# Marktplaats Netherlands Listings Scraper (`mellora/marktplaats-listings-scraper`) Actor

Extracts Dutch classified listings from Marktplaats search results and listing pages, including title, price, location, seller type, images and posting date.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mellora/marktplaats-listings-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [James Barnes](https://apify.com/mellora) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Marktplaats Netherlands Listings Scraper

Monitor second-hand prices, find deals, or build a dataset of Dutch classifieds. Give it a keyword like `fiets` and get structured listings from Marktplaats: title, price, city, seller, images and posting date.

### Sample output

The shape of one dataset item (values illustrative):

```json
{
  "id": "m2012345678",
  "url": "https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/fietsen-en-brommers/fietsen-heren-racefietsen/m2012345678-racefiets-giant",
  "title": "Racefiets Giant",
  "description": "Goed onderhouden racefiets, maat 56...",
  "priceEur": 450.0,
  "priceType": "FIXED",
  "city": "Utrecht",
  "country": "Nederland",
  "distanceKm": null,
  "latitude": 52.09,
  "longitude": 5.12,
  "sellerName": "Jan",
  "sellerId": 12345678,
  "sellerType": "private_or_unknown",
  "imageUrls": ["https://images.marktplaats.com/api/v1/listing-twh-p/images/aa/aabbcc.jpg"],
  "postedAt": "2025-01-15T09:12:00Z",
  "categoryId": 445,
  "attributes": null,
  "source": "search",
  "query": "fiets"
}
```

Fields that Marktplaats does not show for a listing are returned as `null`.

### Input

- **Search keywords**: one search per keyword.
- **Search result URLs**: marktplaats.nl search or category pages.
- **Listing URLs**: individual public listing pages.
- **Maximum listings**: total cap (default 50, max 5000).
- **Sort order**, **min/max price**, **postcode** and **distance** apply to keyword searches.
- **Use Apify residential proxy**: normally off. The Actor switches to the proxy automatically if the site blocks plain requests.

### Pricing

$0.002 per result (listing in the dataset). You pay only for items returned.

### Limits

- Reads only public, logged-out data. No emails or phone numbers are collected.
- Requests are rate-limited (about one per second) and back off on HTTP 429.
- CAPTCHAs are never solved; if the site blocks the Actor, the run ends with what it has.
- Marktplaats caps how deep a single search can page, so very broad searches may return fewer results than requested. Use filters or several keywords.
- Site structure can change; fields may be `null` if not present.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search on Marktplaats, e.g. 'racefiets' or 'iphone 13'. One search is run per keyword.

## `searchUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional marktplaats.nl search or category result page URLs to scrape.

## `listingUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional URLs of individual public Marktplaats listings (/v/...).

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

Maximum number of listings to return in total (1-5000).

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Sort order for keyword searches.

## `priceFromEur` (type: `number`):

Only for keyword searches. Leave empty for no minimum.

## `priceToEur` (type: `number`):

Only for keyword searches. Leave empty for no maximum.

## `postcode` (type: `string`):

Dutch postcode (e.g. 1012 or 1012AB) to search around. Optional.

## `distanceKm` (type: `integer`):

Search radius around the postcode. Only used if a postcode is set.

## `useProxy` (type: `boolean`):

Start with the proxy right away. If off, the Actor only switches to the proxy when the site blocks plain requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "fiets"
  ],
  "searchUrls": [],
  "listingUrls": [],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "sortBy": "newest",
  "useProxy": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {
    "queries": [
        "fiets"
    ],
    "searchUrls": [],
    "listingUrls": [],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "sortBy": "newest",
    "useProxy": false
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mellora/marktplaats-listings-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 = {
    "queries": ["fiets"],
    "searchUrls": [],
    "listingUrls": [],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "sortBy": "newest",
    "useProxy": False,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mellora/marktplaats-listings-scraper").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 '{
  "queries": [
    "fiets"
  ],
  "searchUrls": [],
  "listingUrls": [],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "sortBy": "newest",
  "useProxy": false
}' |
apify call mellora/marktplaats-listings-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,mellora/marktplaats-listings-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/1tefzPOc3WudQqUSt/builds/ucSaRT6dmgdXRRREO/openapi.json