# DCBS Discount Comic Book Service Scraper - Prices & Discounts (`lulzasaur/dcbsonline-scraper`) Actor Scrape Discount Comic Book Service (DCBS / dcbservice.com) comics, trades & preorders. Get title, series, issue, publisher, creators, DCBS price, SRP, discount %, availability, ship date, image and URL for Batman, Spider-Man and thousands more. - **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/dcbsonline-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce - **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? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. 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/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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/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 ## NewKadia Comic Book Scraper Scrape back-issue comic listings from **NewKadia** (newkadia.com, one of the largest online back-issue comic retailers — the storefront is now served by **Comic Source / comicsource.com**). Search by keyword and get structured data for every matching comic: title, series, issue number, condition grades, per-grade prices, cover variants, availability, image and product URL. ### What you get Per comic (one dataset row): | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `title` | Full comic title (e.g. `X-Men: The End: Men & X-Men #2`) | | `series` | Series/title with the issue number stripped | | `issue` | Issue number (e.g. `2`) | | `publisher` | Publisher/category when exposed by the store (may be null) | | `condition` | Best available condition grade (e.g. `Near Mint +`) | | `grades` | All available condition grades | | `covers` | Cover/edition variants (e.g. `Direct`, `Newsstand`) | | `variants` | Per-variant breakdown: `{ cover, condition, price, sku, availability }` | | `price` / `priceMin` / `priceMax` | Price range across grades (USD) | | `availability` / `available` | `In Stock` / `Out of Stock` (+ boolean) | | `imageUrl` | Cover image URL | | `url` | Product page URL | | `query` | The search term that matched this comic | | `scrapedAt` | ISO timestamp | ### Input ```json { "searchQueries": ["spider-man", "x-men"], "maxItems": 100, "scrapeDetails": true } ```` - **searchQueries** — comic search terms (title, character, series). - **maxItems** — max comics per query (~36 per results page). - **scrapeDetails** — when `true` (default), fetches each comic page for all condition grades, per-grade prices, cover variants and stock status. Set `false` for a faster, card-only run (title, from-price, image, URL, issue, series). - **proxyConfiguration** — optional; works without a proxy from most egress. ### Use cases - Comic collectors tracking back-issue prices and grades - Resellers/arbitrage sourcing raw comics to grade - Price comparison across marketplaces - Building comic price datasets ### Notes - Data source: Comic Source Shopify storefront (search results HTML + product-page schema.org `ProductGroup` JSON-LD). - Pricing is Pay-Per-Event: a small per-run start fee plus a per-result charge. # Actor input Schema ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): List of comic search terms to look up on Discount Comic Book Service (e.g. 'batman', 'spider-man', 'x-men', 'saga'). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of comics to scrape per search query (~10 comics per results page). ## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`): Fetch each product page for richer data: publisher, writer/artist/cover artist, explicit SRP, expected ship date and full description. Slower but more complete. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings. DCBS serves plain SSR HTML and returns 200 to direct requests, so no proxy is needed by default. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQueries": [ "batman" ], "maxItems": 100, "scrapeDetails": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchQueries": [ "batman" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/dcbsonline-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 = { "searchQueries": ["batman"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("lulzasaur/dcbsonline-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": [ "batman" ] }' | apify call lulzasaur/dcbsonline-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lulzasaur/dcbsonline-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "DCBS Discount Comic Book Service Scraper - Prices & Discounts", "description": "Scrape Discount Comic Book Service (DCBS / dcbservice.com) comics, trades & preorders. Get title, series, issue, publisher, creators, DCBS price, SRP, discount %, availability, ship date, image and URL for Batman, Spider-Man and thousands more.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "Bf6NuW149Jd9f5feV" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/lulzasaur~dcbsonline-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-lulzasaur-dcbsonline-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/lulzasaur~dcbsonline-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-lulzasaur-dcbsonline-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/lulzasaur~dcbsonline-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-lulzasaur-dcbsonline-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "searchQueries": { "title": "Search Queries", "type": "array", "description": "List of comic search terms to look up on Discount Comic Book Service (e.g. 'batman', 'spider-man', 'x-men', 'saga').", "default": [ "batman" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items Per Query", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 2000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of comics to scrape per search query (~10 comics per results page).", "default": 100 }, "scrapeDetails": { "title": "Scrape Comic Details", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch each product page for richer data: publisher, writer/artist/cover artist, explicit SRP, expected ship date and full description. Slower but more complete.", "default": true }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings. DCBS serves plain SSR HTML and returns 200 to direct requests, so no proxy is needed by default.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": false } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```