# Etsy Shop Scraper 🔓 Gets Past Etsy's Block (`malek_oweis/etsy-shop-seo-auditor`) Actor

Etsy blocks scrapers hard — most Etsy Actors return an empty page. This one gets through every run via a managed unblocker with rendering, reading listings live. Per listing: title, price + full variant range, currency, rating, reviews, stock, photos, description size, quality flags, shop summary.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/malek\_oweis/etsy-shop-seo-auditor.md
- **Developed by:** [Malek Oweis](https://apify.com/malek_oweis) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $24.50 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#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".

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- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Etsy Shop Scraper 🔓 Gets Past Etsy's Block

**Etsy blocks scrapers hard.** Point most Etsy Actors at a shop and you get an empty page back — Etsy's bot protection (Akamai) never lets them load a real listing.

This one gets through, every run. Every request is routed through a managed unblocker with full page rendering, so it reads **live listings** exactly as a real browser would — then returns them as a clean table: title, price and **full variant price range**, currency, rating, review count, stock, photo count, description length, per-listing quality flags, and a per-shop price summary. No proxy or captcha setup from you.

### What you get per listing

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `title`, `titleLength` | Listing title and its length (Etsy caps ≈ 140 chars) |
| `price` | Lowest price across variants |
| `priceMax` | Highest variant price (`hasVariantRange` = true when they differ) |
| `currency` | ISO currency code |
| `rating`, `reviewCount` | Aggregate rating and number of reviews |
| `inStock`, `availability` | Stock status from the listing's structured data |
| `descriptionLength` | Description length in characters |
| `photoCount` | Gallery photo count (best-effort) |
| `sku`, `material` | When Etsy exposes them |
| `flags` | Quality issues found (see below) |
| `url`, `listingId` | Direct link and Etsy listing id |

### Flags

- `LONG_TITLE` / `SHORT_TITLE` — over 140 or under 40 characters
- `NO_REVIEWS` — no reviews yet
- `LOW_RATING` — average rating below 4.0
- `OUT_OF_STOCK` — listing marked unavailable
- `THIN_DESCRIPTION` — description under 160 characters
- `FEW_PHOTOS` — fewer than 5 photos
- `NO_PRICE` — no price could be read

### Input

```json
{
  "shopUrls": ["https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeadBoat1", "AnotherShopName"],
  "maxListingsPerShop": 100,
  "concurrency": 4
}
```

- `shopUrls` — full shop URL or bare shop name.
- `maxListingsPerShop` — `0` for no limit.
- `concurrency` — parallel listing fetches, 1–10. Lower is gentler and cheaper.
- `proxyConfiguration` — defaults to Apify Unblocker (US), which is required. Don't change it unless you know what you're doing.

### Output

One dataset row per listing, plus a `SHOP_SUMMARY` key-value record per shop with
`listingsScraped`, `listingsWithFlags`, `outOfStockCount`, `noReviewCount`,
`avgPrice`, `minPrice`, `maxPrice`, `avgRating`.

#### Example row

```json
{
  "shop": "BeadBoat1",
  "listingId": "1259846915",
  "url": "https://www.etsy.com/listing/1259846915/natural-bloodstone-bracelet-smooth-round",
  "title": "Natural Bloodstone Bracelet Smooth Round 10mm and 12mm - Handmade in USA",
  "titleLength": 71,
  "price": 4.99,
  "priceMax": 12.5,
  "currency": "USD",
  "hasVariantRange": true,
  "inStock": true,
  "availability": "InStock",
  "rating": 5.0,
  "reviewCount": 5,
  "descriptionLength": 799,
  "photoCount": 6,
  "sku": "1259846915",
  "material": "Gemstone",
  "flags": []
}
```

### Use cases

- **Competitor price monitoring** — schedule daily, diff `price` between runs
- **Sale / stock-out alerts** — watch `avgPrice` and `outOfStockCount` per shop
- **New-listing alerts** — watch for new `listingId`s
- **Your own shop QA** — find listings with thin descriptions, few photos, no reviews
- **Niche market research** — pull a set of shops' full catalogs and prices into a sheet

### FAQ

**Why do other Etsy scrapers return an empty page?**
Etsy runs Akamai Bot Manager. A normal headless browser or HTTP request gets a 403
"please enable JavaScript" page — no listing data. This Actor routes every request
through a managed unblocker that renders the page server-side, so it reads the real
listing every time.

**Do I need to configure a proxy or solve captchas?**
No. The unblocker is the default and handles everything. Just give it shop URLs.

**How fast is it? Why does a run take a few minutes?**
Each page is rendered server-side by the unblocker, which takes a few seconds per
listing. Raise `concurrency` (up to 10) to fetch more in parallel. A 100-listing shop
typically finishes in 3–8 minutes.

**How current is the data?**
Live. Every listing is fetched fresh at run time — no cache.

**Is this allowed?**
It reads only **public** Etsy shop and listing pages — the same pages any visitor
sees. It never logs in and never touches buyer, message or order data. Respect Etsy's
terms and your local laws.

**Why no keyword tags in the output?**
Etsy removed public keyword tags from listing pages years ago, so they can't be read
from a listing. Everything Etsy still exposes — price, variant range, rating, reviews,
stock, photos, description — is included.

**A title came back in another language.**
Etsy localises some titles by region. Requests are made from a US endpoint, but an
occasional non-English title can still slip through.

### Use it from an AI agent

This Actor is available as a tool over Apify's MCP server, so an AI agent (Claude,
ChatGPT, or any MCP client) can call it directly to pull live Etsy listing and
price data into a conversation or workflow.

### Notes

Reads only **public** Etsy shop and listing pages — no login, no private data.

# Actor input Schema

## `shopUrls` (type: `array`):

One or more Etsy shops. A full shop URL (https://www.etsy.com/shop/MyShop) or just the shop name (MyShop) both work.

## `maxListingsPerShop` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many listings per shop. Set 0 for no limit. Each listing is a separate rendered page, so this is also your main cost control.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many listing pages to fetch in parallel (1-10). Higher is faster; lower is gentler and slightly cheaper.

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

Etsy blocks scrapers aggressively. The default - Apify Unblocker, US - is required for the Actor to work. Only change this if you know what you are doing.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "shopUrls": [
    "MyShopName",
    "https://www.etsy.com/shop/AnotherShop"
  ],
  "maxListingsPerShop": 10,
  "concurrency": 6,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "UNBLOCKER"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `listings` (type: `string`):

One row per listing: title, price + variant range, currency, rating, review count, stock, photo count, description length, quality flags.

## `shopSummary` (type: `string`):

listingsScraped, outOfStockCount, noReviewCount, avgPrice, minPrice, maxPrice, avgRating per shop.

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "shopUrls": [
        "https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeadBoat1"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("malek_oweis/etsy-shop-seo-auditor").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 = { "shopUrls": ["https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeadBoat1"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("malek_oweis/etsy-shop-seo-auditor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "shopUrls": [
    "https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeadBoat1"
  ]
}' |
apify call malek_oweis/etsy-shop-seo-auditor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,malek_oweis/etsy-shop-seo-auditor"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ItLqTLjvUSlWSa4O8/builds/VvoqzRwoKR4sB2oxZ/openapi.json