# Barnes & Noble Intelligence Scraper (`lokki/barnes-noble-intelligence-scraper`) Actor Scrape Barnes & Noble search, category, and product pages with pagination. Extract book/product metadata, pricing, ratings, availability, and commerce intelligence signals. - **URL**: https://apify.com/lokki/barnes-noble-intelligence-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Ian Dikhtiar](https://apify.com/lokki) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Other, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 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. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Barnes & Noble Intelligence Scraper Scrape Barnes & Noble catalog data with pagination-aware discovery, book metadata, product URLs, ratings/prices when page access allows them, and commerce intelligence. This actor is built for publishing, retail analytics, book-market research, catalog enrichment, and product URL discovery. It uses structured data when Barnes & Noble pages are accessible, falls back to visible product cards, follows pagination, and includes a public sitemap fallback so protected pages do not turn into empty runs. ### What It Extracts - Product title and URL - Author / contributor - ISBN-13, ISBN-10, UPC, SKU when available - Format, publisher, and publication date - Price, list price, currency, discount percent - Availability / stock text - Rating and review count - Image URL - Product description / overview - Search rank and source query - Buyer signals and an intelligence score ### Intelligence Fields Every row is enriched with: - discountPercent: detected markdown from list price to current price - intelligenceScore: 0-100 score based on metadata completeness, price, availability, rating, and reviews - buyerSignals: tags such as high-rated, review-heavy, discounted, preorder, availability-risk, and book-format-detected - opportunitySummary: compact readable summary for dashboards or alerts The actor also writes SUMMARY and OUTPUT key-value-store records with product count, price stats, format breakdown, availability breakdown, top authors, best enriched rows, and warnings. ### Pagination Pagination is enabled by default. The actor discovers next-page links from search/category pages and respects maxPages so runs remain predictable. For broad market snapshots, increase maxItems and maxPages. Increase requestDelayMs if the site starts pushing back. ### Input - queries: Barnes & Noble search terms, for example atomic habits, romantasy paperback, manga box set - startUrls: search, category, or product URLs from barnesandnoble.com - maxItems: maximum unique products to save - maxPages: maximum pages to visit across search/category/detail/pagination requests - includeProductDetails: opens detail pages for richer metadata - includePagination: follows next-page links - minIntelligenceScore: optional post-filter - requestDelayMs: delay between requests - useSitemapFallback: returns matching products from the public Barnes & Noble product sitemap when search/product pages are blocked - maxSitemapFiles: maximum sitemap files to scan in fallback mode - proxyConfiguration: Apify proxy configuration Example: { "queries": ["atomic habits", "manga box set"], "maxItems": 100, "maxPages": 10, "includeProductDetails": true, "includePagination": true, "useSitemapFallback": true } ### Output Example { "title": "Atomic Habits", "author": "James Clear", "isbn13": "9780735211292", "price": 16.99, "currency": "USD", "availability": "InStock", "rating": 4.8, "reviewCount": 12345, "url": "https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/atomic-habits-james-clear/1129201155", "discountPercent": 0, "intelligenceScore": 86, "buyerSignals": ["high-rated", "review-heavy"], "opportunitySummary": "by James Clear | $16.99 | 4.8 rating | high-rated, review-heavy" } ### Reliability Notes Barnes & Noble is protected by Akamai and can deny search, category, and product HTML. This actor includes a browser fallback and a sitemap fallback. Sitemap fallback rows prioritize reliable product discovery and usually include title, inferred author, Barnes & Noble product URL, SKU, last modified date, and intelligence fields; live price/rating/availability require page access. For best reliability: - Keep includeProductDetails on for smaller, richer runs - Increase requestDelayMs for large catalog runs - Use Apify Residential Proxy - Keep sitemap fallback enabled for smoke tests and QA runs - Keep maxPages bounded # Actor input Schema ## `queries` (type: `array`): Book or product searches, such as atomic habits, romantasy paperback, manga box set, or lego. ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Optional Barnes & Noble search, category, or product URLs. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum unique products to save. Default is smoke-test friendly; increase for deeper catalog runs. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Maximum search/category pages to visit across all inputs. ## `includeProductDetails` (type: `boolean`): Open product detail pages from search results for richer descriptions, ISBNs, publishers, formats, and availability. Slower but better. ## `includePagination` (type: `boolean`): Follow next-page links from search/category pages. ## `useSitemapFallback` (type: `boolean`): When Barnes & Noble blocks search or product HTML, fall back to the public product sitemap so runs still return real Barnes & Noble product URLs. ## `maxSitemapFiles` (type: `integer`): Maximum Barnes & Noble product sitemap files to scan when fallback mode is needed. Increase for broader keyword coverage. ## `minIntelligenceScore` (type: `integer`): Optional post-filter from 0 to 100. Use 60+ to keep only rows with stronger metadata and commerce signals. ## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`): Delay between page requests. Increase this for larger runs or if Barnes & Noble starts throttling. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Barnes & Noble can block datacenter traffic. Apify Residential Proxy is recommended for cloud runs. ## Actor input object example ```json { "queries": [ "atomic habits" ], "maxItems": 25, "maxPages": 2, "includeProductDetails": true, "includePagination": true, "useSitemapFallback": true, "maxSitemapFiles": 2, "requestDelayMs": 750, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "groups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "countryCode": "US" } } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `items` (type: `string`): Default dataset containing one Barnes & Noble product/book row per item. ## `dataset` (type: `string`): Console dataset view for extracted products, metadata, prices, ratings, and intelligence fields. ## `summary` (type: `string`): Machine-readable SUMMARY record containing product counts, price stats, format breakdowns, availability breakdowns, top authors, best rows, and warnings. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "queries": [ "atomic habits" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("lokki/barnes-noble-intelligence-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "queries": ["atomic habits"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("lokki/barnes-noble-intelligence-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "queries": [ "atomic habits" ] }' | apify call lokki/barnes-noble-intelligence-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lokki/barnes-noble-intelligence-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Barnes & Noble Intelligence Scraper", "description": "Scrape Barnes & Noble search, category, and product pages with pagination. 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