# eBay Items Scraper — Active Listings, No API Key (`jamhimself/ebay-items-scraper`) Actor Scrape eBay active listings as clean JSON: title, price, condition, shipping, auction/Buy-It-Now format, and URL. Sort and filter by condition, price, free shipping. Bulk, pay per item, no API key. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jamhimself/ebay-items-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Jaime Martinez](https://apify.com/jamhimself) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Agents, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $5.00 / 1,000 item 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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? 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## eBay Items Scraper — Active Listings, Prices & Filters, No API Key Scrape **eBay active listings** into clean JSON — no login, no API key. Search any keyword, sort and filter (condition, price range, Buy-It-Now, free shipping), and get structured rows with title, price, condition, shipping, auction/Buy-It-Now format, and a direct link to every listing. Built for reliability: warm-session + US residential engine, health-monitored daily and patched fast when eBay changes. Output is structured for spreadsheets, price monitoring, and LLM/RAG pipelines. ### ⚡ Quick start Paste this into the Actor's **Input** (JSON view) and hit **Start**: ```json { "searchQuery": "mechanical keyboard", "maxResults": 60, "sortOrder": "best_match", "condition": "all" } ```` Each result row looks like: ```json { "title": "Keychron K8 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard RGB Hot-Swappable", "price": 74.99, "priceRaw": "$74.99", "currency": "$", "condition": "Brand New", "format": "BuyItNow", "bids": null, "shipping": "Free shipping", "unitsSold": 128, "itemUrl": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/335678901234", "imageUrl": "https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/abcAAOSw.../s-l500.jpg" } ``` Or run it from the API: ``` POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/jamhimself~ebay-items-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN ``` ### Input options | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `searchQuery` | string (required) | What to search eBay for | | `maxResults` | integer | Max listings to return (default 60) | | `sortOrder` | enum | `best_match`, `newly_listed`, `ending_soonest`, `price_asc`, `price_desc` | | `condition` | enum | `all`, `new`, `used` | | `buyItNowOnly` | boolean | Exclude auctions | | `freeShippingOnly` | boolean | Only free-shipping listings | | `minPrice` / `maxPrice` | integer | Price range filter (USD) | ### Output fields Every row includes: `title`, `price`, `priceRaw`, `currency`, `condition`, `format` (Auction/BuyItNow), `bids` (auctions), `shipping`, `unitsSold` (when shown), `itemUrl`, `imageUrl`. ### Use cases - **Price & competitor monitoring** — track active listing prices, formats, and shipping for any product. - **Resale & arbitrage** — pair with sold-history data to spot margin. - **AI agents & RAG** — feed structured, deduplicated listing rows into agent pipelines (this Actor is agent-payable). ### Related Actors Need **real transaction prices** instead of active asking prices? Use [eBay Sold Listings Scraper](https://apify.com/jamhimself/ebay-sold-listings-scraper) — sold & completed history that eBay's free APIs don't expose. *** Found an issue or need another field or filter? **Open an issue on this Actor** — it's actively maintained and issues get fixed fast. If this Actor saves you time, a ⭐ review helps others find it. # Actor input Schema ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): What to search eBay for, e.g. "mechanical keyboard" or "vintage omega seamaster". Returns matching active listings. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of active listings to return. ## `sortOrder` (type: `string`): How to sort results. ## `condition` (type: `string`): Filter by item condition. ## `buyItNowOnly` (type: `boolean`): Only fixed-price (Buy It Now) listings, excluding auctions. ## `freeShippingOnly` (type: `boolean`): Only listings with free shipping. ## `minPrice` (type: `integer`): Only listings at or above this price. Leave empty for no minimum. ## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`): Only listings at or below this price. Leave empty for no maximum. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings. eBay blocks datacenter IPs, so RESIDENTIAL proxies are strongly recommended for reliable results. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQuery": "mechanical keyboard", "maxResults": 60, "sortOrder": "best_match", "condition": "all", "buyItNowOnly": false, "freeShippingOnly": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `items` (type: `string`): One row per active listing: title, price, condition, shipping, format, and URL. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchQuery": "mechanical keyboard", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jamhimself/ebay-items-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchQuery": "mechanical keyboard", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "US", }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jamhimself/ebay-items-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searchQuery": "mechanical keyboard", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } }' | apify call jamhimself/ebay-items-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jamhimself/ebay-items-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "eBay Items Scraper — Active Listings, No API Key", "description": "Scrape eBay active listings as clean JSON: title, price, condition, shipping, auction/Buy-It-Now format, and URL. Sort and filter by condition, price, free shipping. 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Returns matching active listings." }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 2000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of active listings to return.", "default": 60 }, "sortOrder": { "title": "Sort order", "enum": [ "best_match", "newly_listed", "ending_soonest", "price_asc", "price_desc" ], "type": "string", "description": "How to sort results.", "default": "best_match" }, "condition": { "title": "Condition", "enum": [ "all", "new", "used" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by item condition.", "default": "all" }, "buyItNowOnly": { "title": "Buy It Now only", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only fixed-price (Buy It Now) listings, excluding auctions.", "default": false }, "freeShippingOnly": { "title": "Free shipping only", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only listings with free shipping.", "default": false }, "minPrice": { "title": "Min price (USD)", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Only listings at or above this price. Leave empty for no minimum." }, "maxPrice": { "title": "Max price (USD)", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Only listings at or below this price. Leave empty for no maximum." }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. eBay blocks datacenter IPs, so RESIDENTIAL proxies are strongly recommended for reliable results.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```