# ikman.lk Scraper — Sri Lanka Ads, Prices & Sellers (`logiover/ikman-lk-scraper`) Actor

Scrape classifieds from ikman.lk, Sri Lanka's largest marketplace: title, price with a sortable numeric value, city, category, listing attributes, member-seller flag, photo count and the ad link. Keyless, no login. JSON, CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/logiover/ikman-lk-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Logiover](https://apify.com/logiover) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $9.50 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## ikman.lk Scraper — Sri Lanka Ads, Prices & Sellers

Export classifieds from **ikman.lk**, Sri Lanka's largest marketplace — price, city, category and seller type — to JSON, CSV or Excel. Keyless, no login.

### What does this Actor do?

ikman renders its listings server-side, so this Actor parses the result cards directly and walks the pagination. No API key, no account, no cookies.

Two things about ikman's markup decide whether a scraper keeps working. First, **every CSS class is build-hashed** — `heading--2eONR`, `price--3SnqI` — so any selector pinned to a full class name breaks on the next deploy. This Actor matches the stable prefix instead and finds the card container through the `gtm-normal-ad` analytics hook, which is not hashed at all. Second, ikman writes the city and the category into a **single cell** ("Colombo, Mobile Phones"). The Actor splits them on the last comma, so multi-word cities such as "Nuwara Eliya" stay intact and you can filter by city without string surgery.

Prices are kept twice: the label as displayed (`Rs 379,900`) and a numeric value for sorting and price-band filters.

### Who is it for?

- **Price and market analysts** tracking real asking prices across Sri Lanka.
- **Resellers and arbitrage buyers** hunting underpriced stock by city.
- **B2B sales teams** prospecting the MEMBER accounts — ikman's shops and dealers.
- **Automotive and property portals** benchmarking a competing inventory.
- **Researchers** measuring supply and regional price spread.

### Use cases

- Compare used iPhone asking prices between Colombo and Kurunegala.
- Pull every MEMBER-seller listing in a category to build a dealer list.
- Track weekly price movement for a vehicle model.
- Find listings under a price ceiling across the whole island.
- Export a category snapshot with images for a monitoring dashboard.

### Why use this Actor?

- **Keyless** — no account, no token, no login.
- **18 structured fields**, with city and category properly separated.
- **Sortable price** plus the original label.
- **Member-seller filter** to isolate shops and dealers.
- **Hash-proof selectors** — matches class prefixes and analytics hooks, not build hashes.
- **Price-band filters** applied at the source, not after download.

### What data can you extract?

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `adId` | string | Numeric ad ID from the URL |
| `slug` | string | Full URL slug |
| `title` | string | Listing title |
| `adUrl` | string | Public ad page |
| `priceLabel` | string | Price as displayed |
| `priceAmount` | number | Numeric price for sorting |
| `currency` | string | LKR when a price is present |
| `location` | string | City or district |
| `category` | string | ikman category |
| `attributes` | string | Card attributes, e.g. `5G` |
| `isMember` | boolean | Seller is an ikman MEMBER account |
| `isFeatured` | boolean | Paid featured placement |
| `photoCount` | number | Photos on the listing |
| `imageUrl` | string | Primary image |
| `postedLabel` | string | Posting recency, when shown |
| `country` | string | Sri Lanka |
| `source` | string | Always `ikman_lk` |
| `scrapedAt` | string | Run timestamp (ISO 8601) |

#### Example output

```json
{
  "adId": "2187",
  "title": "Apple iPhone 17 Pro 256GB (Brand New)",
  "adUrl": "https://ikman.lk/en/ad/apple-iphone-17-pro-256gb-brand-new-for-sale-colombo-2187",
  "priceLabel": "Rs 379,900",
  "priceAmount": 379900,
  "currency": "LKR",
  "location": "Colombo",
  "category": "Mobile Phones",
  "attributes": "5G",
  "isMember": true,
  "photoCount": 2,
  "country": "Sri Lanka",
  "source": "ikman_lk"
}
```

### How to use it

1. Set a category path — `sri-lanka` for everything, or something narrower like `sri-lanka/cars`.
2. Optionally add a keyword and a price band.
3. Switch on **Member sellers only** to build a dealer list.
4. Set **Maximum results** and run, then export JSON, CSV or Excel.

### Input example

```json
{
  "categoryPath": "sri-lanka/mobile-phones",
  "query": "iphone",
  "maxPrice": 200000,
  "maxResults": 2000
}
```

### Notes and limits

- Seller phone numbers sit behind a click on ikman itself. This Actor returns the seller **type** (`isMember`) and the ad link rather than dialling through to a number.
- Listing text is written by sellers, so quality and language vary; Sinhala and Tamil appear alongside English.
- `photoCount` is derived from the card's "+N" overlay, so it reflects what the listing shows on the results page.
- Category paths follow ikman's own URL structure — copy one from the site's address bar for anything specific.
- You are responsible for how you use seller data.

### FAQ

**Do I need an ikman account?**
No. Listings are public and this Actor needs nothing from you.

**Can I filter to shops and dealers?**
Yes, switch on **Member sellers only** — MEMBER is ikman's badge for those accounts.

**Will it break when ikman restyles?**
It is built to survive that: selectors match class prefixes and the analytics hook rather than build-hashed class names.

**Is the price always numeric?**
`priceAmount` is numeric whenever a price is shown. Ads asking for an offer keep `priceLabel` and leave the number `null`.

**How am I charged?**
Pay per result — you pay for the listings delivered.

# Actor input Schema

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

Free-text search across ikman.lk, e.g. "iphone", "toyota" or "land". Leave empty to browse the category listing.

## `categoryPath` (type: `string`):

ikman category path segment, e.g. "sri-lanka" for everything, "sri-lanka/mobile-phones" or "sri-lanka/cars".

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

Only return listings at or above this price. 0 disables the filter.

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

Only return listings at or below this price. 0 disables the filter.

## `membersOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only listings from ikman MEMBER accounts — the shops and dealers worth prospecting.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many listings. The Actor walks pages until the target is met.

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

ikman serves plain HTML; the default datacenter proxy is enough.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "iphone",
  "categoryPath": "sri-lanka/mobile-phones",
  "minPrice": 0,
  "maxPrice": 0,
  "membersOnly": false,
  "maxResults": 500,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `adId` (type: `string`):

No description

## `slug` (type: `string`):

No description

## `title` (type: `string`):

No description

## `adUrl` (type: `string`):

No description

## `priceLabel` (type: `string`):

No description

## `priceAmount` (type: `string`):

No description

## `currency` (type: `string`):

No description

## `location` (type: `string`):

No description

## `category` (type: `string`):

No description

## `attributes` (type: `string`):

No description

## `isMember` (type: `string`):

No description

## `isFeatured` (type: `string`):

No description

## `photoCount` (type: `string`):

No description

## `imageUrl` (type: `string`):

No description

## `postedLabel` (type: `string`):

No description

## `country` (type: `string`):

No description

## `source` (type: `string`):

No description

## `scrapedAt` (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 = {
    "query": "iphone",
    "categoryPath": "sri-lanka/mobile-phones",
    "minPrice": 0,
    "maxPrice": 0,
    "membersOnly": false,
    "maxResults": 500,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("logiover/ikman-lk-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 = {
    "query": "iphone",
    "categoryPath": "sri-lanka/mobile-phones",
    "minPrice": 0,
    "maxPrice": 0,
    "membersOnly": False,
    "maxResults": 500,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("logiover/ikman-lk-scraper").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 '{
  "query": "iphone",
  "categoryPath": "sri-lanka/mobile-phones",
  "minPrice": 0,
  "maxPrice": 0,
  "membersOnly": false,
  "maxResults": 500,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call logiover/ikman-lk-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,logiover/ikman-lk-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/76f8FCGoUbyAH3dNk/builds/AnuB35QMaxKsB5dir/openapi.json