IMA Militaria Scraper — International Military Antiques (ima-usa.com)

Scrape International Military Antiques, one of the world's largest dealers of original militaria and antique arms: WWII and WWI collectibles, antique guns, swords, bayonets, helmets, medals, uniforms, field gear and more. Most original items are one-of-a-kind — this scraper is ideal for tracking new arrivals, monitoring availability before an item sells, and building militaria pricing datasets.

What you get

One structured record per item:

Field	Description
title	Full item title (e.g. "Original German WWII Clasp to the Iron Cross First Class")
conflict	Conflict tag: WWII, WWI, American Civil War, Vietnam, Napoleonic, Revolutionary War, ...
era	Era/century tag: 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Ancient, ...
nation	Country of origin: German, British, U.S., Japanese, French, ...
category / categories	Item categories (Awards Medals Badges Insignia, Field Gear, Bayonets, Helmets, ...)
manufactureType	"Original Items" or reproduction
oneOfAKind	true for unique original pieces (most of the store)
price / compareAtPrice / priceRange	Price in USD + store price bucket
available / availability	In Stock / Sold Out — one-of-a-kind items never restock
shippingAvailability	International / USA-only shipping eligibility
sku, vendor, variantCount	Inventory metadata
description	Plain-text item description (first 1000 chars)
image, imageCount	Primary photo URL + photo count
url, handle, publishedAt	Product link + listing date

Three ways to scrape

1. Search — set searchQueries (e.g. ["german helmet", "luger", "civil war sword"]). Each query returns up to 10 best matches.
2. Collections — set collections to any collection handle or URL, e.g. wwii-militaria (1600+ items), wwi-military-antiques, american-civil-war, vietnam, napoleonic, revolutionary-war, bayonets, antique-handguns, german-militaria, british-militaria. Crawls the whole collection with pagination.
3. Full catalog — leave both empty to crawl the entire store newest-first (~2,800+ live items).

Example input

{
    "searchQueries": ["iron cross", "m1 helmet"],
    "collections": ["wwii-militaria"],
    "maxResults": 200,
    "inStockOnly": true,
    "originalOnly": true
}

Example output record

{
    "title": "Original German WWII Clasp to the Iron Cross First Class 1939",
    "conflict": "WWII",
    "era": "20th Century",
    "nation": "German",
    "category": "German Awards Medals Badges Insignia",
    "manufactureType": "Original Items",
    "oneOfAKind": true,
    "price": 395,
    "currency": "USD",
    "availability": "In Stock",
    "shippingAvailability": "International",
    "image": "https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1524/1342/files/ONSV26CC225__01.jpg",
    "url": "https://www.ima-usa.com/products/original-german-wwii-clasp-to-the-iron-cross-first-class-1939"
}

Filters

• minPrice / maxPrice — USD price band
• inStockOnly — skip sold items
• originalOnly — original period pieces only (exclude reproductions)

Use cases

• Collectors: alert on new one-of-a-kind arrivals matching your want list before they sell
• Dealers & appraisers: comp pricing for original militaria by conflict, nation and category
• Market analytics: track sell-through of WWII/WWI collectibles and antique arms
• Aggregators: feed structured militaria listings into marketplaces or price guides

Performance

Uses the store's fast JSON endpoints directly — no browser, no proxies needed. Hundreds of items per minute; sub-10-second runs for typical searches.

Notes

This actor scrapes publicly available listing data only. IMA items are historical collectibles; antique firearms sold there are pre-1899 antiques or demilitarized display pieces per the seller's descriptions.