Avito Scraper — Russia Classifieds & Prices (avito.ru)

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📌 Overview

The Avito Scraper collects classifieds listings from avito.ru, Russia's largest marketplace. Give it a list of search queries (or a category / location for browse mode) and it returns each listing as a clean record: title, current price, old/strike-through price, location, category, images and the direct listing URL. It paginates each query to pull thousands of listings.

It needs no login, no cookies and no API key — it reads only public search data. With no headless browser, it's a fast and low-cost way to assemble large Avito datasets.

⚠️ Russian IPs required. Avito only serves results to Russian visitors, so this actor uses Apify Proxy · RESIDENTIAL · country RU by default. Leave the proxy on the default — other countries are blocked. The actor automatically rotates to a fresh Russian IP and retries whenever Avito's firewall rate-limits a request, so runs keep flowing.

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✨ Features

	Feature	Description
📦	Thousands per query	Walks search pagination up to page ~99 per query.
💰	Full pricing	Current price, formatted price string and old/strike-through price.
📍	Location & category	Region/city name + ID and category slug + ID per listing.
🖼️	Images	Listing photo URLs and image count.
🔎	Search or browse	Query by keyword, or browse by categoryId / locationId.
🔁	Auto IP rotation	Fresh Russian residential session per request; firewall blocks are retried, not fatal.
⚡	No browser	Lightweight JSON API access — fast and cheap at scale.
📤	Any format	Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or pull via API & webhooks.

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🎯 Who it's for

• Price & market research — track what items sell for across Russian regions.
• E-commerce & resellers — monitor categories for demand, supply and pricing.
• Competitive intelligence — benchmark listings, prices and inventory at scale.
• Data science & ML — build labelled marketplace datasets for pricing models.

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🧾 Input

Field	Type	Description
searchQueries	array	Keywords to search (iphone, bmw x5, квартира). Leave empty for browse mode.
categoryId	integer	Optional Avito category ID to narrow results.
locationId	integer	Optional Avito location ID (region / city).
maxItemsPerQuery	integer	Listings to collect per query (paginated). Default 1000.
maxResults	integer	Global cap on listings saved. 0 = unlimited.
proxyConfiguration	object	Russian residential proxy (required). Pre-configured for you.

Example input

{
  "searchQueries": ["iphone", "macbook pro"],
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 500,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "RU"
  }
}

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📦 Output

Each listing is saved as one structured record:

{
  "id": "4392058817",
  "title": "iPhone 13 128GB",
  "price": 42000,
  "priceString": "42 000 ₽",
  "priceOld": 49000,
  "currency": "RUB",
  "locationId": 637640,
  "locationName": "Москва",
  "categoryId": 9,
  "categorySlug": "telefony",
  "url": "https://www.avito.ru/moskva/telefony/iphone_13_128gb_4392058817",
  "images": [
    "https://00.img.avito.st/image/1/.../640x480.jpg"
  ],
  "imagesCount": 6,
  "query": "iphone",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-04T12:00:00.000Z"
}

📖 Output field reference

Field	Description
id	Avito listing ID
title	Listing title
price / priceString	Numeric price and the formatted display string (₽)
priceOld	Previous / strike-through price when present
currency	Currency code (RUB)
locationId / locationName	Region or city ID and name
categoryId / categorySlug	Avito category ID and slug
url	Direct listing URL
images / imagesCount	Photo URLs and total image count
query	The search query that produced the listing
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp of capture

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⚙️ How it works

1. You provide search queries (or a category / location for browse mode).
2. The actor requests Avito's public listings JSON over a Russian residential proxy.
3. Each page uses a fresh proxy session; firewall rate-limits trigger an automatic IP rotation and retry.
4. Listings are parsed into clean records, de-duplicated by ID and streamed to the dataset.

No login, no cookies, no API keys — and no headless browser.

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❓ FAQ

Is this an Avito API alternative?

Yes. Avito has no public listings API, so this actor works as an Avito API alternative — it reads public search data directly and returns clean, structured records with no developer key.

How do I export Avito data to CSV or JSON?

Run the actor, then export the dataset to CSV, JSON, Excel or HTML from the Apify console, or pull it via API and webhooks. Each Avito listing becomes one row with price, location, category, images and URL.

Can I scrape Avito without login or an API key?

Yes — it scrapes Avito.ru without login, cookies or an API key, reading only public listing data over a Russian residential proxy.

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🔗 Works great with

• 🛒 E-commerce price trackers — feed Avito prices into your monitoring pipeline.
• 📊 Spreadsheet & BI tools — export to Excel / Google Sheets for analysis.

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📝 Changelog

2026-06-07

• Docs: added coverage for using the actor as an Avito API alternative, scraping Avito without login or API key, and exporting Avito data to CSV/JSON.

2026-06-05

• 🛡️ Reliability fix: results are no longer dropped by strict output validation — runs now complete cleanly even at high volume (thousands of results).
• ⚡ Stability & performance hardening; fresh rebuild.

2026-06-04

• Verified live & refreshed build — reliability/maintenance pass.