# NerdWallet Rate Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/nerdwallet-rate-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes NerdWallet credit-card offers, returning card names, annual fees, rewards rates, intro offers, APRs, credit scores, ratings, and other key terms.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/nerdwallet-rate-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $9.99 / 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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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## NerdWallet Rate Scraper

Collects credit-card offers from NerdWallet's "best credit cards" comparison pages. For each card you get the name plus its headline terms: annual fee, rewards rate, intro offer, regular APR, recommended credit score and more.

### Input

| Field | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `page` | `the-best-credit-cards` | Which NerdWallet credit-card page to collect. Ignored when `url` is set. |
| `url` | `""` | Optional full NerdWallet URL that lists credit-card offers; overrides `page`. |
| `limit` | `50` | Max records to return (1–200). |
| Proxy configuration | Optional | Optional. Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results. |

### Output

Each record describes one credit-card offer:

```json
{
    "card_name": "Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card",
    "annual_fee": "$95",
    "rewards_rate": "1x-5x",
    "intro_offer": "75,000",
    "regular_apr": "19.24%-27.49% Variable APR",
    "recommended_credit_score": "",
    "rating": "",
    "rating_max": "",
    "best_for": "",
    "review_url": "",
    "source_url": "https://www.nerdwallet.com/the-best-credit-cards",
    "raw": { ... }
}
```

The full label-to-value map for each card is preserved in `raw`.

### Notes

- Runs with empty input (defaults to the best-credit-cards page).
- Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results.
- Card offers change frequently; treat results as a point-in-time snapshot and use responsibly under NerdWallet's terms of use.

# Actor input Schema

## `page` (type: `string`):

Which NerdWallet credit-card comparison page to scrape. Ignored when a custom URL is provided.

## `url` (type: `string`):

Full NerdWallet URL of any page that renders product-card comparison tables (data-testid=product-card-redesign). Overrides the page selector. Leave empty to use the page selector.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of cards/products to return from the page.

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

Proxy settings for the run. Enable a US-based proxy for the most reliable results, especially for sites that limit non-US or datacenter traffic. Optional — leave off to run directly.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "page": "the-best-credit-cards",
  "url": "",
  "limit": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "page": "the-best-credit-cards",
    "url": "",
    "limit": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/nerdwallet-rate-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 = {
    "page": "the-best-credit-cards",
    "url": "",
    "limit": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/nerdwallet-rate-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 '{
  "page": "the-best-credit-cards",
  "url": "",
  "limit": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/nerdwallet-rate-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,moving_beacon-owner1/nerdwallet-rate-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/xUbgbMAal1e3uLGKf/builds/vZqvdEbWbVmlO0DKU/openapi.json