "Paperback",
  "numberOfPages": 156,
  "price": 19,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "inStock": false,
  "language": "es",
  "datePublished": "2026-10-01",
  "url": "https://www.casadellibro.com/libro-responsabilidad-por-danos-en-la-construccion-modular-de-edificios/9791370474553/18780048"
}
```

Export the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it through the Apify API.

### Good to know

- Books are listed from Casa del Libro's own "new and recently reissued books" sitemap (last 30 days for printed books, ebooks and audiobooks, last 7 days for textbooks, last 90 days for pre-orders), not a paginated listing: the site's robots.txt blocks every listing, sort and search path (`/libros/p1*`...`/p9*`, `/libros/ordenar*`, `/libros/*?*`, `/fichas*`, `/libreria*`), so the sitemap is the only discovery path available. A typical run has several thousand book URLs to pick from.
- `inStock` reflects the edition's real-time availability on the site: a `false` value means the edition is currently out of stock, not a scraping error.
- `author` is the book's own published bibliographic credit (the same kind of public attribution as a film's director), never a private individual's contact data. Co-written books list every credited author.
- `category` is the most specific category Casa del Libro's own breadcrumb gives for the book (e.g. "Derecho civil", "Poesía contemporánea española del XIX al XXI").
- `price` and `numberOfPages` are numbers, not text, even though the site publishes them as strings.
- A handful of listed editions occasionally come back 404 between the sitemap being generated and the page being fetched (taken off sale, merged into another ISBN); those are skipped rather than failing the run.
- No browser and no proxy needed: runs are fast and cheap.
- The dataset contains public book catalog information only. No personal data of any individual (buyer, reviewer, or bookstore staff) is collected.

### Why this one

- **One record per book with its ISBN.** `isbn`, `author`, `publisher`, `bookFormat` and `numberOfPages` are separate fields.
- **Prices and stock.** `price`, `currency` and `inStock` for every book, ready for price tracking.

### Pricing

Pay per result: **$2.00 per 1,000 books**, plus $0.00005 per run start. For example, 100 books cost about $0.20. You only pay for the books you receive, and platform usage is included in that price.

### Run it from your code

JavaScript:

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

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('bibian/casadellibro-books-scraper').call({
  maxItems: 50,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
```

Python:

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(token="<APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("bibian/casadellibro-books-scraper").call(run_input={
    "maxItems": 50
})
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
```

### Frequently asked questions

**Do I need an account, cookies or a proxy for Casa del Libro?** No. The actor reads publicly visible pages only.

**How do I track book prices?** Schedule a daily run with Apify Schedules and compare `price` and `inStock` for the same `isbn` between runs.

**Which formats can I export?** JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML table or RSS, from the dataset page or through the API.

**Can I connect it to Make, Zapier, n8n or Google Sheets?** Yes, through Apify integrations and webhooks.

**Is it legal to scrape?** The actor collects publicly visible book data and respects the robots.txt rules of the site. How you use the data is your responsibility: check the site's terms and the laws that apply to you, for example the GDPR.

**Something does not work?** Open an issue in the Issues tab. Every public actor is test-run daily and the broken ones are repaired.

**Did this save you time?** A short review on the Store page helps other people find the actor, and tells me what to improve next.

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# Actor input Schema

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

The run stops once this many books are saved.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `books` (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("bibian/casadellibro-books-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("bibian/casadellibro-books-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 bibian/casadellibro-books-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bibian/casadellibro-books-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/aezpTkhF93Yvgeggk/builds/nvfuvJpyQDF5NceuY/openapi.json