Flipkart Products Scraper — India Catalog Search

Flipkart India catalog search: title, INR price, MRP, discount %, rating, rating count, brand, key specs, product URL and image — one clean Dataset row per listing.

HTTP-only (curl_cffi + Chrome TLS). Parses Flipkart’s public window.__INITIAL_STATE__ / is_script / __NEXT_DATA__ and extracts PRODUCT_SUMMARY widgets.

Proxy: Flipkart sits behind Akamai geo/antibot. Production runs need Apify RESIDENTIAL with country IN. Without it, expect a soft-fail error row (403/challenge) — not fake empty success.

Why this Actor: India B2C catalog · Clean PPE schema · Keyword or search URL · No Playwright · Honest antibot limits · Racimo IN (Naukri + IndiaMART + Flipkart)

Store icon: set the Actor icon in Apify Console (PNG not shipped in this repo).

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What this Actor does

Step	Action
1	Accept query and/or searchUrl, optional sort / maxItems
2	Build https://www.flipkart.com/search?q=… (or reuse your URL + page=)
3	GET with curl_cffi impersonate chrome124
4	Parse __INITIAL_STATE__ → PRODUCT_SUMMARY → product cards
5	Normalize price / MRP / discount / rating / brand / specs → Dataset
6	Paginate until maxItems or empty page

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Input

Field	Required	Description
query	One of query/URL	Keyword (e.g. wireless earbuds)
searchUrl	One of query/URL	Full Flipkart search/category URL (keeps filters)
sort	No	relevance, price_asc, price_desc, popularity, recency_desc
maxItems	No	1–200 (default 40)
proxyConfiguration	No	Default RESIDENTIAL; Actor injects IN if country empty

Example

{
  "query": "wireless earbuds",
  "sort": "relevance",
  "maxItems": 40,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "IN"
  }
}

Example with search URL

{
  "searchUrl": "https://www.flipkart.com/search?q=iphone+15&sid=tyy%2C4io",
  "maxItems": 20
}

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Output example

{
  "productId": "MOBGTAGPHZXYABC",
  "title": "boAt Airdopes 141 Bluetooth Truly Wireless…",
  "price": 999.0,
  "mrp": 4490.0,
  "discountPercent": 77.0,
  "currency": "INR",
  "rating": 4.1,
  "ratingCount": 185432,
  "brand": "boAt",
  "detailUrl": "https://www.flipkart.com/boat-airdopes-…/p/itm…",
  "imageUrl": "https://rukminim2.flixcart.com/image/312/312/…",
  "keySpecs": ["Bluetooth 5.0", "Up to 42 Hours Playback"],
  "query": "wireless earbuds",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-22T00:00:00Z",
  "error": false,
  "errorMessage": null
}

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Output fields

Field	Notes
productId	Flipkart product / listing id when present
title, brand	From titles / brand fields
price, mrp, discountPercent	INR; discount from totalDiscount or derived
currency	Always INR
rating, ratingCount	Average + count
detailUrl, imageUrl	Absolute URLs ({@width} → 312)
keySpecs	List of highlight strings (or string fallback)
query, scrapedAt, error, errorMessage	Run metadata

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Quick start (API)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("noahadler/flipkart-products").call(
    run_input={
        "query": "wireless earbuds",
        "maxItems": 20,
        "proxyConfiguration": {
            "useApifyProxy": True,
            "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
            "apifyProxyCountry": "IN",
        },
    }
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item.get("title"), item.get("price"), item.get("detailUrl"))

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Use cases

• India ecommerce price / discount monitoring
• Catalog snapshots for PPE pipelines
• Competitor assortment vs Amazon.in / other IN marketplaces
• Lead gen for brands / sellers visible on Flipkart search

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Limitations

• Akamai: without RESIDENTIAL IN, runs often soft-fail with a clear error row.
• SSR layout: Flipkart may change slot IDs; this Actor keys off PRODUCT_SUMMARY, not a fixed slot.
• Search cards only (v0.1): no deep /p/itm… enrichment, no reviews crawl.
• Respect Flipkart Terms of Service and applicable laws.

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FAQ

Do I need both query and searchUrl?
No — provide either. If both are set, the Actor uses searchUrl for fetching and keeps query as metadata when present.

Why error on first run?
Almost always missing India residential proxy. Enable Apify Proxy → RESIDENTIAL → IN.

Does this use Playwright?
No. HTTP only (curl_cffi + Chrome TLS fingerprint).

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Keywords

flipkart scraper, flipkart api, india ecommerce, flipkart product search, INR price mrp discount, flipkart catalog dataset, PPE flipkart, india marketplace scraper, wireless earbuds flipkart