🚀 Apify Yandex Search Scraper - Pay-Per-Result Edition 🇷🇺🇺🇸

The most efficient, reliable, and developer-friendly Yandex search scraper

This is the Pay Per Result Edition. If you're looking for the Pay Per Event Edition, see ApifyYandex-PayPerEvent

See our quick and easy getting started guide to scraping Yandex Search on github here

🌟 Why Choose This Scraper?

"In Soviet Russia, Yandex website scrape you!" 🇷🇺🇺🇸

The Yandex Search data scraper delivers enterprise-grade performance with these advanced capabilities:

Performance & Reliability: Built optimized for high-throughput scraping with intelligent rate limiting and pagination handling.

Cost-Effective: Provides consistent, reliable results with intelligent pagination management to optimize API usage.

Lightning-Fast Search & Retrieval: Search any keyword across Yandex with blazing-fast performance. Retrieve comprehensive results in seconds, not minutes, with intelligent caching and optimization.

Precision Targeting & Advanced Filtering: Pinpoint exact search parameters with domain-specific localization, language support, and location targeting. Get precisely the search data you need, when you need it.

Rich, Structured Data Extraction: Extract complete search information, including organic results, ads, knowledge graph, inline images, and inline videos. Our advanced parsing ensures you get clean, structured data ready for immediate use.

Enterprise-Grade Configuration & Flexibility: Built for developers and businesses who demand reliability. Highly configurable with intuitive controls, comprehensive error handling, and robust logging. Focus on your business logic while we handle the complexity of search scraping.

Transparent Pay-Per-Result Pricing: Our scraper uses a pay-per-result (PPR) billing model. You're charged based on the number of dataset items produced, providing transparent and predictable costs. Scale up or down based on your actual needs without being locked into expensive subscriptions.

🚀 Features

Core Capabilities

• Advanced Search: Support for complex queries with domain-specific localization and language targeting
• Intelligent Pagination: Automatic handling of Yandex search pagination with configurable limits
• Global Localization: Support for 15+ Yandex domains across different regions
• Language Support: 19 officially supported languages including Russian, English, Turkish, and more
• Location Targeting: Custom location/region ID support for precise geographic targeting

Data Quality

• Clean Output: Automatic structured data metadata for clean, production-ready data
• Structured Results: Consistent JSON structure across all search results
• Comprehensive Fields: Organic results, ads, knowledge graph, news, inline images, inline videos, and related searches
• Metadata Tracking: Page-level analytics and search performance metrics
• Pay-Per-Result Billing: Results are pushed as separate dataset items. You're charged per dataset item produced, ensuring you only pay for the results you receive

📖 Usage Examples

Basic Search Example

Search for "python tutorial" with default settings.

{
  "text": "python tutorial"
}

Advanced Search Example 1

Search for "machine learning" with Russian domain, Russian language, and pagination limits.

{
  "text": "machine learning",
  "yandex_domain": "yandex.ru",
  "lang": "ru",
  "max_pages": 3
}

Advanced Search Example 2

Search for "yandex serp" with Russian domain, Russian language, and pagination limits.

{
  "text": "yandex serp",
  "yandex_domain": "yandex.ru",
  "lang": "ru",
  "max_pages": 1
}

Advanced Search Example 3

Search for "yandex scrapers" with English domain, English language, and location targeting.

{
  "text": "yandex scrapers",
  "yandex_domain": "yandex.com",
  "lang": "en",
  "lr": "84",
  "max_pages": 2
}

🔍 Input References

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
text	str	✅	"python tutorial"	Search query
yandex_domain	str	❌	"yandex.com"	Yandex domain (e.g., "yandex.ru" for Russia, "yandex.com.tr" for Turkey)
lang	str	❌	"en"	Language code (e.g., "ru" for Russian, "tr" for Turkish, "null" for unspecified)
lr	str	❌	None	Location/region ID to limit search results
max_pages	Optional[int]	❌	2	Maximum pages to fetch (0 = no limit)
output_file	Optional[str]	❌	None	Custom output filename

📊 Output Format

Search Result Structure

{
  "text": "machine learning",
  "yandex_domain": "yandex.ru",
  "lang": "ru",
  "lr": "225",
  "max_pages": 3,
  "total_results_found": 150,
  "pages_processed": 3,
  "search_metadata": {
    "yandex_domain": "yandex.ru",
    "domain_description": "Russia",
    "language": "ru",
    "language_description": "Russian",
    "location": "225",
    "max_pages": 3,
    "pagination_limit_reached": false
  },
  "pagination_info": {
    "total_pages": 3,
    "max_pages_set": 3,
    "pagination_stopped_by_limit": false,
    "results_per_page": 10
  },
  "organic_results": [
    {
      "title": "Machine Learning Tutorial",
      "link": "https://example.com/ml-tutorial",
      "snippet": "Learn machine learning fundamentals...",
      "position": 1,
      "displayed_link": "example.com",
      "thumbnail": "https://thumbnail.url",
      "favicon": "https://favicon.url",
      "date": "2024-01-15",
      "rich_snippet": "Rich snippet content...",
      "sitelinks": [...]
    }
  ],
  "ads_results": [...],
  "knowledge_graph": [...],
  "inline_images": [...],
  "inline_videos": [...],
  "results_by_page": {
    "1": {
      "organic_results": [...],
      "ads_results": [...],
      "knowledge_graph": [...],
      "inline_images": [...],
      "inline_videos": [...]
    }
  }
}

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Last Updated: 2025.11.15