# DekuDeals Scraper — Nintendo eShop Price History (`noahadler/dekudeals`) Actor

DekuDeals Nintendo Switch / eShop price history from /items/ pages: current price, MSRP, discount %, all-time low, and compressed eShop price history points. Search by keyword or pass item URLs. Not wishlist alerts. Residential proxy ready.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/noahadler/dekudeals.md
- **Developed by:** [Noah Adler](https://apify.com/noahadler) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.40 / 1,000 dekudeals price histories

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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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

## DekuDeals Scraper — Nintendo eShop Price History

Scrape **DekuDeals** Nintendo Switch / eShop **price history** from public `/items/{slug}` pages: current price, MSRP, discount %, all-time low, and compressed eShop history points.

This is **not** wishlist alerts, stock bots, or Amazon historical prices (DekuDeals hides Amazon history in the UI). Paths under `/games/` are skipped — they return Cloudflare 403.

> **Proxy:** Apify **RESIDENTIAL** (US or EU) recommended if bare IPs get blocked. Prefer `/items/` + `/search` only.

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### What this Actor does

| Step | Action |
|------|--------|
| 1 | Accept `query` and/or `itemUrls` (`/items/…`) / `itemSlugs` |
| 2 | Resolve search hits to `/items/` slugs (never `/games/`) |
| 3 | Parse embedded `price_history_data` JSON + current eShop prices |
| 4 | Compress daily series to price **change-points** (cap via `maxHistoryPoints`) |

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### Input

| Field | Required | Description |
|-------|----------|-------------|
| `query` | One of | Keyword (e.g. `zelda`) |
| `itemUrls` | One of | `https://www.dekudeals.com/items/{slug}` |
| `itemSlugs` | One of | Slugs like `celeste` |
| `maxItems` | No | 1–50 (default 20) |
| `maxHistoryPoints` | No | 1–500 compressed points (default 120) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | No | Default RESIDENTIAL + US |

#### Example

```json
{
  "query": "zelda",
  "maxItems": 5,
  "maxHistoryPoints": 80,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
```

***

### Output example

```json
{
  "itemSlug": "celeste",
  "title": "Celeste",
  "detailUrl": "https://www.dekudeals.com/items/celeste",
  "currentPrice": 4.99,
  "msrp": 19.99,
  "discountPct": 75,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "store": "Nintendo eShop",
  "platforms": ["switch"],
  "allTimeLowDigital": 4.99,
  "allTimeLowPhysical": 19.99,
  "isAllTimeLow": true,
  "priceHistory": [
    { "date": "2018-05-31", "digitalPrice": 19.99, "physicalPrice": null, "currency": "EUR", "store": "Nintendo eShop" },
    { "date": "2026-10-05", "digitalPrice": 4.99, "physicalPrice": null, "currency": "EUR", "store": "Nintendo eShop" }
  ],
  "historyPointCount": 3050,
  "historySource": "dekudeals",
  "query": "celeste",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-05T20:00:00Z",
  "error": false
}
```

`historyPointCount` is the raw daily series length before compression. `priceHistory` keeps change-points only (plus sampling if still over the cap).

***

### Notes

- Public deal/price pages only — no login / wishlist harvesting.
- Respect `robots.txt`: avoid URLs with `filter[`.
- Icon is an abstract cyan/red geometric mark inspired by Joy-Con colors — **not** the official DekuDeals logo (trademark-safe).

# Actor input Schema

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

DekuDeals search keyword (e.g. zelda, celeste). Resolves to /items/ slugs.

## `itemUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional https://www.dekudeals.com/items/{slug} URLs. /games/ URLs are skipped (Cloudflare 403).

## `itemSlugs` (type: `array`):

Optional DekuDeals item slugs (e.g. celeste).

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

Cap per run (1–50). One dataset row per game/item with embedded price history.

## `maxHistoryPoints` (type: `integer`):

Max compressed price-history change-points kept per item (1–500). Full daily series is compressed to price changes.

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

Recommended: Apify RESIDENTIAL (US or EU). /items/ often works without proxy; enable if Cloudflare blocks.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "zelda",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxHistoryPoints": 120,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `history` (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 = {
    "query": "zelda"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("noahadler/dekudeals").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": "zelda" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("noahadler/dekudeals").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": "zelda"
}' |
apify call noahadler/dekudeals --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/BcM3sfaPYrT6WSxK3/builds/yfcxqmxOhYQKkfWaO/openapi.json