# Tabletop Retail Price Scraper — CoolStuffInc & Miniature Market (`jungle_synthesizer/coolstuffinc-miniaturemarket-tabletop-retail-price-scraper`) Actor Scrape board game, miniatures, and tabletop product pricing from CoolStuffInc and Miniature Market. Extracts sale price, MSRP, stock status, SKU, publisher, and category for each listing — ideal for MAP compliance monitoring, competitive repricing, and first-party retail price research. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer/coolstuffinc-miniaturemarket-tabletop-retail-price-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Games - **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.80 / 1,000 record scrapeds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. 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 ## Tabletop Retail Price Scraper — CoolStuffInc & Miniature Market Scrape board game, miniatures, and tabletop product pricing from [CoolStuffInc](https://www.coolstuffinc.com) and [Miniature Market](https://www.miniaturemarket.com). Extracts sale price, MSRP, stock status, SKU, publisher, and category for each listing — ideal for MAP compliance monitoring, competitive repricing, and first-party retail price research. ### What it scrapes | Retailer | Categories covered | Data points | |------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---| | CoolStuffInc | Board Games (all mechanics), Spotlight Products | Sale price, stock status, SKU, UPC, image, breadcrumb category | | Miniature Market | Board Games, Miniature Games, Tabletop RPGs, Family Games | Sale price, MSRP/list price, stock status, SKU, publisher, image, category | ### Output Each record contains: | Field | Type | Description | |----------------|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `retailer` | string | `coolstuffinc` or `miniaturemarket` | | `product_id` | string | Numeric page ID (CSI) or SKU slug (MM) | | `title` | string | Product title | | `product_url` | string | Canonical product page URL | | `product_type` | string | Product type — board game, minis, sealed, singles | | `publisher` | string | Publisher or manufacturer | | `category` | string | Category path from site navigation | | `msrp` | number | Manufacturer's suggested retail price (Miniature Market only) | | `sale_price` | number | Current retail price | | `currency` | string | Currency code (USD) | | `in_stock` | boolean | Whether the item is available to buy | | `stock_status` | string | In Stock, Out of Stock, Preorder, or Backorder | | `sku` | string | Retailer SKU | | `upc` | string | Universal Product Code — CoolStuffInc only, when shown on the product page; always null for Miniature Market | | `image` | string | Product image URL | | `scraped_at` | string | ISO 8601 timestamp | ### How to use #### Full category crawl (default) Leave `Start URLs` empty and run with default settings. The actor walks all board game and hobby categories on both retailers and collects every listed product. ```json { "maxItems": 100, "sources": ["coolstuffinc", "miniaturemarket"] } ``` #### Targeted product or category URLs Provide `Start URLs` to scrape specific products or category pages directly, bypassing the full crawl: ```json { "maxItems": 10, "startUrls": [ "https://www.coolstuffinc.com/p/252150", "https://www.miniaturemarket.com/asminar01.html", "https://www.miniaturemarket.com/board-games.html" ] } ``` - CoolStuffInc product URLs: `https://www.coolstuffinc.com/p/` - CoolStuffInc listing pages: `https://www.coolstuffinc.com/page/` - Miniature Market product URLs: `https://www.miniaturemarket.com/.html` - Miniature Market category URLs: `https://www.miniaturemarket.com/.html` #### Single retailer ```json { "maxItems": 500, "sources": ["coolstuffinc"] } ``` ### Input | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-------------|---------|--------------------------------------|---| | `maxItems` | integer | 10 | Maximum records to scrape across both retailers. Remove limit or set high for a full crawl. | | `sources` | array | `["coolstuffinc","miniaturemarket"]` | Which retailers to include. | | `startUrls` | array | — | Optional direct product or category URLs. When provided, skips the category hub crawl. | ### Crawl strategy **CoolStuffInc**: The actor seeds from the Board Games hub (`/page/35`), collects subcategory listing page links, then paginates each (`?resultsperpage=25&page=N`) to collect product detail URLs (`/p/`). Pricing uses schema.org microdata (`itemprop="price"`, `itemprop="availability"`). **Miniature Market**: The actor seeds from four top-level category pages (Board Games, Miniature Games, Tabletop RPGs, Family Games), paginates each (`?p=N`) to collect product URLs, then scrapes detail pages. Pricing uses Open Graph meta tags (`product:price:amount`, `product:price:currency`). MSRP comes from the list-price element (`aria-label="Retail Price: $XX.XX"`). Concurrency is set to 8 with a 45-second request timeout. ### Notes - Board game inventory on Miniature Market alone is approximately 13,000 SKUs across 369 pages. A full two-retailer crawl will produce tens of thousands of records. - CoolStuffInc displays UPC codes on some product pages — collected when present. Miniature Market does not expose a UPC/EAN on its product pages, so `upc` is always null there. - Setup: none required for these sites. # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): What will this data feed? E.g. lead lists, KYB checks, price tracking. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): We'll personally help with your use case. No spam. ## `resumeCursor` (type: `string`): Leave empty for a fresh crawl. To CONTINUE a previous run where it stopped — without paying again for records you already received — paste the `resumeCursor` value from that run's Output (the run's OUTPUT key). Resume promptly: the previous run's data expires with your account's retention window (free tier: your ~10 most recent runs). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of product records to scrape across both retailers. Leave empty for a full crawl. ## `sources` (type: `array`): Which retailers to scrape. Options are "coolstuffinc" and "miniaturemarket". Defaults to both. ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Optional list of specific product or category URLs to scrape directly, bypassing the full category crawl. ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10, "sources": [ "coolstuffinc", "miniaturemarket" ] } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # 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 = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10, "sources": [ "coolstuffinc", "miniaturemarket" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/coolstuffinc-miniaturemarket-tabletop-retail-price-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 = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10, "sources": [ "coolstuffinc", "miniaturemarket", ], } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/coolstuffinc-miniaturemarket-tabletop-retail-price-scraper").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 '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10, "sources": [ "coolstuffinc", "miniaturemarket" ] }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/coolstuffinc-miniaturemarket-tabletop-retail-price-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,jungle_synthesizer/coolstuffinc-miniaturemarket-tabletop-retail-price-scraper" } } } ``` 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 ` 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/MZzJcP9QJZttb0XSb/builds/Pj00dRGupv9ZaME8R/openapi.json