# Met Museum Scraper: Artworks by Keyword (`naimurhasanrwd/metmuseum-artwork-scraper`) Actor

Search the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection by keyword via its public API: artist, date, medium, department and image. No login, no proxy, no browser.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/naimurhasanrwd/metmuseum-artwork-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Naimur Hasan](https://apify.com/naimurhasanrwd) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

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

## 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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Met Museum Scraper

Searches the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection by keyword through its
public Collection API. No login, no proxy, no browser.

### Input

| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `query` | string | Required. Free-text search, e.g. `sunflowers`. Default `sunflowers`. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Cap on artworks returned. Default `10`. |
| `hasImages` | boolean | Restrict to objects that have an image. Default `true`. |

### Output

One row per artwork: `objectId`, `title`, `artist`, `artistNationality`,
`objectDate`, `medium`, `dimensions`, `department`, `classification`,
`culture`, `isPublicDomain`, `primaryImage`, `creditLine`,
`accessionNumber`, `objectUrl`.

### Notes

- The Met splits this into two endpoints: search returns only object IDs, and
  each object costs its own request. `maxItems` is therefore the main lever on
  how long a run takes.
- The API returns `""` rather than `null` for fields an object has no value
  for; those are normalized to `null` so an empty field is not mistaken for a
  real value.
- A query matching nothing throws rather than finishing with an empty dataset,
  which would otherwise look like a successful run that found nothing.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Free-text search across the collection, e.g. sunflowers

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

Cap on artworks returned. Each one costs a separate API call, so a high value makes the run longer.

## `hasImages` (type: `boolean`):

Restrict the search to objects that have at least one image

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "sunflowers",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "hasImages": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

Every artwork the run matched.

# 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 = {
    "query": "sunflowers"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("naimurhasanrwd/metmuseum-artwork-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 = { "query": "sunflowers" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("naimurhasanrwd/metmuseum-artwork-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 '{
  "query": "sunflowers"
}' |
apify call naimurhasanrwd/metmuseum-artwork-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,naimurhasanrwd/metmuseum-artwork-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/3uh6PkJH7JpbTIz4K/builds/imgwmJbWa2Fz3Gy5j/openapi.json