# Baidu Maps Business Scraper for China (`bovi/baidu-scraper`) Actor

Collect public Baidu Maps business listings by keyword and city, including names, areas, ratings, average prices, categories, hours, tags, highlights, and listing URLs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bovi/baidu-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Vitalii Bondarev](https://apify.com/bovi) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.55 / 1,000 baidu maps business scraper for chinas

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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Baidu Maps Business Scraper for China

Collect publicly visible business listings from Baidu Maps by keyword and city. The Actor reads the server-rendered mobile listing pages and returns the values present on each card: Baidu place UID, business name, area, rating, average price in CNY, category, opening hours, highlights, standardized tags, result rank, and the Baidu Maps listing URL. Values that are not shown for a listing are omitted.

### Input

Provide one to five search keywords. Set the numeric Baidu city code when you want a city other than Beijing, whose code is 131. The default result limit is 50 rows across all keywords. Proxy configuration is optional; when Apify Proxy is disabled or omitted, requests run without a proxy.

Example input:

```
{
  "queries": ["餐馆"],
  "cityCode": 131,
  "maxResults": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {"useApifyProxy": false}
}
```

The Actor follows Baidu Maps pagination and stops when it reaches maxResults or the source has no further listings. Each Dataset row is a real listing parsed from the page returned by Baidu Maps. Search results can vary by city, keyword, and source availability.

### Output

The Dataset provides one row per listing with the search query, UID, name, area, public rating and average price when present, visible category, opening hours, highlights, tags, rank, and source URL. It does not manufacture coordinates, distances, scores, or missing values.

### Pricing

The reference price for this build is US$0.004 per result row. The platform charges each item written to the Dataset; check the Store listing for the price shown to buyers.

### Notes

Baidu Maps can change its page structure, available fields, and regional access behavior. This Actor collects public listing information and does not log in or access private account data.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

One to five business or place keywords to search on Baidu Maps.

## `cityCode` (type: `integer`):

Numeric Baidu Maps city code. Beijing is 131.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of listing rows across all queries.

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

Optional Apify Proxy configuration. Leave disabled to make direct requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "餐馆"
  ],
  "cityCode": 131,
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing the collected business listings.

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "餐馆"
    ],
    "cityCode": 131,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bovi/baidu-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 = {
    "queries": ["餐馆"],
    "cityCode": 131,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bovi/baidu-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 '{
  "queries": [
    "餐馆"
  ],
  "cityCode": 131,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call bovi/baidu-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bovi/baidu-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/vm1cXPDLyXnEsp1Ia/builds/Mw2xqszg09FJbG8Mn/openapi.json