# Geizhals Price Comparison Scraper (`buy-it/geizhals-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Geizhals.eu / .at / .de product search results: name, price, offer count and URL. Country filter and min/max price. Export CSV, JSON or Excel for DACH price research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/buy-it/geizhals-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ioannis Kokkinis](https://apify.com/buy-it) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 50.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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

## Geizhals.eu Product Scraper

Scrape product search results from [Geizhals.eu](https://geizhals.eu) (also `.at`, `.de`, Cenowarka.pl, Skinflint.co.uk): name, price, offer count and URL.

### What you get per product

- `productId`, `title`, `url`
- `price`, `priceText`, `offerCountText`, `imageUrl`
- `searchQuery`, `scrapedAt`

### How to use

1. Enter search queries and/or Geizhals category/search URLs.
2. Optional: set `country` (`eu`/`at`/`de`/`pl`/`uk`), `minPrice` / `maxPrice`, `maxItems`.
3. Keep residential proxy on (required — Cloudflare). Run.

### Pricing

Pay per product. Failed pages are free (key-value `FAILED_PAGES`). Cap spend with the run budget.

### Notes

Uses a headless browser + Apify residential proxy. Demand on the Store is still small; built for price-comparison workflows. Use in line with Geizhals terms.

# Actor input Schema

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

Product search terms on Geizhals (e.g. iphone 16, RTX 4090).

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Full Geizhals / Cenowarka / Skinflint search or category URLs.

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

Which Geizhals family site to search: eu (geizhals.eu), at, de, pl (cenowarka.pl), uk (skinflint.co.uk).

## `minPrice` (type: `number`):

Only keep products with price >= this value.

## `maxPrice` (type: `number`):

Only keep products with price <= this value.

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

Stop after this many products.

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

Use Apify residential proxy (required — Geizhals uses Cloudflare).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "iphone 16"
  ],
  "country": "eu",
  "maxItems": 40,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

One row per product.

# 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": [
        "iphone 16"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("buy-it/geizhals-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": ["iphone 16"],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("buy-it/geizhals-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": [
    "iphone 16"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call buy-it/geizhals-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,buy-it/geizhals-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/vqO7pyVITTKWVpfvK/builds/eKnISpUe1CiY4BGZz/openapi.json