# Japan cameras Prices — Listings & Market Data (`fruitful_quintessence/japan-camera-resale-price-stats`) Actor

Scrapes cameras data from Japanese DSLR, mirrorless, vintage cameras sources. Extracts title, price (JPY), condition, seller, images, and category per item. JSON / CSV output via Apify dataset, pay-per-event per item scraped. Ideal for resale arbitrage, market research, and price monitoring.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fruitful\_quintessence/japan-camera-resale-price-stats.md
- **Developed by:** [atushi ino](https://apify.com/fruitful_quintessence) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 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.

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.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Japan Camera & Lens Resale Price Research API

One API call gives you the current resale market price for any Japanese-market used camera or lens — aggregated from **Yahoo Auctions Japan** and **Mercari Japan** (メルカリ), Japan's two largest C2C marketplaces.

Perfect for:

- 📷 Collectors researching a fair price before buying (vintage film cameras, DSLRs, mirrorless, Leica, high-end lenses)
- 🛒 Sellers benchmarking list prices (Kitamura, Map Camera, second-hand stores)
- 📊 Market researchers tracking camera price trends over time

### Why this exists

Japan is the world's biggest source of used cameras and lenses (both domestic and export). But price discovery is scattered across Yahoo Auctions, Mercari, and retailer sites — and most listings are Japanese-only. This actor aggregates the two biggest C2C sources and returns **price statistics + sample listings** in a single JSON payload, in English-ready format with source URLs so you can verify every sample yourself.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `searchKeyword` | string | Camera/lens model or keyword, e.g. `Nikon F3`, `Canon AE-1`, `Leica M6`, `Contax T2`, `Sony α7 III` |
| `statsKeyword` | string (optional) | Only include items whose title contains this text in statistics |
| `maxItems` | int (default 30) | Max items collected **per source** |
| `maxPages` | int (default 1) | Search result pages per source |
| `sources` | string (default `yahoo,mercari`) | `yahoo`, `mercari`, or both |
| `statsMode` | bool (default true) | `true` = stats + samples only; `false` = every raw listing as separate record |

### Output (statsMode=true)

```json
{
  "statsType": "japan-camera-resale-price",
  "keyword": "Nikon F3",
  "count": 42,
  "priceMin": 9800,
  "priceMax": 85000,
  "priceAvg": 34250,
  "priceMedian": 31800,
  "sources": { "yahoo": 25, "mercari": 17 },
  "sampleItems": [
    {
      "source": "yahoo",
      "title": "Nikon F3 ボディ 動作良好",
      "price": 31800,
      "condition": "",
      "brand": "",
      "url": "https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/...",
      "imageUrl": "https://..."
    }
  ]
}
```

### Notes

- **Prices are in JPY.** Listings with no parsable price are excluded from statistics.
- The actor runs the two well-known marketplace scrapers (`yahoo-auctions-japan-scraper` and `mercari-japan-search-scraper`) under the hood via the Apify API and aggregates their results. If one source is temporarily unavailable, the other still returns (partial results).
- Sample items always carry source URLs so you can open the actual listing to verify.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchKeyword` (type: `string`):

Camera or lens model name to search for (e.g. 'Nikon F3', 'Canon AE-1', 'Leica M6', 'Sony α7'). Also accepts brand-level keywords like 'Nikon lens' or 'Canon EF'.

## `statsKeyword` (type: `string`):

If set, only items whose title contains this keyword are included in statistics. Useful for narrowing down within a broader search (e.g. searchKeyword='Canon' + statsKeyword='AE-1').

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

Maximum number of items to collect from each source (Yahoo Auctions + Mercari). Total items = maxItems × sources.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of search result pages to fetch per source (1 = just the first page).

## `sources` (type: `string`):

Comma-separated list of sources: 'yahoo' (Yahoo Auctions Japan), 'mercari' (Mercari Japan), or 'yahoo,mercari' for both.

## `statsMode` (type: `boolean`):

When ON (default), only aggregated price statistics (min/max/avg/median/count) and sample items are returned. When OFF, every raw item is returned as a separate dataset record.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchKeyword": "Nikon F3",
  "maxItems": 30,
  "maxPages": 1,
  "sources": "yahoo,mercari",
  "statsMode": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `statsType` (type: `string`):

Type identifier, e.g. japan-camera-resale-price

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

The search keyword used

## `count` (type: `string`):

Number of items with a valid price

## `priceMin` (type: `string`):

Minimum price in JPY

## `priceMax` (type: `string`):

Maximum price in JPY

## `priceAvg` (type: `string`):

Average price in JPY

## `priceMedian` (type: `string`):

Median price in JPY

## `sources` (type: `string`):

Count per source (JSON-encoded)

## `sampleItems` (type: `string`):

Up to 10 sample listings (JSON-encoded)

# 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 = {
    "searchKeyword": "Nikon F3",
    "statsKeyword": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fruitful_quintessence/japan-camera-resale-price-stats").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 = {
    "searchKeyword": "Nikon F3",
    "statsKeyword": "",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fruitful_quintessence/japan-camera-resale-price-stats").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 '{
  "searchKeyword": "Nikon F3",
  "statsKeyword": ""
}' |
apify call fruitful_quintessence/japan-camera-resale-price-stats --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,fruitful_quintessence/japan-camera-resale-price-stats"
        }
    }
}

```

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/xJI4WaPBfQiDJfcnp/builds/qEBI5jGXBRIyJpdAA/openapi.json