# Mercado Livre Best Sellers & Daily Deals Scraper (`gangary/mercado-livre-best-sellers-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes Mercado Livre "Mais Vendidos" best-seller rankings per category and the daily "Ofertas" deals pages. Returns ranked products with title, price, discount, seller, shipping and sales data. Ideal for market research, price monitoring and e-commerce arbitrage.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gangary/mercado-livre-best-sellers-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Gangary](https://apify.com/gangary) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 listing 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?

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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

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## Mercado Livre Scraper — Best Sellers & Daily Deals

Scrape Mercado Livre's **"Mais Vendidos" best-seller rankings** per category and the **"Ofertas do dia" daily deals** pages, and get every product back as structured data: **rank, price, crossed-out price, discount %, installments, seller, official-store flag, rating, units sold, shipping flags** and more. Best sellers come as the top 20 per category; deals are followed through the site's own pagination.

Built for **market research, price monitoring, competitor tracking and e-commerce arbitrage** on the Brazilian market.

**Em português:** raspe o ranking de mais vendidos do Mercado Livre por categoria e as ofertas do dia, e receba preços, descontos, parcelamento, vendedores, notas e mais vendidos em tabela pronta pra planilha. Feito pra pesquisar mercado, monitorar preços e achar produtos pra arbitragem.

### What you get

One row per product, real output from a daily-deals run:

```json
{
  "position": 1,
  "itemId": "MLB6167651244",
  "productId": "MLB47535705",
  "title": "Câmera Inteligente Im7 + 3mp De Resolução Branca Intelbras",
  "url": "https://www.mercadolivre.com.br/camera-inteligente-im7-3mp-de-resolucao-branca-intelbras/p/MLB47535705",
  "price": 263.41,
  "originalPrice": 419.9,
  "discountPct": 37,
  "currency": "BRL",
  "installments": "ou R$ 309,90 em 6x R$ 51,65 sem juros",
  "freeShipping": true,
  "isFull": true,
  "sellerName": "INTELBRAS",
  "isOfficialStore": true,
  "rating": 4.9,
  "soldText": "+50mil vendidos",
  "soldQuantity": null,
  "isAd": false,
  "categoryId": null,
  "domainId": null,
  "thumbnail": "https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_892568-MLA99939109103_112025-O.webp",
  "mode": "deals",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-27T18:35:29.404Z"
}
```

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `mode` | `best-sellers` (Mais Vendidos ranking) or `deals` (Ofertas do dia) |
| `categoryId` / `position` | Category scraped (null = general ranking) and where the product ranked |
| `price` / `originalPrice` / `discountPct` | Current price, crossed-out price and discount % |
| `installments` | Installment plan as shown on the card (e.g. 6x interest-free) |
| `sellerName` / `isOfficialStore` | Seller and whether it's an official store |
| `rating` / `soldText` | Star rating and units sold, when the card displays them |
| `freeShipping` / `isFull` | Free shipping and Fulfillment (FULL) flags |
| `url` / `itemId` | Canonical product link and item ID — join with the search and reviews actors |
| `error` | Set only on failed pages — those rows are **not charged** |

### How to use it

1. Pick a **Mode**: *Best sellers* scrapes the "Mais Vendidos" ranking (one page per category, ~20 items each); *Daily deals* scrapes the "Ofertas do dia" pages with pagination (~48 items per page).
2. In best-sellers mode, list **Category IDs** (format `MLB123` — the code at the end of any Mercado Livre category page URL), up to 50 per run. Leave empty for the general ranking. In deals mode this input is ignored (deals always uses the general page).
3. Set **Max items** (default 100, up to 500 per run) — the total delivered across all categories/pages.
4. Run and export — the **Deals** dataset view gives you a slim rank / item / price / discount table.

### Pricing

Pay per event: a small start fee opens the Brazilian residential session, then a flat fee per **listing delivered**. Blocked pages, failures and invalid categories are **never charged** — and every run respects the `maxTotalChargeUsd` budget you set on Apify.

| Scenario | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| 100 listings (1 run) | ~US$ 0.17 |
| 1,000 listings (2 runs, max 500 per run) | ~US$ 1.54 |
| 10,000 listings (20 runs) | ~US$ 15.40 |

### FAQ

**Is scraping Mercado Livre legal?**
The actor reads publicly listed rankings and deal pages — no login, no paywall bypass, and no personal data beyond the public store/seller name already shown on every product card.

**Why do some pages come back `blocked`?**
Mercado Livre runs aggressive anti-bot protection. When a session gets blocked, the actor drops it, opens a fresh Brazilian residential IP and retries the same page — up to 3 times. If it still fails, the page is abandoned with an error row and you are not charged for it.

**Is proxy included?**
Yes — Brazilian residential proxies are included in the per-listing price. Nothing to configure.

### Honest limitations

- Best sellers = the **top 20 per category** — that's everything Mercado Livre's own ranking page shows.
- Deals mode follows up to 15 pages per run (~48 items each); the site's deal numbering is ambiguous, so items are deduplicated by item ID across pages.
- Max items is capped at 500 per run; for more volume, schedule multiple runs.
- Ratings, sold counts and installments appear only when the product card displays them.

### From the same maker

- **[Mercado Livre Search Scraper](https://apify.com/gangary/mercado-livre-search-scraper)** — search by keyword and get every listing with prices and sales data.
- **[Mercado Livre Product & Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/gangary/mercado-livre-product-reviews-scraper)** — full product page data plus customer reviews.
- **[Mercado Libre Scraper — Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile](https://apify.com/gangary/mercado-libre-search-scraper)** — the same search data for the Spanish-speaking Mercado Libre sites.

***

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# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

best-sellers scrapes the "Mais Vendidos" ranking (one page per category, ~20 items each); deals scrapes the "Ofertas do dia" pages with pagination (~48 items per page).

## `categoryIds` (type: `array`):

Mercado Livre category IDs (format MLB123, e.g. MLB1055), one per line — one best-sellers ranking is scraped per category. Leave empty for the general ranking. Ignored in deals mode (deals always uses the general page).

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

Maximum number of listings to deliver in total across all categories/pages.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "best-sellers",
  "categoryIds": [
    "MLB1055"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# 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 = {
    "categoryIds": [
        "MLB1055"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gangary/mercado-livre-best-sellers-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 = { "categoryIds": ["MLB1055"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gangary/mercado-livre-best-sellers-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 '{
  "categoryIds": [
    "MLB1055"
  ]
}' |
apify call gangary/mercado-livre-best-sellers-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,gangary/mercado-livre-best-sellers-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/ZWO2AXAuhpZD6EhVR/builds/PXlyxWx2W0fNcPIZa/openapi.json