Amazon Best Sellers Scraper — Apify Actor

Scrape Amazon's Best Sellers and New Releases charts across different marketplaces and categories.

This actor extracts detailed product listings from Amazon chart pages and returns a clean list of product items pushed directly to your Apify Dataset.

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
category	string	Yes	—	Category Slug. Amazon category slug (e.g., electronics, ce-de). Slugs are marketplace-specific.
geocode	string	Yes	—	Geocode / Marketplace. Amazon marketplace country code (e.g., us, gb, de, jp) or domain (amazon.de).
type	string	No	bestsellers	Chart Type. Accepted values: bestsellers (default) or new-releases.
node	string	No	—	Category Node ID. Narrows the chart to a specific sub-category of the category slug.
page	integer	No	1	Page Number. 1 (ranks 1–50) or 2 (ranks 51–100).
zipcode	string	No	—	Postal / ZIP code formatted according to country requirements to localize prices.
countryName	string	No	—	Country-level location for marketplaces without ZIP-level delivery.
language	string	No	—	Display language as an ISO 639-1 code (e.g. en, de, it) or ZH-TW.
currency	string	No	—	ISO 4217 display currency code (e.g. USD, EUR, GBP).

Note: The device parameter is not supported because Amazon's mobile chart page does not render product cards server-side.

Example Input

{
    "category": "electronics",
    "geocode": "it",
    "type": "new-releases",
    "page": 1
}

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Output Structure

The actor returns a list of Product Objects pushed directly to the default Apify Dataset.

Product Object Fields

Field	Type	Description
rank	integer	Absolute position in the chart (1–50 on page 1, 51–100 on page 2).
asin	string	Amazon Standard Identification Number.
title	string	Product name exactly as rendered on the Amazon chart card.
url	string	Direct URL to the product detail page.
imageUrl	string	Product thumbnail image URL.
price_currencyCode	string	ISO 4217 currency code (e.g. EUR, USD).
price_amount	float	Numeric price amount.
rating_value	float	Score out of 5.
rating_count	integer	Review count as a number.
rating_stars	integer	Star rating integer.
reviewCount	string	Localized rating count text as displayed on Amazon (e.g., "4,324" or "106,039").

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Example Output

Below is an example of the product dataset output:

[
    {
        "rank": 1,
        "asin": "B0DJGCX6Q2",
        "title": "Amazon Fire TV Stick HD (newest gen), free & live TV, Alexa Voice Remote, powered by the TV, effortless setup",
        "url": "https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0DJGCX6Q2",
        "imageUrl": "https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/6144U2SSnRL._AC_UL300_SR300,200_.jpg",
        "price_currencyCode": "EUR",
        "price_amount": 25.99,
        "rating_value": 4.2,
        "rating_count": 4324,
        "rating_stars": 4,
        "reviewCount": "4,324"
    },
    {
        "rank": 2,
        "asin": "B0HBVLSLVQ",
        "title": "JETech Privacy Screen Protector for iPhone 18 Pro, Pack of 2 | Anti-Spy, 9H + Tempered Glass, Easy Installation, Scratch Resistant, Anti-fingerprint",
        "url": "https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0HBVLSLVQ",
        "imageUrl": "https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71OsFRMm9kL._AC_UL300_SR300,200_.jpg",
        "price_currencyCode": "EUR",
        "price_amount": 11.99,
        "rating_value": 4.3,
        "rating_count": 106039,
        "rating_stars": 4,
        "reviewCount": "106,039"
    },
    {
        "rank": 3,
        "asin": "B091FS79T8",
        "title": "UnionSine External Hard Drive 2.5 Inches 500 GB Ultra Slim Portable USB3.0 | Storage for PC, Macbook, PS4, Xbox series, Wii u, TV (Black) HD2510",
        "url": "https://www.amazon.it/dp/B091FS79T8",
        "imageUrl": "https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61XbnUE8ipL._AC_UL300_SR300,200_.jpg",
        "price_currencyCode": "EUR",
        "price_amount": 35.74,
        "rating_value": 4.5,
        "rating_count": 52489,
        "rating_stars": 5,
        "reviewCount": "52,489"
    }
]

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Error Handling

The actor fails with a clear status message in the following cases:

Condition	Actor Behavior
Missing category or geocode	Fails immediately with input validation error.
Invalid type or page	Fails immediately with validation error.
Upstream service failure	Fails with HTTP status code and error details.
Timeout / Network failure	Fails with network error details.