# Rakuten Japan Product Scraper (`muhammadafzal/rakuten-japan-product-scraper`) Actor

Extract public Rakuten Ichiba Japan product listings by keyword or search URL, including product links, JPY prices, shops, ratings, reviews, images, shipping text, and availability.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/muhammadafzal/rakuten-japan-product-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Muhammad Afzal](https://apify.com/muhammadafzal) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 product scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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?

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Rakuten Japan Product Scraper

Scrapes public Rakuten Ichiba Japan search pages and returns one stable dataset record per unique product. It supports Japanese or English keywords, existing Rakuten search URLs, pagination, optional product-page enrichment, and Japan-targeted Apify Proxy.

### Input

Use `searchQueries` for keywords such as `ワイヤレスイヤホン`, or pass `startUrls` containing URLs from `https://search.rakuten.co.jp/`. `maxResults` caps both returned products and product-scraped charges. `includeDetails` is optional and makes one additional request per product.

### Output

Each record contains the product URL, title, JPY price and text, shop, rating, review count, shipping and availability text, images, optional category/description, the originating search URL, and `scrapedAt`. Run diagnostics are written to the `SUMMARY` key-value record.

The actor uses public pages only. It does not log in, place orders, access buyer accounts, or scrape private content. Rakuten may change page markup or apply access controls; blocked runs report an error and do not fabricate products.

### Pricing

The actor charges $0.004 per unique product returned. The configured maximum result count is also the maximum result-event cost cap.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Japanese or English product keywords. One result page is started per query. Example: \["ワイヤレスイヤホン", "コーヒーメーカー"].

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional Rakuten search result URLs from search.rakuten.co.jp. Use this for filters, categories, or an existing search URL.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of unique products to return and bill for.

## `maxPagesPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Pagination limit for each search query or start URL.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Open product pages to add structured description, category, availability, and richer image data. This uses more requests.

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

Retries for failed search pages.

## `proxyConfig` (type: `object`):

Use Apify Proxy with Japan targeting by default. Disable only if you have a permitted direct network path.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "ワイヤレスイヤホン"
  ],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "maxPagesPerQuery": 3,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "maxRequestRetries": 2,
  "proxyConfig": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset URL containing one record per unique Rakuten product.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Key-value record containing counts, warnings, and cost.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("muhammadafzal/rakuten-japan-product-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("muhammadafzal/rakuten-japan-product-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 '{}' |
apify call muhammadafzal/rakuten-japan-product-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,muhammadafzal/rakuten-japan-product-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/YnzzXmKXLZ042E7ys/builds/UgngP2vsS0dynSUEa/openapi.json