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MercadoLibre Scraper | Products Prices LatAm

Scrape MercadoLibre and Mercado Livre across Latin America — ofertas, categories, search & products. Extract item IDs, titles, prices & permalinks from AR/MX/BR and more. Export Excel/CSV/JSON. Unofficial — not affiliated with MercadoLibre.

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MercadoLibre Scraper — Products, Offers & Categories (LatAm)

Scrape MercadoLibre and Mercado Livre product listings across Latin American marketplaces — then download structured results as Excel, CSV, or JSON.

Use this Actor as a practical MercadoLibre / Mercado Livre data API for LatAm price monitoring, category research, deal tracking, and catalog enrichment. Pick a country site (default mercadolibre.com.ar), choose a mode, and get Dataset rows with item IDs, titles, prices, currency, and permalinks.

  • Harvest seller leads: official-store directory (tiendas), store identity (tienda shopModel → seller_id / storefront_id / followers), nickname → seller_id resolver (perfil), and the BFF storefront API (storefront → metadata + item ids)
  • Collect product grids from landing surfaces (landing: /importados + /supermercado/market) with item_id / catalog_id / price
  • Enumerate taxonomy & metadata: category nav tree (nav), categories + attributes, countries, payment methods, keyword→category predictor (api)
  • Cover MercadoLibre and Mercado Livre hosts across Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, plus Central America TLDs
  • Capture item_id, title, price, currency, permalink, and source surface — all over direct HTTP (no browser needed for open surfaces)
  • Export to Excel / CSV / JSON, or connect Make, n8n, Zapier, Python, or the Apify API
  • Pay per event — Actor start + each Dataset result; platform usage is included (you do not pay separate Apify compute on top)

maxResults is the maximum number of rows delivered and charged for each keyword or selected mode target (default 70, maximum 500). Values above 70 are collected in parts of 70; all row types count together, and the whole run stops at your maximum total charge. Each Dataset row is one result entity.

Unofficial tool. This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Mercado Libre S.R.L., MercadoLivre, or MercadoLibre brand sites. It collects publicly reachable listing surfaces and does not complete purchases or access private accounts.


What does the MercadoLibre Scraper do?

MercadoLibre Scraper lets you extract structured seller-lead, listing, and taxonomy data from MercadoLibre LatAm sites without operating your own anti-bot browser fleet. Give it a country site and a mode (for example tiendas or landing), then start a run.

Under the hood, the Actor:

  1. Validates your input (mode, country site / siteId, and the per-mode identifier)
  2. Enforces free-tier caps when you are on a free Apify plan
  3. Calls a managed worker (mercadolibre-com) that fetches open surfaces over direct HTTP — chrome-UA SSR, the public REST family, or the App BFF header contract
  4. Parses Nordic _n.ctx.s.q() / shopModel / poly-card signals into normalized records
  5. Pushes Dataset rows ready for Excel / CSV / JSON export
  6. Writes RUN_SUMMARY (and ERROR_SUMMARY on failure) to the key-value store

You run it like any other Apify Actor — schedule it, call it from the API, or plug it into automations.


What MercadoLibre data can I extract?

Seller leads (direct HTTP, open):

Datatiendatiendasperfilstorefront
seller_id (owner_id)✅via tienda hop✅✅
shop_name / slug✅✅ (207-store index)✅✅
storefront_id / type✅——✅
item id enumeration———✅

Product grid & taxonomy (direct HTTP, open):

Datalandingnavapicategories
Item ID / catalog_id✅———
Title / price / permalink✅———
Category tree / slugs—✅✅✅
Countries / payment / domain→category——✅—

Login-gated surfaces (return honest blocked, not fake rows): search (listado), product (PDP), ofertas, category. Recon 2026-10-06 pinned these behind MercadoLibre’s negative_traffic login gate — the only pass token is a logged-in session, so the Actor reports blocked/302_gz instead of harvesting a challenge shell.


Why scrape MercadoLibre?

MercadoLibre (and Mercado Livre in Brazil) is the largest ecommerce marketplace network in Latin America. Teams scrape MercadoLibre to:

  • Build seller lead lists: enumerate 200+ official stores, resolve nicknames to seller_id, pull storefront metadata + item ids
  • Track landing assortments (importados, supermercado) with item_id / catalog_id / price
  • Enrich catalogs with item IDs, titles, prices, and permalinks
  • Map taxonomy: full category tree + keyword→category prediction + countries/payment metadata
  • Compare LatAm marketplace pricing across AR / MX / BR / CL / CO and additional hosts
  • Feed BI dashboards, pricing tools, or AI agents with structured LatAm ecommerce rows

Compared with MercadoLibre Actors that only cover one country, reviews-only, or seller-offer monitoring, this Actor covers seller-lead + taxonomy + landing-grid surfaces in one input form — all over direct HTTP, no browser needed for the open surfaces. Search/PDP sit behind a login gate and are reported as blocked rather than scraped.


More Actors like this

Need another marketplace or a different vertical? Use a dedicated Actor below for structured fields. Use this Actor for MercadoLibre / Mercado Livre ofertas, categories, and listing surfaces across LatAm.

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How to scrape MercadoLibre (no code required)

  1. Create a free Apify account
  2. Open MercadoLibre Scraper
  3. Choose a mode: tienda, tiendas, perfil, landing, nav, api, storefront, categories (direct-HTTP open surfaces) or ofertas, category, search, product (login-gated → return blocked)
  4. Choose a country site (default mercadolibre.com.ar) or set siteId (MLA, MLM, MLB, …)
  5. For category mode, enter a categorySlug (for example celulares-y-telefonos)
  6. (Optional) Set page, categoryId, containerId, price, or maxResults
  7. Click Start and download the Dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, or JSONL

Start with maxResults: 5–10 to verify the query, then scale up.


How much does it cost to scrape MercadoLibre?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. You are charged for:

EventPrice
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)$0.005 per start
Result (apify-default-dataset-item)$3.00 / 1,000 results ($0.003 each)

Platform usage costs are included — you do not pay separate Apify compute/proxy usage for this Actor on top of the event prices above.

Example cost estimates

Results collectedApprox. event cost*
100~$0.31
1,000~$3.01
10,000~$30.01

*Assumes one Actor start at default memory billing for start events, plus $0.003 per Dataset item. Exact start billing can scale with allocated memory (one start event per GB, minimum one).

Free Apify trial credit can cover a small test run — try maxResults: 5 first.

Free-tier caps (Actor developer limits)

CapValue
Free Apify-plan runs of this Actor10 total
Free results / run200
Paying Apify usersUnlimited runs (schema max still applies)

These limits are enforced in Actor code (set by the Actor developer, not Apify). When the run cap is hit, the Actor finishes successfully with RUN_SUMMARY.status = FREE_TIER_LIMIT and a clear status message.


Input

Open the Input tab for the full form. Common fields:

FieldDescription
modecategories, tienda, tiendas, perfil, landing, nav, api, storefront (direct-HTTP open) · ofertas, category, search, product (login gate → blocked)
storeSlugSeller store slug for tienda (grupo-sva); also resolves storefront
nicknameSeller nickname for perfil (resolves to seller_id)
landingimportados or market for landing mode
resource / resourceIdFor api: countries/classified_locations/payment_methods/domain_discovery/categories/attributes
storefrontIdFor storefront: BFF storefront id (or pass storeSlug)
countrySiteHost such as mercadolibre.com.ar (default), .com.mx, mercadolivre.com.br, .cl, .com.co, …
siteIdOptional MLA / MLM / MLB / … (overrides countrySite)
categorySlugRequired for category (e.g. celulares-y-telefonos)
categoryId / containerId / price / installmentsOptional ofertas filters
pageOfertas page number
keyword / keywordsOne search query or a list of independent queries, each with its own maxResults limit (often verification-gated)
productUrl / productId / itemId / userProductIdProduct mode identifiers
maxResultsRows per keyword or selected mode target (default 70, max 500); values above 70 are collected in parts of 70, and the run stops at your maximum total charge
workerBaseUrlAdvanced allowlisted worker override (optional)

Input example (ofertas)

{
"mode": "ofertas",
"countrySite": "mercadolibre.com.mx",
"page": 1,
"maxResults": 20
}

Input example (category)

{
"mode": "category",
"countrySite": "mercadolibre.com.ar",
"categorySlug": "celulares-y-telefonos",
"maxResults": 20
}

Output

Each Dataset item includes site metadata plus listing fields such as:

FieldDescription
item_idMercadoLibre item id when present
product_id / user_product_idCatalog / UP identifiers when present
titleListing title
price / currencyPrice signals
permalinkPublic product / listing URL
siteId / countrySiteMarketplace site and host
source_surfaceSurface used (ofertas, category, …)
mode / scrapedAtCollection mode and timestamp

Field presence depends on mode and what the public page exposes for that run.


Coverage matrix

DimensionCoverage
Country sites18 hosts including AR / MX / BR / CL / CO / PE / UY / VE / EC / BO + Central America + PY
ModesDirect-HTTP open: categories · tienda · tiendas · perfil · landing · nav · api · storefront. Login-gated (honest blocked): ofertas · category · search · product
VerticalsPhones, vehicles, real estate, supermercado, etc. via category + slug (not separate Actors)

Preferred surfaces (direct-HTTP, anonymous, stable): tienda/tiendas/perfil/storefront for seller leads, landing for product grids, nav/api/categories for taxonomy & metadata. Search/listado, PDP, ofertas, and category browsing are behind a login gate (negative_traffic) — they return an honest blocked diagnostic rather than fake rows.


Architecture and proxy ownership

Apify Actor (input, Dataset, free tier, Standby, PPE)
│ HTTPS + WORKER_AUTH
▼
Cloud Run worker mercadolibre-com (Patchright + Chrome + Xvfb, parse, OpenAPI)
▼
MercadoLibre / Mercado Livre public listing pages

WORKER_PROVIDES_PROXY=1 is enabled by default. The Actor does not mint or transmit proxyUrl; proxy/egress is configured on the worker (including egress-control). Set WORKER_BASE_URL and secret WORKER_AUTH in Actor settings.

Default run memory: 1024 MB (min 512).

Standby / Live View

When the Actor runs in Standby mode, these HTTP paths are available (see .actor/openapi.json):

MethodPathPurpose
GET/, /healthReadiness / Actor health
GET/input-exampleDocumentation-only sample input
GET/openapi.json, /schemaOpenAPI document
POST/search, /v1/searchActor scrape request (mode in JSON)

Batch Actor runs remain the primary path for Dataset export; Standby is for Live View / small HTTP calls. Live View OpenAPI only documents Actor-side paths.


Run artifacts

KeyPurpose
INPUT_ECHONormalized non-secret input and resolved worker source
RUN_SUMMARYWorker, proxy source, free-tier, and record metrics
ERROR_SUMMARYStructured failure before valid records are emitted

Integrations & API

  • Schedule recurring MercadoLibre ofertas / category pulls from Apify Console
  • Call the Actor from Python, Node.js, or curl via the Apify API
  • Connect to Make, n8n, Zapier, Google Sheets, or your BI stack

API example

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/lentic_clockss~mercadolibre-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"mode": "ofertas",
"countrySite": "mercadolibre.com.ar",
"page": 1,
"maxResults": 20
}'

FAQ

Is login required?

No. The Actor targets publicly reachable listing surfaces via the managed worker.

Can it complete purchases or access seller accounts?

No. Checkout, messaging, and private account flows are intentionally excluded.

Why do search or product runs say blocked?

MercadoLibre often redirects anonymous keyword SERP / PDP traffic to /gz/account-verification. The Actor reports blocked instead of inventing results. Prefer ofertas or category.

Do I need a separate Actor per vertical (phones, cars, real estate)?

No. Use mode=category with the marketplace category slug for that vertical.

Do I pay Apify platform usage separately?

No for this Actor’s configured PPE plan — User pays platform usage costs = No. You pay the event prices above; platform usage is covered by the Actor developer.


Use this Actor only for lawful purposes and in line with MercadoLibre terms and applicable laws. You are responsible for how you store and use the data. Prefer low-volume smoke inputs first (maxResults: 2–5).


Support

Questions or feature requests: open an issue on the Actor page in Apify Console or contact the developer through Apify.

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