# Colnect Scraper (`dadhalfdev/colnect-scraper`) Actor

Scrape collectible catalog items from colnect.com. Use the same listing filters as the site or paste a URL — the URL wins when set.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dadhalfdev/colnect-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Marco Rodrigues](https://apify.com/dadhalfdev) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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?

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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

## 📮 Colnect Scraper

Want [Colnect](https://colnect.com/) catalog items in a spreadsheet — not just URLs? This scraper makes it easy.

Use **structured filters** — better for AI agents — **or** paste an **`input_url`**. When `input_url` is set it overrides the filters.

By default the actor also **opens each item page** (after Colnect’s Anubis protection) and returns the public detail fields collectors care about: series, face value, themes, description, and more.

### 💡 Perfect for...

- **Collectors:** Export stamp, coin, or banknote details with public catalog URLs.
- **Dashboards:** Track catalog items for a country or category without paging the site.
- **Market research:** Slice Colnect catalog groups by country or keyword.
- **Data analysts:** Export structured rows with specs and marketplace offers.
- **🤖 AI Agents:** Power Claude, Cursor, Codex, the Hermes Agent, and OpenClaw workflows with live Colnect catalog results.
- **📚 RAG Systems:** Feed titles, descriptions, and catalog codes into retrieval pipelines.
- **🔗 AI Workflows:** Plug into LangChain, AutoGPT, CrewAI, and similar stacks.

### ✨ Why you'll love this scraper

- 🔗 **Input URL or Filters:** Paste a Colnect catalog or item URL, or pick the same filters as the site. `input_url` always wins when set.
- 🎯 **Website-Matched Filters:** Category, country, and keyword.
- 📄 **Full public details:** Series, issued date, face value, colors, perforation, description, marketplace offer, and more (one Anubis unlock in parallel with sitemaps, then concurrent HTTP). About **1,000 detailed items in under 5 minutes** after the unlock.
- 🖼️ **Images from the catalog sitemap** when public item photos are login-gated.

### 📦 What's inside the data?

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `id` | Colnect catalog id |
| `url` | Public catalog page |
| `title` | Item title |
| `category` | Catalog group (stamps, coins, …) |
| `country` | Issuing country |
| `series` | Series name |
| `themes` | Theme tags |
| `issued_on` / `year` | Issue date and year |
| `size`, `colors`, `watermark`, `printers` | Physical / production specs |
| `format`, `emission`, `perforation`, `printing` | Stamp/coin format fields when present |
| `face_value`, `print_run`, `score` | Value and Colnect score |
| `description` | Item description |
| `catalog_code` / `catalog_codes` | Michel / Scott / Yvert / SG when visible |
| `marketplace_offer` | Public “Buy Now” summary when listed |
| `image` / `images` | Catalog photo URL(s) |
| `last_modified` | Sitemap last-modified timestamp |

> **Note:** Some Colnect fields require a logged-in account or are briefly obfuscated for guests (`issued_on` sometimes). The scraper unlocks public guest fields (including XOR-decorated size/themes/watermark/printers) and drops honeypot placeholders.

### 🚀 Quick start

**Option A:** paste `https://colnect.com/en/stamps`.\
**Option B:** pick stamps or coins and a country, leave **Enrich from item pages** on, set `max_results`.

**Input Example (filters + details):**

```json
{
  "category": "stamps",
  "country": "gibraltar",
  "enrich_details": true,
  "max_results": 25
}
```

**Input Example (URL):**

```json
{
  "input_url": "https://colnect.com/en/coins",
  "enrich_details": true,
  "max_results": 25
}
```

**Output Example:**

```json
{
  "id": "1",
  "url": "https://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/1-Queen_Victoria_1819-1901_Overprint_greenblack-Definitives_1886_Stamps_of_Bermuda_overprinted_in_Black-Gibraltar",
  "title": "Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Overprint (green/black)",
  "category": "Stamps",
  "country": "Gibraltar",
  "series": "Definitives 1886: Stamps of Bermuda overprinted in Black",
  "themes": ["Coats of Arms", "Crowns and Coronets", "Famous People", "Heads of State", "Queens", "Royalty", "Women"],
  "issued_on": "1886-01-01",
  "year": 1886,
  "size": "20.5 x 24.5 mm",
  "colors": ["Brown", "Green", "Multicolor"],
  "face_value": "½ d - Gibraltar penny (old)",
  "perforation": "14",
  "description": "Queen Victoria (facing left), in oval band with geometric emblems to sides...",
  "catalog_code": "michel:GI 1 | scott:GI 1 | yvert:GI 1 | stanley_gibbons:GI 1",
  "marketplace_offer": "1 sale offer for US$ 5.80",
  "image": "https://i.colnect.net/f/8608/717/Queen-Victoria-1819-1901-Overprint-green-black.jpg"
}
```

### 📋 Input reference

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `input_url` | string | No | — | Colnect catalog, country, or item URL. Overrides every filter. |
| `category` | dropdown | No | stamps | Catalog group from the site menu. |
| `country` | dropdown | No | all | Issuing country or territory. |
| `query` | string | No | — | Name, series, or other keyword. |
| `enrich_details` | boolean | No | `true` | Visit item pages for full public fields. |
| `max_results` | integer | No | `50` | Maximum rows (`1`–`2000`). |

# Actor input Schema

## `input_url` (type: `string`):

Paste a Colnect catalog, country, or item URL. Overrides every filter when set.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Catalog group, same list as the Colnect site menu.

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

Issuing country or territory, same idea as the Colnect country lists.

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

Same as looking up a name, series, or country on Colnect. Optional.

## `enrich_details` (type: `boolean`):

Open each catalog item page to collect series, face value, themes, description, perforation, marketplace offers, and other public fields. Recommended. Turn off for URL/title-only sitemap rows (faster).

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Maximum rows to return (1–2000).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "stamps",
  "country": "",
  "enrich_details": true,
  "max_results": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Table view of scraped catalog items using the dataset 'overview' view.

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

All scraped catalog items from the default dataset without view transformation.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dadhalfdev/colnect-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dadhalfdev/colnect-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 '{}' |
apify call dadhalfdev/colnect-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dadhalfdev/colnect-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/54reW48TVp3iOQ1ky/builds/3F8mpHXoayuMNW4kK/openapi.json