# Mercari Japan Scraper - Listings, Prices & Images in English (`kotaro-project/mercari-japan-items`) Actor

Search public listings on Mercari Japan by keyword, price range and condition, and get item title, price with currency, item URL and image URL. No login. No seller information is read or returned.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kotaro-project/mercari-japan-items.md
- **Developed by:** [KOTARO project](https://apify.com/kotaro-project) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 items

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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

## Mercari Japan Items

Search items on sale on [Mercari Japan](https://jp.mercari.com) and get them as clean data with English field names.

### What you get

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `title` | Item title as listed (usually Japanese) |
| `price`, `currency` | Price as Mercari displays it to the server running the Actor. On Apify servers this is **USD** (for example 25.27 USD). It is not converted by this Actor. |
| `isShopItem` | True for Mercari Shops items (only when you turn them on) |
| `itemUrl` | Link to the item page |
| `imageUrl` | Thumbnail image |
| `itemId`, `keyword` | Item ID and the keyword that found it |

### Input

- **Keywords**: up to 5. Japanese keywords find the most items.
- **Max items per keyword**: 1-200.
- **Min price / Max price**: enter these in **Japanese yen (JPY)**, even though results are shown in USD.
- **Item condition**, **Sort** (recommended by default), **Include Mercari Shops items** (off by default).

Results contain items on sale only. The item condition and listing date are not returned, because they are not on the search page.

### What this Actor does not do

- It does not log in and needs no account.
- It does not read or return seller names, IDs or profiles.
- It does not use private APIs, and it does not open pages disallowed by robots.txt.
- It does not solve robot checks. If Mercari shows one, the run stops and that page is not charged.

One run reads at most 5 result pages per keyword, with pauses between pages, so very large requests may return fewer items.

### Pricing

Pay per item returned. Runs that return no items are not charged per item.

### Your responsibility

Use the data lawfully and follow Mercari's terms of service. This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Mercari, Inc.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

What to search for on Mercari Japan, one per item (up to 5). Japanese keywords find the most items, e.g. 'カメラ', '財布'.

## `maxItemsPerKeyword` (type: `integer`):

1-200. You pay per item returned. One run reads at most 5 result pages per keyword, so it may return fewer.

## `minPrice` (type: `integer`):

Lowest price in Japanese yen.

## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`):

Highest price in Japanese yen.

## `conditions` (type: `array`):

Only items in these conditions. Leave empty for all.

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

Order of the search results.

## `includeShopItems` (type: `boolean`):

Off returns only items listed by individuals. Turn on to also include items from Mercari Shops stores.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "カメラ"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerKeyword": 30,
  "sort": "recommended",
  "includeShopItems": false
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "カメラ"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("kotaro-project/mercari-japan-items").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 = { "keywords": ["カメラ"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("kotaro-project/mercari-japan-items").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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "カメラ"
  ]
}' |
apify call kotaro-project/mercari-japan-items --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,kotaro-project/mercari-japan-items"
        }
    }
}
```

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 <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` 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/Q3sk8YtDX0NbXvrLm/builds/AxK3FQke4c3FDrD7D/openapi.json