# Olive Young Scraper: K-Beauty Product Data & Prices (USD) (`kdatafactory/oliveyoung-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Olive Young Global best sellers, K-beauty prices in USD, ratings and rankings as clean JSON. Market research and price monitoring made easy.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kdatafactory/oliveyoung-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Seok June Park](https://apify.com/kdatafactory) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Other, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.50 / 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/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.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.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/platform/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

## OLIVE YOUNG Global K-Beauty Scraper 🧴

Scrape **best-seller rankings, keyword search results, and category listings** from
[OLIVE YOUNG Global](https://global.oliveyoung.com) — Korea's #1 health & beauty retailer
and the single most important storefront for K-beauty. Get clean, structured product data
(name, brand, USD price, discount, rating, review count, image, product URL) in JSON, CSV,
Excel, or via API.

Built for **global K-beauty sellers, dropshippers, and market researchers** who need to
track what's actually selling in Korea — priced and named in English, ready to use.

---

### 🚀 What it does

Give it a **mode** and it returns a structured product feed:

| Mode | What you get | Example input |
|------|--------------|---------------|
| `ranking` | The live **Best Sellers** sales ranking (up to ~100 products, with `rank`) | `{ "mode": "ranking" }` |
| `search` | Products matching a **keyword**, paginated & sortable | `{ "mode": "search", "query": "vitamin c serum" }` |
| `category` | Products in a **top-level category** | `{ "mode": "category", "query": "Skincare" }` |

Data comes straight from OLIVE YOUNG Global's own **public JSON APIs** (the same endpoints
the website's front-end calls) — so it's fast and reliable, no brittle HTML scraping.

**Available categories:** `Skincare`, `Makeup`, `Bath & Body`, `Hair`, `Face Masks`,
`Suncare`, `K-Pop`, `Makeup Brush & Tools`, `Accessories`, `Wellness`, `Men's Care`,
`Supplements`, `Food & Drink`, `Special Value Sets`.

---

### 📥 Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `mode` | string | `ranking` | `ranking`, `search`, or `category`. |
| `query` | string | — | Keyword (search) or category name (category). Optional for ranking. |
| `maxItems` | integer | `100` | Max products to return. Ranking returns up to ~100 in one request. |
| `sort` | string | `MOST_POPULAR` | `MOST_POPULAR`, `MOST_RELEVANT`, `MOST_REVIEWS`, `LATEST_REGISTRATION`, `LOWEST_PRICE`, `HIGHEST_PRICE` (search & category only). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | RESIDENTIAL | Apify proxy. **Keep RESIDENTIAL enabled** (see note below). |

**Input example — top skincare products by review count:**

```json
{
  "mode": "category",
  "query": "Skincare",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "sort": "MOST_REVIEWS"
}
````

***

### 📤 Output

Each product is one dataset record in this shape (real sample from a live run):

```json
{
  "source": "oliveyoung",
  "product_id": "GA230518746",
  "name": "SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica Water-Fit Sun Serum 50mL*2ea (Twin pack)",
  "brand": "SKIN1004",
  "price_usd": 28,
  "sale_price_usd": 22.4,
  "currency": "USD",
  "rating": 4.9,
  "review_count": 9958,
  "category": "search/serum",
  "rank": 1,
  "is_sold_out": false,
  "url": "https://global.oliveyoung.com/product/detail?prdtNo=GA230518746",
  "image_url": "https://cdn-image.oliveyoung.com/prdtImg/1595/430be104-fda8-4dfd-a3a4-34f7df3cfa46.jpg",
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-07T09:32:24.927+09:00"
}
```

**Field notes**

- `price_usd` / `sale_price_usd` — displayed in **USD** (the global storefront shows
  post-margin USD prices). When a product is not discounted, `sale_price_usd` is `null`.
- `rating` / `review_count` — populated in `search` and `category` modes. The ranking feed
  does not expose a per-product review count, so those fields may be `null` in `ranking`
  mode.
- `rank` — 1-based position within the returned list/ordering.
- A full 25-record sample lives in [`samples/sample-output.json`](samples/sample-output.json).

***

### 💡 Use cases

- **Price monitoring** — track USD prices and discounts on hero SKUs across time.
- **K-beauty market research** — see what's trending in Korea by category and review volume.
- **Dropshipping / sourcing** — find high-rated, high-review products with images and URLs
  ready to import into Shopify/Amazon listings.
- **AI agents & LLM pipelines** — feed a clean JSON product catalog into RAG or a shopping
  assistant. Pairs with the companion **K-Beauty API** on RapidAPI.
- **Competitive intelligence** — monitor best-seller ranking shifts for your brand vs rivals.

***

### 🌐 Data source & proxy

This actor targets **OLIVE YOUNG Global** (`global.oliveyoung.com`), the international
storefront — chosen deliberately because it serves **English product names and USD prices**,
which is exactly what global K-beauty sellers need (the Korean-domestic site returns Korean
text and KRW). Data is read from the storefront's **public** ranking and search JSON APIs.

> **⚠️ Use Apify RESIDENTIAL proxy.** OLIVE YOUNG's WAF geo-filters datacenter and
> non-Korean IP ranges. The default input keeps `RESIDENTIAL` proxy enabled — leave it on.
> Without a suitable proxy you may receive `HTTP 403`/`429` or a challenge page instead of
> JSON, and the run will fail with a clear "Blocked by anti-bot" error.

***

### ⚖️ Rate & legality note

- Only **public, non-personal** catalog data is collected — product listings that anyone can
  see without logging in. **No customer or reviewer personal data** (no nicknames, profiles,
  or IDs) is ever scraped.
- Requests are **rate-limited** (sequential pages, ≥500 ms delay) to stay light on the site.
- You are responsible for complying with OLIVE YOUNG's Terms of Service and applicable law in
  your jurisdiction. Use the data for research, monitoring, and analytics — not to replicate
  the storefront.

***

### 🏃 Run it

On Apify: set your input and click **Start**. Locally:

```bash
npm install
## put your input in storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json
npm start
```

Results land in the default dataset (Apify) or `./storage/datasets/default` (local).

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to scrape. 'ranking' = the best-seller sales ranking. 'search' = keyword search results. 'category' = products in a top-level category.

## `query` (type: `string`):

For 'search': the keyword (e.g. "vitamin c serum"). For 'category': a category name (e.g. "Skincare", "Makeup", "Suncare", "Hair"). For 'ranking': optional category-id filter, leave empty for the overall best-seller list.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to return. Ranking mode returns up to ~100 in a single request.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Result ordering for search/category modes.

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

Apify proxy settings. RESIDENTIAL is strongly recommended — the storefront's WAF geo-filters datacenter IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "ranking",
  "query": "vitamin c serum",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "sort": "MOST_POPULAR",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("kdatafactory/oliveyoung-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("kdatafactory/oliveyoung-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 '{}' |
apify call kdatafactory/oliveyoung-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=kdatafactory/oliveyoung-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Olive Young Scraper: K-Beauty Product Data & Prices (USD)",
        "description": "Scrape Olive Young Global best sellers, K-beauty prices in USD, ratings and rankings as clean JSON. Market research and price monitoring made easy.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "81OLHZb5R2jc4EG3b"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/kdatafactory~oliveyoung-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-kdatafactory-oliveyoung-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/kdatafactory~oliveyoung-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-kdatafactory-oliveyoung-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/kdatafactory~oliveyoung-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-kdatafactory-oliveyoung-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "mode"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "mode": {
                        "title": "Mode",
                        "enum": [
                            "ranking",
                            "search",
                            "category"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "What to scrape. 'ranking' = the best-seller sales ranking. 'search' = keyword search results. 'category' = products in a top-level category.",
                        "default": "ranking"
                    },
                    "query": {
                        "title": "Query",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "For 'search': the keyword (e.g. \"vitamin c serum\"). For 'category': a category name (e.g. \"Skincare\", \"Makeup\", \"Suncare\", \"Hair\"). For 'ranking': optional category-id filter, leave empty for the overall best-seller list."
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max items",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 5000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of products to return. Ranking mode returns up to ~100 in a single request.",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "sort": {
                        "title": "Sort (search & category only)",
                        "enum": [
                            "MOST_POPULAR",
                            "MOST_RELEVANT",
                            "MOST_REVIEWS",
                            "LATEST_REGISTRATION",
                            "LOWEST_PRICE",
                            "HIGHEST_PRICE"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Result ordering for search/category modes.",
                        "default": "MOST_POPULAR"
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Apify proxy settings. RESIDENTIAL is strongly recommended — the storefront's WAF geo-filters datacenter IPs.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": true,
                            "apifyProxyGroups": [
                                "RESIDENTIAL"
                            ]
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```