# Chicago Music Exchange Scraper - Guitars, Amps, Pedals (`lulzasaur/chicagomusicexchange-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Chicago Music Exchange (chicagomusicexchange.com) for new, used & vintage guitars, amps, pedals and more. Get title, brand, price, condition, year, availability, image and URL by collection or search query.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/chicagomusicexchange-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 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?

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

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# README

## Chicago Music Exchange Scraper - Guitars, Amps & Pedals

Scrape [Chicago Music Exchange](https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com) — one of the world's largest guitar shops — for new, used, and vintage gear: electric & acoustic guitars, basses, amps, effect pedals, and more. Get titles, brands, prices, condition grades, model years, stock availability, images, and product URLs.

### What data can you get?

For every product, the scraper returns:

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `productId` | Shopify product ID |
| `title` | Product name (e.g. "1965 Fender Stratocaster Sunburst") |
| `brand` | Brand (Fender, Gibson, Martin, Origin Effects, ...) |
| `productType` | Category (Electric Guitars, Effect Pedals, Amplifiers, ...) |
| `price` | Current price (e.g. "$449.00") |
| `priceNum` | Numeric price for sorting/filtering |
| `compareAtPrice` | Original price if on sale |
| `condition` | Condition grade (Brand New, Used (1980-Present), Vintage, B-Stock, ...) |
| `year` | Model year extracted from the title, when present (vintage gear) |
| `available` | In-stock status (true/false) |
| `availability` | Availability label (In Stock, Pre-Order, Out of Stock) |
| `sku` | Store SKU |
| `imageUrl` | Product image URL |
| `url` | Product page URL |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO timestamp |

### Input options

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `searchQueries` | Array | `[]` | Search terms (e.g. "stratocaster", "big muff") — up to 10 matches each |
| `collection` | String | `all` | Collection handle: `all`, `electric-guitars`, `acoustic-guitars`, `bass-guitars`, `amps`, `effect-pedals`, `new-arrivals`, or any other CME collection handle |
| `maxItems` | Integer | 100 | Maximum products to return (1-5000) |
| `onlyAvailable` | Boolean | false | Only return in-stock products |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Proxy | — | Optional (not required) |

### Example input

```json
{
    "collection": "electric-guitars",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "onlyAvailable": true
}
```

Or search-driven:

```json
{
    "searchQueries": ["jazzmaster", "klon"],
    "maxItems": 20
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
    "title": "Origin Effects EQ Deluxe Studio EQ & Drive Pedal",
    "brand": "Origin Effects",
    "productType": "Effect Pedals",
    "price": "$449.00",
    "priceNum": 449,
    "condition": "Brand New",
    "year": null,
    "available": true,
    "availability": "Pre-Order",
    "imageUrl": "https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0343/4368/2183/files/....jpg",
    "url": "https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/products/origin-effects-eq-deluxe-studio-eq-drive-pedal-2618796"
}
```

### Use cases

- **Vintage gear market tracking** — monitor prices on vintage Fender, Gibson, Martin instruments
- **Price comparison** — compare CME prices against Reverb, Sweetwater, Guitar Center
- **Deal alerts** — watch for price drops or newly listed used gear
- **Inventory analytics** — track what a top-tier gear retailer stocks and sells

### Notes

- Runs without a proxy — the store serves open product JSON.
- Search mode returns up to 10 products per query (predictive search limit); use collection mode for bulk scraping.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Optional search terms (e.g. 'stratocaster', 'les paul', 'big muff'). Up to 10 matching products per query. Leave empty to scrape a collection instead.

## `collection` (type: `string`):

Collection handle to scrape when no search queries are given. Common handles: all, electric-guitars, acoustic-guitars, bass-guitars, amps, effect-pedals, new-arrivals. Any chicagomusicexchange.com collection handle works.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to return.

## `onlyAvailable` (type: `boolean`):

Only return products that are currently in stock.

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

Optional proxy to use (not required — the site serves open JSON).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [],
  "collection": "electric-guitars",
  "maxItems": 25,
  "onlyAvailable": false
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [],
    "collection": "electric-guitars",
    "maxItems": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/chicagomusicexchange-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 = {
    "searchQueries": [],
    "collection": "electric-guitars",
    "maxItems": 25,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/chicagomusicexchange-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 '{
  "searchQueries": [],
  "collection": "electric-guitars",
  "maxItems": 25
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/chicagomusicexchange-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lulzasaur/chicagomusicexchange-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/fRMMgjWn8gVFKxYlE/builds/xGrrFP757gmwyT4gf/openapi.json