# Meesho Catalogue by Category (`ikmal_suzali_atr/meesho-catalog`) Actor

Every Meesho catalog in a category: id, name, price, MRP, discount, rating, review counts and ad flag. Meesho's category API blocks all automated egress, so a category is crawled as a search for its name (results are single-category). Needs an Indian proxy.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ikmal\_suzali\_atr/meesho-catalog.md
- **Developed by:** [AtTheRate AI](https://apify.com/ikmal_suzali_atr) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.50 / 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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Meesho Catalogue by Category

Pulls every catalog in a Meesho category with price, MRP, discount, rating, review counts and an ad flag. Meesho is India's largest value-fashion and general-merchandise marketplace; this gives you its assortment and pricing by category name, 50 products a page.

### What you get

- Deep pagination in `page` and `position`, with price economics in `price`, `original_price`, `discount_percent` and Meesho's `discount_text`.
- Social proof: `rating`, `rating_count` and `review_count` from the review summary.
- An ad flag on every row: `is_sponsored`, taken from Meesho's own paid-listing marker.
- Trust badges that drive conversion: `mall_verified` and `assured`, plus `shipping_charges`, which often matters more than the headline price.
- Catalog identity for joining: `id`, `product_id`, `hero_pid`, `name`, `num_designs`, `image_url`, `product_url`.

### Input

`categories` is required. There is no location input: Meesho lists nationally.

```json
{
  "categories": ["Sarees"],
  "maxPages": 1,
  "expandSubcategories": false,
  "concurrency": 2,
  "delayMs": 1000,
  "callsPerSession": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "IN"
  }
}
```

- `categories`: names such as `Sarees` or `Cotton Sarees`, or category URLs such as `https://www.meesho.com/sarees/pl/3iy`.
- `maxPages`: pages per category, 0 means all, at 50 products a page. `expandSubcategories` also crawls each category's children from the navigation tree.
- `proxyConfiguration`: residential country IN is the default and is mandatory in practice.

### Output

One row per catalog. The verified run above returned 50 rows for `Sarees` at one page.

```json
{
  "category": "Sarees",
  "page": 1,
  "position": 1,
  "id": "123456789",
  "name": "Aagam Petite Georgette Sarees",
  "brand": null,
  "price": 349,
  "original_price": 999,
  "discount_percent": 65,
  "discount_text": "65% off",
  "rating": 3.9,
  "rating_count": 1204,
  "review_count": 187,
  "in_stock": true,
  "is_sponsored": false,
  "assured": true,
  "shipping_charges": 0,
  "num_designs": 6,
  "product_url": "https://www.meesho.com/aagam-petite-georgette-sarees/p/123456789",
  "fetched_at": "2026-09-12T11:04:18.554Z"
}
```

`brand` and `seller` are always null: Meesho listings carry no brand or seller field, because most catalogs are unbranded supplier listings. `original_price` is null without a discount.

### Use cases

- Price and discount benchmarking in value fashion from `price` and `discount_percent`.
- Assortment depth from the `id` set and `num_designs`, and badge economics by comparing `rating` and `rating_count` for `assured` catalogs against the rest.
- Landed-cost comparison with `shipping_charges` added to `price`, and paid-placement tracking through `is_sponsored`.

### Notes and limits

- An Indian proxy is mandatory. Meesho refuses non-Indian egress at the edge, and the run fails fast saying an Indian proxy is required rather than returning nothing quietly.
- Meesho's category listing endpoints return 403 to every automated request, so a category is crawled as a search for its name. Meesho's own search returns single-category results for category names, which is why that works.
- A name outside Meesho's navigation tree still returns results, because Meesho fuzzy-matches anything. A warning says the results are loosely matched, so check the log before trusting a custom name.
- A query that genuinely matches nothing returns zero rows. Meesho answers no-match queries with a fallback feed of random catalogs and reports the whole corpus as the result count; that feed is suppressed rather than passed off as data.
- 50 products per page, and Meesho caps a result set at 10,000. Pages are walked in order because each needs the cursor from the one before. Sessions re-mint after 100 fetches.

### FAQ

**Do I need a proxy?** Yes, and it must be Indian. Residential country IN is the default. Without it the run stops immediately with the reason.

**How many results can I get?** 50 per page up to Meesho's own 10,000 cap per category, with no limit on how many categories you submit.

**Does it need login or an API key?** No Meesho account, cookie or key is required.

**Why is there no pincode input?** Meesho lists nationally rather than per dark store, so prices and assortment do not change with a delivery address. Serviceability is settled at checkout, not in the listing.

# Actor input Schema

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Category names ("Sarees", "Cotton Sarees") or category URLs (https://www.meesho.com/sarees/pl/3iy). Meesho's category listing endpoints return 403 to every automated egress, so each category is fetched as a search for its name (Meesho's own search returns single-category results for category names). Enable "Include subcategories" to add children from Meesho's navigation tree.

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

0 = all (50 products per page; Meesho caps results at 10,000).

## `expandSubcategories` (type: `boolean`):

Also crawl each category's children from the navigation tree.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

1–4.

## `delayMs` (type: `integer`):

Pause between page fetches.

## `callsPerSession` (type: `integer`):

Re-mint the session after this many page fetches.

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

On the Apify platform this decides egress; a residential proxy in India is recommended. On our own servers it is ignored and our residential proxy is used.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "Sarees"
  ],
  "maxPages": 0,
  "expandSubcategories": false,
  "concurrency": 2,
  "delayMs": 1000,
  "callsPerSession": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "IN"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

One row per product.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Counts for the run: what was requested, captured, skipped and failed.

# 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 = {
    "categories": [
        "Sarees"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ikmal_suzali_atr/meesho-catalog").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 = { "categories": ["Sarees"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ikmal_suzali_atr/meesho-catalog").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 '{
  "categories": [
    "Sarees"
  ]
}' |
apify call ikmal_suzali_atr/meesho-catalog --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ikmal_suzali_atr/meesho-catalog"
        }
    }
}
```

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/TiXvZY8OQHXmUQvkf/builds/EqKorXPwgrVogkuR8/openapi.json