# Amazon Search Scraper (`datacortex/amazon-search-scraper`) Actor

Amazon keyword search results -- organic, sponsored, and Amazon's Choice listings with price and rating.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datacortex/amazon-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [datacortex](https://apify.com/datacortex) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 search results

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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — 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

## Amazon Search Scraper

Search **Amazon by keyword** and export **ASIN, title, price, rating, Prime, sponsored flags, thumbnail, and product URL**. One dataset row per listing — ready for CSV, Excel, or JSON.

Built for Apify Console, API, MCP agents, and integrations (Make, Zapier, n8n). This Actor searches Amazon. It does not open product-detail pages or pull reviews.

### What you get

| Field | Example |
| --- | --- |
| `title` | Soundcore Q20i Wireless Headphones |
| `asin` | B0CHWRXH8B |
| `url` | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHWRXH8B |
| `price` | 39.99 |
| `rating` | 4.5 |
| `reviewsCount` | 18342 |
| `isPrime` | true |
| `isSponsored` | false |
| `thumbnailUrl` | https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/…jpg |

One keyword on page 1 typically returns **~20–48 listings**. Extra pages add more rows.

### How to run

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console.
2. Enter one search phrase per line under **Search keywords**.
3. Optional: marketplace, pages, sort, deliver-to ZIP, max results.
4. Click **Start**. Open the **Output** tab when the run finishes.

#### Example input

```json
{
  "keywords": ["wireless earbuds"],
  "domain": "com",
  "pages": 1,
  "maxResults": 20,
  "sortBy": "featured"
}
```

#### API

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/datacortex~amazon-search-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keywords":["wireless earbuds"],"domain":"com","pages":1}'
```

Replace `YOUR_TOKEN` with an Apify API token.

### Use with MCP / agents

This is a normal Apify Actor. Agents call it through [Apify MCP](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp) — you do not run a separate MCP process.

Pin this Actor as a tool (after it is public):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=datacortex/amazon-search-scraper"
    }
  }
}
```

The agent should `fetch-actor-details` on `datacortex/amazon-search-scraper`, then run it with the same JSON as **Example input** above. Running Actors requires an Apify token (OAuth in the client, or `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>`).

### Pricing

**$0.50 per 1,000 results** + $0.001 per run.

| Event | When it fires | Price |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `apify-actor-start` | Once when the run starts | **$0.001** |
| `apify-default-dataset-item` | Once per dataset row (one listing) | **$0.0005** ($0.50 / 1,000) |

| Job | Rows | You pay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 keyword, 1 page (~20) | 20 | $0.001 + $0.010 = **$0.011** |
| 10 keywords, 1 page | ~200 | $0.001 + $0.100 = **$0.101** |
| 1 keyword, ~700 listings | 700 | $0.001 + $0.350 = **$0.351** |

Set a **max total charge per run** so a long keyword list cannot overrun budget. The Actor stops when that limit is reached.

### Input reference

| Field | Required | Default | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `keywords` | yes | — | One phrase per line, max 1,000 |
| `domain` | no | `com` | Marketplace TLD (`co.uk`, `de`, `in`, …) |
| `pages` | no | `1` | 1–10 result pages per keyword |
| `maxResults` | no | all | Hard cap across every keyword |
| `sortBy` | no | featured | Featured, price, best sellers, reviews, newest |
| `geoLocation` | no | — | ZIP / deliver-to, e.g. `10001` |

### Limitations

- Search-result cards only. This Actor does **not** fetch full product details, offers, or customer reviews.
- Prices and Prime badges are what Amazon showed on that search page for the chosen marketplace / ZIP.
- Duplicate ASINs across sponsored and organic blocks are kept once.
- Failed keywords write one `type: "error"` row so you can see which term failed.

### Local development

```bash
python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
cp .env.example .env
apify run --input-file=apify_input.json --purge
```

### Changelog

See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md).

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

One Amazon search phrase per line. Example: `wireless earbuds`.

## `domain` (type: `string`):

Amazon marketplace TLD. `com` is amazon.com (US).

## `pages` (type: `integer`):

How many result pages to fetch per keyword. Each extra page adds more rows (and PPE charges).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many dataset rows across all keywords. Leave empty to keep every listing returned.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Amazon search sort order.

## `geoLocation` (type: `string`):

Optional ZIP or location string so prices match that delivery area. Example: `10001`.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "wireless earbuds"
  ],
  "domain": "com",
  "pages": 1
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset of flattened Amazon search listings.

# 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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "wireless earbuds"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datacortex/amazon-search-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 = { "keywords": ["wireless earbuds"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datacortex/amazon-search-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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "wireless earbuds"
  ]
}' |
apify call datacortex/amazon-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,datacortex/amazon-search-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/4bwHPJcmacQCgkmZb/builds/CAOsb9B3wSM6af3C9/openapi.json