# Changelog of Buyee Scraper: Yahoo Auctions & Mercari Japan Data (`getascraper/buyee-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/getascraper/buyee-scraper/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/getascraper/buyee-scraper.md

## Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

### \[0.4] - 2026-09-04

#### Fixed

- 🐛 Deployed an existing fix that now correctly reports a run as failed when it produces no usable results, instead of reporting success with an empty dataset.

#### Changed

- ⚡ Lowered the default number of items per run so a standard run finishes faster.

### \[0.3.3] - 2026-08-08

#### Changed

- 💸 Lowered the normal run cost while keeping full item details available.
- 🛡️ Added a safer recovery option for searches that need a different network route.

### \[0.3.2] - 2026-08-08

#### Changed

- ⚡ Improved run speed and consistency for full item details.
- 💰 Kept the default configuration focused on good value for normal searches.

### \[0.3.1] - 2026-08-08

#### Changed

- 💸 Reduced the cost of a typical search while preserving the same listing and detail coverage.
- 🛡️ Added clearer guidance for choosing a recovery route when a source is temporarily unavailable.
- 🧪 Made the first-run example smaller and faster so users can verify the output before scaling up.

### \[0.3.0] - 2026-07-17

#### Added

- 🎯 Search filters: price range, item condition, sort order (price low-to-high/high-to-low, ending soonest), Buy It Now only, and has-bids-only - narrow results without scraping everything first and filtering afterwards.
- 🌐 Platform scope option: search Yahoo Auctions only, Mercari only, or both at once.
- 🏷️ Advanced Category ID field for power users who want to scope a search to one category.

#### Changed

- 📋 Reorganized the input form into clearer sections - Sources, Search filters, Output & limits, and Advanced - with search queries promoted as the primary way to start a run.
- 💾 Improved the default run setup to keep everyday searches responsive and affordable.

#### Fixed

- 🐛 Fixed a bug where turning on "Scrape full item details" for a search query could silently return zero results instead of the expected item details.

### \[0.2.0] - 2026-07-17

#### Fixed

- 🐛 Fixed Mercari and Yahoo Auctions item photos getting mixed with unrelated "you may also like" thumbnails. Every item's `images` array now contains only that item's own photos.

#### Changed

- 🔍 Added a "Search Results (lightweight)" dataset view for runs with `scrapeItemDetails` off, so the Output tab shows a clean table instead of empty columns for fields that mode doesn't fetch.

### \[0.1.0] - 2026-07-17

#### Added

- 🚀 Initial release of Buyee Scraper.
- ✨ Scrape Yahoo Auctions Japan and Mercari Japan listings straight from Buyee - by item URL, item ID, raw Yahoo Auctions URL, or a free-text search query.
- ➕ Full item details: title, price in JPY with a US$ estimate, item condition, category, seller name and rating breakdown, shipping payer and estimated shipping days, and images.
- ➕ Auction-specific fields for Yahoo Auctions items: buy-it-now availability, starting price, bid count, watcher count, time remaining, and auction start/end time.
- ➕ Full item descriptions for Yahoo Auctions listings.
- ⚙️ Optional deep mode (`scrapeItemDetails`) to follow every search result to its own item page for the complete field set.
- 🛡️ Residential Japan proxy by default for reliable, high-success-rate runs.

#### Fixed

- 🐛 Solved the reliability problem that breaks most Buyee scrapers on the market: pages now wait for full content to load before extraction, so results are never blank or partial.