# eBay Keywords Discovery Tool (`codingfrontend/ebay-keywords-discovery-tool`) Actor An advanced, high-speed e-commerce scraper designed for real-time price monitoring and competitor intelligence. Extracts product titles, current pricing, discounts, stock availability, specifications, images, and seller ratings from eBay. Perfect for inventory tracking, drop-shipping research, an... - **URL**: https://apify.com/codingfrontend/ebay-keywords-discovery-tool.md - **Developed by:** [codingfrontend](https://apify.com/codingfrontend) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## eBay Keywords Discovery Tool Generate hundreds of long-tail keyword suggestions from eBay's autocomplete API. Useful for product research, SEO, and eBay listing optimization. ### How It Works Uses eBay's public autocomplete endpoint (`autosug.ebay.com/autosug`) to fetch suggestions for a seed keyword. In `letters` mode, it also appends and prepends every letter A–Z to the seed keyword to generate comprehensive long-tail variants. ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `seedKeyword` | string | — | **Required.** Base keyword, e.g. `iphone 15` | | `maxSuggestions` | integer | 100 | Max unique keywords to return | | `mode` | `letters` \| `seed` | `letters` | `letters` = A–Z expansion; `seed` = base only | | `siteId` | string | `0` | eBay site: `0`=US, `3`=UK, `77`=DE, `71`=FR, `101`=IT, `186`=ES | ### Output Fields | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `position` | Rank order | | `keyword` | Suggested keyword text | | `seedKeyword` | Original seed keyword | | `mode` | Mode used for discovery | | `siteId` | eBay site ID used | | `scrapedAt` | ISO timestamp | ### Notes - No proxy required — eBay autocomplete is publicly accessible. - `letters` mode sends ~52 requests (26 append + 26 prepend) per seed keyword. - Does not require an eBay account or API key. # Actor input Schema ## `seedKeyword` (type: `string`): The base keyword to expand on (e.g. 'iphone', 'gaming chair'). ## `maxSuggestions` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of unique keyword suggestions to return. ## `mode` (type: `string`): 'letters' = append/prepend A-Z for long-tail discovery. 'seed' = base suggestions only. ## `siteId` (type: `string`): eBay site ID. 0=US, 3=UK, 77=DE, 71=FR, 101=IT, 186=ES ## Actor input object example ```json { "seedKeyword": "iphone 15", "maxSuggestions": 100, "mode": "letters", "siteId": "0" } ```` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("codingfrontend/ebay-keywords-discovery-tool").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("codingfrontend/ebay-keywords-discovery-tool").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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 codingfrontend/ebay-keywords-discovery-tool --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=codingfrontend/ebay-keywords-discovery-tool", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "eBay Keywords Discovery Tool", "description": "An advanced, high-speed e-commerce scraper designed for real-time price monitoring and competitor intelligence. Extracts product titles, current pricing, discounts, stock availability, specifications, images, and seller ratings from eBay. 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