# RepairPal Shop Scraper (`daftvader/repairpal-scraper`) Actor

Collect structured public RepairPal auto repair shop leads by city.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/daftvader/repairpal-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Sam Towers](https://apify.com/daftvader) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$2.70 / 1,000 shop-scrapeds

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

## RepairPal Shop Scraper

Collect structured shop leads from publicly accessible RepairPal city search pages. The Actor accepts a batch of cities, follows the shop profiles available from each search, applies optional filters, and removes duplicates across cities.

### Input

`cities` is required and must contain one or more city names. Optional inputs are:

- `keyword`: case-insensitive text filter for the shop name, address, or certifications.
- `perCityLimit`: maximum accepted shops per city, from 1 to 50 (default 50).
- `minRating` and `minReviewCount`: minimum rating and review thresholds.
- `websitePresence`: `any`, `required`, or `absent` (default `any`).
- `maxItems`: total result limit across all cities.
- `maxConcurrency`: detail-page concurrency from 1 to 10 (default 4).
- `proxyConfiguration`: optional Apify proxy configuration.

Example:

Run with Python 3.11+ after installing the declared project dependencies:

```bash
python -m repairpal.cli input.json
```

The CLI accepts a JSON file (or standard input) and writes JSON Lines. Item lines contain normalized records; charge lines are emitted only after the corresponding unique item has been persisted by the sink.

Example input:

```json
{
  "cities": ["Los Angeles, California", "Phoenix, Arizona"],
  "keyword": "brake",
  "perCityLimit": 50,
  "minRating": 4.5,
  "minReviewCount": 10,
  "websitePresence": "any",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "maxConcurrency": 4,
  "proxyUrl": null
}
```

### Output

Each dataset item contains `name`, `phone`, `website`, `address`, `rating`, `reviewCount`, `warranty`, `hours`, `certifications`, `sourceUrl`, and `city`. Missing source fields are returned as `null` (or an empty certification list). Results are de-duplicated across cities by phone, canonical profile URL, then normalized name and address.

### Pricing

The Actor charges one `shop-scraped` event for each unique shop lead after it is successfully persisted to the dataset. Failed or unpersisted leads are not charged. The final monetary price is configured on Apify.

### Limitations

The Actor depends on the public RepairPal page structure and only returns shops exposed by the requested city searches. `perCityLimit` is capped at 50, and fields are populated only when present in the source page. Results and page availability can change as RepairPal updates its site; this Actor does not require customer login.

# Actor input Schema

## `cities` (type: `array`):

Non-empty city names such as Los Angeles, California.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Optional case-insensitive filter over shop name, address, and certifications.

## `perCityLimit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum accepted shops from each city (1-50).

## `minRating` (type: `number`):

Optional minimum shop rating from 0 to 5.

## `minReviewCount` (type: `integer`):

Optional minimum number of shop reviews.

## `websitePresence` (type: `string`):

Whether returned shops must have a website.

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

Optional maximum number of unique shops returned.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Concurrent detail requests (1-10).

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

Optional Apify proxy configuration.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "cities": [
    "Los Angeles, California"
  ],
  "perCityLimit": 50,
  "websitePresence": "any",
  "maxConcurrency": 4
}
```

# 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 = {
    "cities": [
        "Los Angeles, California"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("daftvader/repairpal-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 = { "cities": ["Los Angeles, California"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("daftvader/repairpal-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 '{
  "cities": [
    "Los Angeles, California"
  ]
}' |
apify call daftvader/repairpal-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,daftvader/repairpal-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/Zhbawt5WVe04tz714/builds/Mu8iPbNuAh5e4Gn14/openapi.json