Subito.it Strumenti Musicali Scraper

Fast and optimized scraper for musical instrument listings on Subito.it, Italy's leading classifieds marketplace.

🎯 What it does

Extracts musical instrument listings from Subito.it based on your search criteria:

• Search by keyword within the Strumenti Musicali category
• Filter by price range
• Get clean, structured JSON data
• Scrape multiple pages efficiently
• Optimized for low memory usage and fast performance

💰 Who is this for

• 🎸 Musicians looking for second-hand instruments at the best price
• 🏪 Music shop owners monitoring the used instrument market
• 🔍 Deal hunters tracking specific instruments or brands
• 📊 Price comparison and market research across instrument types
• 🤖 Automated deal alerts for rare or collectible instruments
• 📈 Market trend analysis for specific instrument categories

🚀 Input

{
  "keyword": "chitarra fender",
  "minPrice": 100,
  "maxPrice": 800,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "location": "milano"
}

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
keyword	string	Yes	—	What to search for (e.g., 'chitarra fender', 'pianoforte', 'basso elettrico')
minPrice	integer	No	null	Minimum price in euros
maxPrice	integer	No	null	Maximum price in euros
maxPages	integer	No	3	Number of pages to scrape (max: 50, ~30 results per page)
location	string	No	null	Location filter (e.g., 'milano', 'roma', 'italia')

Example inputs

Search for Fender guitars under €800:

{
  "keyword": "chitarra fender",
  "maxPrice": 800,
  "maxPages": 3
}

Search for pianos nationwide:

{
  "keyword": "pianoforte",
  "maxPages": 5,
  "location": "italia"
}

Search for electric basses with price range:

{
  "keyword": "basso elettrico",
  "minPrice": 150,
  "maxPrice": 600,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "location": "roma"
}

📦 Output

Clean JSON array with each listing containing:

{
  "title": "Chitarra Fender Stratocaster American Standard",
  "price": 650,
  "priceRaw": "650 €",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "link": "https://www.subito.it/...",
  "location": "Milano (MI)",
  "images": ["image_url"]
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Listing title as shown on Subito.it
price	number	Parsed price as a number (null if not available)
priceRaw	string	Raw price string as shown (e.g., "650 €")
currency	string	Always "EUR"
link	string	Full URL to the listing on Subito.it
location	string	Seller location (city and province)
images	array	Array with the first listing image URL

⚙️ How it works

1. Builds search URL targeting https://www.subito.it/annunci-italia/vendita/strumenti-musicali/
2. Appends your keyword, price filters, and pagination parameters
3. Navigates through result pages with an optimized Playwright browser
4. Extracts listing details efficiently using DOM selectors
5. Returns structured data ready for use

🔧 Technical details

• Uses Playwright with optimized browser settings
• Handles pagination automatically
• Low memory footprint (< 1GB RAM)
• Optimized selectors for fast extraction
• Efficient cookie consent handling
• Reduced timeouts for faster scraping
• Blocks images, fonts, and media to minimize memory usage

📊 Performance

Pages	Approx. results	Approx. run time	Memory usage
1	~30	~30s	< 512MB
3 (default)	~90	~90s	< 1GB
10	~300	~5min	< 1GB
50 (max)	~1500	~25min	< 2GB

💡 Use cases

For musicians: Track second-hand prices for a specific brand or model to know when a deal is good

For resellers: Monitor listings for underpriced instruments you can flip or restore

For researchers: Analyze the second-hand market for a category of instruments (e.g., vintage guitars, acoustic pianos)

📊 Pricing

• Free tier: Try it with $5 free credits monthly
• Pay per result: $X per 1,000 results
• No subscription required

🛟 Support

Found a bug? Have a feature request? Open an issue on GitHub or contact via Apify.

⚖️ Legal

This scraper respects Subito.it's terms of service and robots.txt. Only publicly available data is extracted. Use responsibly and in accordance with local laws.

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