Chotot Scraper - Vietnam Classifieds, Prices & Sellers

Scrape Chotot.vn, Vietnam's largest classifieds marketplace, in bulk. Extract title, price, condition, category, region and ward, seller, images and coordinates from electronics, property, vehicles and jobs. No login, no API key.

✨ What this Actor does

• Track second-hand prices for a product category across Vietnamese provinces.
• Build a supply feed of used electronics or vehicles with seller contact context.
• Watch how fast listings in a category turn over.
• Find shops and official stores operating in a region.

🚀 Quick start

1. Fill in the input below — the example is already prefilled, so you can just press Start.
2. Watch the log: it names every source it reaches and how many rows each returned.
3. Export from the Storage tab as JSON, CSV, Excel or feed it straight into your own tools.

📥 Input

{
  "categories": [
    "5000"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "13"
  ],
  "maxItems": 1000
}

Every field is documented in the input form. Nothing here needs an API key or a login.

📤 Output

One row per record, with these columns:

Field	Type	Description
listId	number	Chotot's identifier for the ad.
adId	number	Internal ad identifier.
title	string	Ad headline as posted.
description	string	Body text of the ad.
price	number	Asking price in Vietnamese dong.
priceText	string	Price as displayed, including "negotiable" wording.
categoryId	number	Chotot's numeric category.
categoryName	string	Category in words.
condition	string	Item condition where the seller stated it.
type	string	Private seller or shop.
state	string	Ad state, e.g. active.
regionName	string	Province or city.
areaName	string	District within the region.
wardName	string	Ward within the district.
detailAddress	string	Street address where published.
latitude	number	Latitude of the listing.
longitude	number	Longitude of the listing.
sellerName	string	Seller display name.
sellerId	number	Seller account identifier.
isShopVerified	boolean	Whether the seller is a verified shop.
isOfficialStore	boolean	Whether the seller is an official store.
postedAt	string	When the ad went live.
imageCount	number	How many images the ad carries.
imageUrl	string	First image of the ad.
images	string	Up to ten image URLs, pipe-separated.
brand	string	Brand where the category defines one.
model	string	Model where the category defines one.
adUrl	string	Public page for the ad.
scrapedAt	string	When this row was collected.

A column that is empty means the source did not publish that value for that record — it is never a silent substitute for zero or for "unknown".

❓ Frequently asked questions

Do I need an API key or an account? No. This Actor reads a public feed.

What happens if the source blocks the run? A refused exit IP is replaced within a quarter of a second, up to five times, before the Actor tries anything else. If nothing gets through, the run fails with the reason — it never reports success with zero rows, because "there is no such data" and "the source would not answer" are very different answers and you should not have to guess which one you got.

How do I schedule this? Use the Schedules tab. Daily is usually enough; the sources here do not change by the minute.

Can I get the results into Google Sheets or a database? Yes — use the dataset export, or the Apify API and integrations. Every run writes a SUMMARY record to the key-value store with the outcome and counts, which is handy for monitoring an automated pipeline.

💰 Pricing

Pay per result. You are charged for the rows you receive and nothing else, so a run that finds nothing costs nothing.

⚖️ Legal

This Actor collects publicly available information only. It does not log in, does not bypass access controls, and collects no private data. You are responsible for using the output in line with the source's terms and with applicable law, including GDPR where personal data is involved.

⭐ Support

Found something wrong, or want a field that is not here? Open an issue on the Actor's page — include the run ID and I will look at it.

How much Chotot data can you extract in one run?

A single run returned 897 ads in 36 seconds on the example input. That is roughly 1,495 ads a minute. Widen the search — more queries, more pages, a broader location — and the same run goes deeper.

There is no hard ceiling built into this Actor. What bounds a run is the result limit you set, the breadth of the input you give it, and how much Chotot itself publishes. Because billing is per result, a wider run costs proportionally more and a narrow one costs almost nothing — so it is worth starting small and scaling once the output looks right.

Chotot scraping — frequently asked questions

Do I need a Chotot API key, account or login?

No. This Actor reads publicly available pages and feeds, so there is nothing to register for and no credentials to manage.

How do I export Chotot data to CSV, Excel, JSON or Google Sheets?

Open the Storage tab after a run and pick the format you want — CSV, Excel, JSON, XML or an HTML table. For Google Sheets, Airtable or a database, use the dataset URL or the Apify API so the sheet refreshes itself on every run.

Can I schedule this Chotot scraper to run daily or hourly?

Yes. Use the Schedules tab and pick a cadence. Daily is enough for most tracking work; pick hourly only if the ads you care about really do change that fast.

How many ads can I get, and what does it cost?

See the volume section above for a measured figure. Billing is per result, so you pay for the rows you actually receive and a run that finds nothing costs nothing.

Is scraping Chotot legal?

This Actor collects only information that Chotot publishes publicly. It does not log in, does not defeat access controls and does not touch private data. You remain responsible for how you use the output, including under GDPR and similar rules where personal data is involved.

What happens if Chotot blocks the run or changes its layout?

A refused exit IP is swapped for a fresh one within a quarter of a second and retried, and rate limiting is waited out rather than fought. If nothing gets through, the run fails with the reason instead of reporting success with zero rows — so an empty result always means "no matches", never "the source would not answer".

Can I use this with an AI agent, LangChain or an MCP client?

Yes. The Actor is callable over the Apify API and through Apify's MCP server, so an agent can run it and read the dataset back as a tool call.

Who uses this Chotot scraper, and what for

• Market and pricing analysts tracking how ads on Chotot move week to week.
• Sales and growth teams building prospect lists from what Chotot publishes.
• Data and ML teams who need a structured corpus rather than screenshots.
• Researchers and journalists who need a dataset they can cite and re-run.
• Operations teams feeding ads into a CRM, a warehouse or a dashboard on a schedule.

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📝 Changelog

2026-09-25

• First release.