# Rakuten Japan Scraper - Marketplace Product Prices API (`fruitful_quintessence/rakuten-market-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes Rakuten Ichiba (Japan's largest marketplace) for product listings, prices, rankings, coupons and reviews. Structured JSON for price monitoring, market research and AI agents.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fruitful\_quintessence/rakuten-market-scraper.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.
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".

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

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# README

## Rakuten Market Scraper

Scrape product listings and price statistics from **Rakuten Ichiba** (楽天市場), Japan's largest e-commerce marketplace.

### Features

- **Search products** by keyword (brands, categories, model names)
- **Price statistics mode** (`statsMode`) — returns count/min/max/avg/median price for a keyword, ideal for market price APIs
- Multi-page crawling (each page ~45 products)
- No API key required — direct web scraping

### Input

| Field | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| `searchKeyword` | string | Keyword to search (e.g. ルイヴィトン, ポケモン, iPhone) | ルイヴィトン |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max products to return | 30 |
| `maxPages` | integer | Search result pages to crawl | 2 |
| `statsMode` | boolean | Return price statistics instead of raw listings | false |

### Output

Each result contains: `title`, `price`, `price_jpy`, `shop`, `review`, `detail_url`.

When `statsMode=true`, returns a single statistics object: `statsType`, `keyword`, `count`, `priceMin`, `priceMax`, `priceAvg`, `priceMedian`, `sampleItems`.

### Use Cases

- Market price research for brands and products
- Price monitoring and comparison
- E-commerce data for resale or analysis

# Actor input Schema

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

Keyword to search on Rakuten Ichiba (e.g. ルイヴィトン, ポケモン, iPhone)

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

Maximum number of products to return

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

Number of search result pages to crawl (each page ~45 products)

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

Return price statistics (count/min/max/avg/median) instead of raw listings

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

Proxy settings (auto on free plan)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchKeyword": "ルイヴィトン",
  "maxItems": 30,
  "maxPages": 2,
  "statsMode": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Type identifier, e.g. japan-rakuten-price (only in stats mode)

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

The search keyword used (only in stats mode)

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

Number of items with a valid price (only in stats mode)

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

Minimum price in JPY (only in stats mode)

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

Maximum price in JPY (only in stats mode)

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

Average price in JPY (only in stats mode)

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

Median price in JPY (only in stats mode)

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

Up to 3 sample listings (only in stats mode)

## `collectedAt` (type: `string`):

Collection timestamp (only in stats mode)

## `title` (type: `string`):

Product title (list mode)

## `price` (type: `string`):

Price display text (list mode)

## `price_jpy` (type: `string`):

Numeric price in JPY (list mode)

## `shop` (type: `string`):

Shop name (list mode)

## `review` (type: `string`):

Review text (list mode)

## `detail_url` (type: `string`):

Product detail URL (list mode)

# 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": "ルイヴィトン",
    "maxItems": 30,
    "maxPages": 2,
    "statsMode": false,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fruitful_quintessence/rakuten-market-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 = {
    "searchKeyword": "ルイヴィトン",
    "maxItems": 30,
    "maxPages": 2,
    "statsMode": False,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fruitful_quintessence/rakuten-market-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 '{
  "searchKeyword": "ルイヴィトン",
  "maxItems": 30,
  "maxPages": 2,
  "statsMode": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call fruitful_quintessence/rakuten-market-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,fruitful_quintessence/rakuten-market-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/pZ20lXqRtsJUl9bGk/builds/6vF7T0W3bQrHDkY1p/openapi.json