Bandcamp Scraper - Indie Music & Album Data

Scrape Bandcamp, the world's largest independent music platform. Search for albums, tracks, and artists by name or genre. Extract prices, full tracklists, release dates, tags, descriptions, and cover art.

Features

• Search by anything -- artist names, album titles, genres, labels, or keywords
• 4 search types -- Albums, Tracks, Bands/Artists, or All types
• Multiple queries -- Run several searches in a single scrape
• Full album details -- Optional deep fetch for tracklists, durations, pricing, descriptions
• Paginated results -- Automatically follows search pagination for large result sets
• Structured data -- Extracts embedded JSON from data-tralbum attributes for maximum accuracy

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	string[]	required	Artist names, album titles, or genres to search
maxListings	integer	100	Maximum total results across all queries (1-5000)
searchType	select	album	Search type: album, track, band, or all
scrapeDetails	boolean	false	Fetch each album/track page for full tracklist and details
proxyConfiguration	object		Optional proxy configuration

Output

Each result contains:

{
  "title": "OK Computer",
  "artist": "Radiohead",
  "artistUrl": "https://radiohead.bandcamp.com",
  "albumUrl": "https://radiohead.bandcamp.com/album/ok-computer",
  "genre": "rock",
  "tags": ["rock", "alternative", "electronic"],
  "releaseDate": "16 Jun 1997 00:00:00 GMT",
  "price": 9.99,
  "currency": "USD",
  "format": "digital",
  "trackCount": 12,
  "imageUrl": "https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1234567890_10.jpg",
  "description": "Album description...",
  "itemType": "album",
  "url": "https://radiohead.bandcamp.com/album/ok-computer",
  "searchQuery": "radiohead",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-25T12:00:00.000Z"
}

With scrapeDetails: true, a tracks array is included:

{
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackNumber": 1,
      "title": "Airbag",
      "duration": 281,
      "durationFormatted": "4:41"
    },
    {
      "trackNumber": 2,
      "title": "Paranoid Android",
      "duration": 383,
      "durationFormatted": "6:23"
    }
  ],
  "trackCount": 12
}

Example Inputs

Search for a specific artist's albums

{
  "searchQueries": ["radiohead"],
  "searchType": "album",
  "maxListings": 20
}

Search multiple artists with full details

{
  "searchQueries": ["tame impala", "king gizzard", "black midi"],
  "searchType": "album",
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "maxListings": 50
}

Search for tracks by genre keyword

{
  "searchQueries": ["shoegaze", "dream pop", "post-punk"],
  "searchType": "track",
  "maxListings": 200
}

Search for bands/labels

{
  "searchQueries": ["sub pop", "merge records"],
  "searchType": "band",
  "maxListings": 30
}

Search all content types

{
  "searchQueries": ["ambient electronic"],
  "searchType": "all",
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "maxListings": 100
}

How It Works

1. Sends search queries to bandcamp.com/search with the specified item_type filter
2. Parses SSR HTML search results (.searchresult elements) for basic album/track/artist data
3. Automatically follows pagination links to get more results
4. If scrapeDetails is enabled, visits each album/track page and extracts the embedded data-tralbum JSON for full tracklists, precise pricing, release dates, descriptions, and tags
5. Results are pushed to the dataset with PPE charging

Data Sources

• Search results: Server-side rendered HTML with .searchresult items
• Album/track pages: data-tralbum attribute containing complete album data as JSON
• Fallbacks: Meta tags (og:description, datePublished), inline TralbumData script, CSS selectors

Cost

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing at $0.005 per result. A typical run of 100 albums costs approximately $0.50. With scrapeDetails enabled, runs take longer but cost the same per result.