AbeBooks Scraper

Apify Actor for scraping AbeBooks (abebooks.com) used and rare book listings. Uses CheerioCrawler for fast, efficient HTML parsing without a browser.

Features

• Search AbeBooks by keyword for used, rare, and out-of-print books
• Automatic pagination across multiple result pages (30 books per page)
• Two modes: quick search results or full detail scraping
• Extracts schema.org microdata for reliable structured data
• Detail mode adds: Goodreads ratings, language, full seller info, and binding details

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	string[]	["fiction"]	Search terms to scrape
maxListings	integer	100	Max listings per query (0=unlimited)
scrapeDetails	boolean	false	Visit each listing for full details
proxyConfiguration	object	{}	Proxy settings (recommended for large runs)

Example Input

{
    "searchQueries": ["first edition hemingway", "rare tolkien"],
    "maxListings": 50,
    "scrapeDetails": false
}

Output

Search-only mode (scrapeDetails: false)

{
    "title": "The Old Man and the Sea",
    "author": "Hemingway, Ernest",
    "isbn": "9780684801223",
    "price": 5.99,
    "currency": "USD",
    "condition": "Condition: Good. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.",
    "itemCondition": "UsedCondition",
    "publisher": "Scribner",
    "datePublished": "1995",
    "bookFormat": "Paperback",
    "url": "https://www.abebooks.com/Old-Man-Sea-Hemingway/12345678/bd",
    "imageUrl": "https://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9780684801223-us-300.jpg",
    "listingId": "12345678",
    "sellerName": "Better World Books",
    "sellerLocation": "Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.",
    "searchQuery": "first edition hemingway",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-17T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Detail mode (scrapeDetails: true)

Adds these fields from the book's detail page:

{
    "language": "English",
    "conditionFull": "Condition: Used - Good | Soft cover",
    "rating": 3.78,
    "ratingCount": 1250,
    "description": "Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.",
    "sellerName": "Better World Books",
    "sellerLocation": "Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A."
}

Data Fields

Field	Description
title	Book title
author	Author name (Last, First format)
isbn	ISBN-13 or ISBN-10
price	Price as a number
currency	Currency code (e.g., USD)
condition	Condition description text
itemCondition	Schema.org condition (UsedCondition, NewCondition)
publisher	Publisher name
datePublished	Publication year
bookFormat	Paperback, Hardcover, etc.
url	Full URL to the listing on AbeBooks
imageUrl	Book cover image URL
listingId	AbeBooks internal listing ID
sellerName	Bookseller name
sellerLocation	Bookseller location
searchQuery	The search query that found this result
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp of when the data was scraped

How It Works

1. Builds search URLs for each keyword query
2. Parses search results using schema.org microdata (meta tags with itemprop attributes)
3. Extracts book data: title, author, ISBN, price, condition, publisher, format, and seller info
4. Follows pagination links to get additional result pages
5. Optionally visits each book's detail page for enriched data (ratings, language, binding)
6. Handles latin-1 encoding used by AbeBooks pages

Quick Start

$apify run --purge

Deploy to Apify

apify login
apify push

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