# 2gis Places Scraper (`bornoo/2gis-places-scraper`) Actor

Scrape business listings from 2GIS by city and search query. Extract place names, addresses, categories, ratings, phone numbers, and GPS coordinates. Just enter a city slug and search term to get structured data ready for export as CSV, JSON, or Excel — no coding required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bornoo/2gis-places-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Biddut Hossain](https://apify.com/bornoo) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 87.5% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 2GIS Places Scraper

Scrape business listings from [2GIS](https://2gis.ru) by city and search query. This Actor uses a headless browser to search 2GIS and intercepts the internal catalog API responses to extract structured place data.

### What data does it extract?

For each place found, the Actor collects:

- **name** — business name
- **address** — full address
- **type** — category/type of place
- **rating** — general rating (if available)
- **phones** — phone number(s)
- **coords** — GPS coordinates (latitude/longitude)

### Input

| Field | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| `city` | string | 2GIS city slug, e.g. `moscow`, `almaty`, `tashkent` | `moscow` |
| `query` | string | Search term, e.g. `coffee shop` | `coffee` |
| `maxItems` | integer | Maximum number of results to scrape | `50` |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "city": "almaty",
  "query": "coffee shop",
  "maxItems": 30
}
```

### Output

Results are pushed to the Actor's default dataset. Example item:

```json
{
  "id": "70000001234567890",
  "name": "Coffee Boom",
  "address": "Abay Ave, 15",
  "type": "cafe",
  "rating": 4.6,
  "phones": ["+7 727 123 4567"],
  "coords": { "lat": 43.238, "lon": 76.945 }
}
```

You can export the dataset as **JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML** from the Apify Console.

### How it works

1. Launches a headless Chromium browser via Playwright.
2. Navigates to the 2GIS search results page for the given city and query.
3. Listens for network responses from 2GIS's internal `catalog.api.2gis.com` endpoint.
4. Scrolls the page to trigger lazy-loaded pagination and capture additional results.
5. Parses and pushes each unique place to the dataset until `maxItems` is reached.

### Notes & limitations

- 2GIS's internal API response structure may change without notice. If no results are returned, inspect the network tab on 2gis.ru manually to confirm the current response shape.
- City slugs must match 2GIS's own subdomain naming (check the URL when searching manually on 2gis.ru).
- Heavy or repeated scraping may trigger anti-bot measures; consider adding delays or proxies for large-scale runs.

### Support

Found a bug or have a feature request? Open an issue or reach out via the Actor's Issues tab in Apify Console.

# Actor input Schema

## `city` (type: `string`):

2GIS city subdomain, e.g. 'moscow', 'almaty', 'tashkent'

## `query` (type: `string`):

What to search for, e.g. 'coffee shop'

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

Maximum number of places to scrape

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "city": "moscow",
  "query": "coffee",
  "maxItems": 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "coffee"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bornoo/2gis-places-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 = { "query": "coffee" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bornoo/2gis-places-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 '{
  "query": "coffee"
}' |
apify call bornoo/2gis-places-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bornoo/2gis-places-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/DaBVtB9iauLsab74g/builds/AvUTwFVDbkfjSMLw7/openapi.json