# HLJ Product Scraper (`daftvader/hlj-product-scraper-521e620c-642c-579a-9a88-fe108c8ce015`) Actor

Collect structured product, price, availability, and catalog data from HLJ search results.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/daftvader/hlj-product-scraper-521e620c-642c-579a-9a88-fe108c8ce015.md
- **Developed by:** [Sam Towers](https://apify.com/daftvader) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
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## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 apify-default-dataset-items

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.

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# README

## HLJ Product Scraper

Turn HLJ searches into structured product records you can compare, monitor, or send to another workflow. Provide one or more search terms and receive a deduplicated dataset containing product names, prices, availability, catalog details, images, and direct HLJ links.

### What you can do

- Compare USD and JPY prices across products returned by several searches.
- Track availability and release information for model kits, figures, hobby supplies, and other HLJ catalog items.
- Build product research, purchasing, catalog, or monitoring workflows from normalized dataset records.
- Export results from the default dataset in the formats supported by Apify.

### Input

Run the Actor with an input such as:

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["Gundam", "Tamiya paint"],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {"useApifyProxy": false}
}
```

- `searchQueries` is a required non-empty list of HLJ search terms.
- `maxItems` is the maximum number of unique products returned across all queries and pages. It defaults to `100`.
- `scrapeDetails` controls whether individual product pages are visited for additional catalog fields. It defaults to `true`.
- `proxyConfiguration` optionally routes requests through your selected proxy. Direct requests are used by default.

The Actor follows search-result pagination until it reaches `maxItems`, finds no additional products, or runs out of pages. Products found by more than one query or page are returned once, based on their canonical product URL.

### Output

Each product is stored as an item in the run's default dataset. `name` and `url` are always present. Other fields are included when HLJ supplies them:

```json
{
  "name": "Example model kit",
  "url": "https://www.hlj.com/example-product",
  "price_usd": 24.99,
  "price_jpy": 3800,
  "maker": "Example maker",
  "category": "Plastic Models",
  "availability": "In stock",
  "release_date": "2026-09",
  "gtin": "1234567890123",
  "image": "https://www.hlj.com/media/example.jpg",
  "search_query": "Gundam"
}
```

Fields that are not available are omitted instead of being guessed. The normalized output fields are `name`, `url`, `price_usd`, `price_jpy`, `maker`, `category`, `availability`, `release_date`, `gtin`, `image`, and `search_query`.

### Pricing and run behavior

This Actor uses pay-per-event billing. A start event is charged when a run starts, based on the run's memory allocation with a minimum of one event. One dataset-item event is charged for each product successfully stored in the default dataset. Products that are not stored are not charged; products already stored remain available and chargeable if a later request causes the run to fail or time out.

HLJ page structure and availability can change. If HLJ does not expose a field in its page HTML or structured product data, that field will not appear in the result. Detail-page requests are sequential to keep resource use and target-site load bounded.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

One or more product terms to search on HLJ.

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

Maximum number of unique products across all search queries.

## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Visit each product page to enrich search results with catalog details.

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

Optional proxy settings. Direct requests are used when disabled.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "Gundam"
  ],
  "maxItems": 2,
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "Gundam"
    ],
    "maxItems": 2,
    "scrapeDetails": true,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("daftvader/hlj-product-scraper-521e620c-642c-579a-9a88-fe108c8ce015").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 = {
    "searchQueries": ["Gundam"],
    "maxItems": 2,
    "scrapeDetails": True,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("daftvader/hlj-product-scraper-521e620c-642c-579a-9a88-fe108c8ce015").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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "Gundam"
  ],
  "maxItems": 2,
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call daftvader/hlj-product-scraper-521e620c-642c-579a-9a88-fe108c8ce015 --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,daftvader/hlj-product-scraper-521e620c-642c-579a-9a88-fe108c8ce015"
        }
    }
}
```

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/quYBhfFcGVXpa7sSS/builds/7xLzTu0nZkFOHFya4/openapi.json