# Barcode / EAN Product Info Scraper (`buy-it/barcode-product-info-scraper`) Actor

Look up UPC, EAN, GTIN or ISBN-13 barcodes and get product title, multilingual description, brand, images and PDF manuals when available. Catalog enrichment only — no store prices. Export CSV, JSON or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/buy-it/barcode-product-info-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ioannis Kokkinis](https://apify.com/buy-it) (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 products

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.

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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

## Barcode / EAN Product Info Scraper

Look up **UPC, EAN, GTIN or ISBN-13** barcodes and get structured catalog data: title, multilingual description, brand, category, product images, and PDF manuals when available.

This actor is for **product enrichment**, not store prices. Failed barcodes are free (listed in the key-value store as `FAILED_BARCODES`).

### What you get per result

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `barcode`, `barcodeType` | Normalized digits + EAN-13 / UPC-A / etc. |
| `title`, `titles` | Best title + map by language (`en`, `de`, `fr`, …) |
| `description`, `descriptions` | Product / generic name text by language |
| `brand`, `manufacturer`, `category`, `categories` | Identity |
| `images` | Product photo URLs |
| `ingredients`, `ingredientsByLanguage` | When the product is in Open Food/Beauty Facts |
| `manuals` | `{ title, url }` PDF / guide links (optional) |
| `sources` | Which databases contributed (`openfoodfacts`, `go-upc`, …) |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO timestamp |

### How to use

1. Paste one or more barcodes (8–14 digits).
2. Optionally set **Preferred language** (`en`, `de`, `fr`, …) and whether to search for manuals.
3. Run and download the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel.

### Input

| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `barcodes` | yes\* | List of UPC / EAN / GTIN / ISBN-13 codes |
| `queries` | alias | Same as `barcodes` |
| `preferredLanguage` | no | Prefer this language for title/description |
| `includeManuals` | no | Search for PDF manuals (default true) |
| `maxManuals` | no | Cap manual links per product (default 5) |
| `maxItems` | no | Stop after N successful rows |

\* Provide `barcodes` and/or `queries`.

### Example output

```json
{
  "barcode": "3017620422003",
  "barcodeType": "EAN-13",
  "title": "Nutella",
  "titles": { "en": "Nutella", "fr": "Nutella", "ar": "نوتيلا" },
  "description": "Hazelnut And Cocoa Spread",
  "brand": "Nutella",
  "category": "en:Confectionary based spreads",
  "images": ["https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/.../front_en.879.400.jpg"],
  "manuals": [],
  "sources": ["openfoodfacts", "go-upc", "buycott"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-29T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per successful product row. Failures are not charged. Use Apify’s max-spend cap to limit cost.

### Notes

- Sources include Open Food Facts / Beauty Facts / Products Facts, go-upc, buycott, upcitemdb, and DuckDuckGo for PDF manuals.
- Coverage varies by barcode; food/cosmetics are richest. Manuals are best-effort web search hits.
- Use results in line with each source’s terms of use.

# Actor input Schema

## `barcodes` (type: `array`):

One or more barcodes to look up. Supports UPC-A (12), EAN-8/13, GTIN-14 and ISBN-13 (8–14 digits). Spaces and dashes are stripped.

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

Same as barcodes — accepted for compatibility with other barcode actors. Prefer the barcodes field.

## `preferredLanguage` (type: `string`):

ISO language code for title, description and ingredients when multiple languages exist (e.g. en, de, fr, es, it). Falls back to English then any available.

## `includeManuals` (type: `boolean`):

When true, also search the web for PDF owner manuals and datasheets matching the barcode or brand+title.

## `maxManuals` (type: `integer`):

Maximum PDF/manual links to attach per barcode (0–20).

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

Stop after this many successful product rows.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "barcodes": [
    "3017620422003",
    "4006381333634"
  ],
  "preferredLanguage": "en",
  "includeManuals": true,
  "maxManuals": 5,
  "maxItems": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `products` (type: `string`):

One row per barcode. Download as JSON, CSV or Excel.

# 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 = {
    "barcodes": [
        "3017620422003",
        "4006381333634"
    ],
    "preferredLanguage": "en"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("buy-it/barcode-product-info-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 = {
    "barcodes": [
        "3017620422003",
        "4006381333634",
    ],
    "preferredLanguage": "en",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("buy-it/barcode-product-info-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 '{
  "barcodes": [
    "3017620422003",
    "4006381333634"
  ],
  "preferredLanguage": "en"
}' |
apify call buy-it/barcode-product-info-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,buy-it/barcode-product-info-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/cs5FzRIbiA3WStcyW/builds/L9l8a6lWTOaYNmyq1/openapi.json