IndexMundi Commodity Price Scraper

The IndexMundi Commodity Price Scraper is a powerful tool designed to help business professionals, market analysts, and researchers access comprehensive commodity price data from IndexMundi. This tool provides historical prices, trends, and market indices for over 75 commodities, including energy, metals, and agriculture. Whether you're tracking market trends or conducting in-depth analysis, this tool offers valuable insights without needing any technical skills.

📊 What Does It Do

This tool extracts comprehensive commodity price data from IndexMundi, collecting:

• Current prices for 75+ commodities across energy, metals, and agricultural markets
• Price change metrics including monthly and yearly percentage changes
• Historical price data with up to 50 years of monthly price history
• Market categorization organizing commodities by type (energy, metals, agriculture, etc.)
• Trend analysis data enabling price movement tracking and market volatility assessment

Use this data to inform investment decisions, optimize supply chain timing, build financial models, or power market intelligence dashboards.

⚡ Features

• Access historical and current price data for 75+ commodities
• Analyze trends across energy, metals, and agricultural markets
• Retrieve data for specific commodities or entire categories
• Customize historical data range up to 50 years
• Ideal for market research, financial analysis, and business strategy

🚀 How to Use

1. Sign Up: Create a free account w/ $5 credit.
2. Find the Actor: Go to IndexMundi Commodity Price Scraper on Apify.
3. Set Your Input: Choose commodities, categories, and data range.
4. Run the Actor: Start the process and let the tool gather data.
5. Download Your Data: Export results in CSV, Excel, or JSON format.

No technical skills required.

🔧 Input

Configure the tool with these simple input fields:

• Max Items: Set the number of commodities to collect.
• Specific Commodities: List of commodity names (e.g., "gold", "crude-oil").
• Categories: Select from categories like energy, metals, or agriculture.
• Historical Data Range (months): Choose how many months of historical data you need, up to 360 months (30 years).

Example Input:

{
  "commodities": ["gold", "crude-oil", "silver"],
  "maxItems": 5,
  "months": 60
}

📋 Output

The output provides detailed commodity price data, including:

• commodity: URL slug for the commodity
• name: Display name of the commodity
• category: Market category (energy, metals, agriculture, etc.)
• unit: Price unit (e.g., "USD per Troy Ounce")
• source: Data source attribution
• currentPrice: Latest available price
• monthlyChangePercent: Price change over the last month
• yearlyChangePercent: Price change over the last year
• allTimeHighPrice: Highest recorded price
• allTimeLowPrice: Lowest recorded price
• averagePrice: Average price over the requested period
• dataPointsCount: Number of monthly data points returned
• oldestDataDate: Earliest date in the price history
• newestDataDate: Most recent date in the price history
• priceHistory: Array of monthly price data points
• url: Source URL on IndexMundi
• scrapedAt: Timestamp of data collection

Example Output:

{
  "commodity": "gold",
  "name": "Gold",
  "category": "Metals",
  "unit": "USD per Troy Ounce",
  "source": "World Bank",
  "currentPrice": 3352.66,
  "monthlyChangePercent": 1.3,
  "yearlyChangePercent": 39.8,
  "allTimeHighPrice": 3352.66,
  "allTimeLowPrice": 271.04,
  "averagePrice": 897.45,
  "dataPointsCount": 360,
  "oldestDataDate": "Jan 1995",
  "newestDataDate": "Jan 2025",
  "priceHistory": [
    { "month": "Jan 2025", "price": 3352.66, "changePercent": 1.3 },
    { "month": "Dec 2024", "price": 3309.56, "changePercent": -0.8 }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=gold&months=360",
  "scrapedAt": "2025-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Download options include CSV, Excel, and JSON.

💼 Use Cases

Market Researchers

• Track commodity price trends over time
• Compare historical data across different commodities
• Analyze market volatility and stability

Business Analysts

• Inform strategic business decisions with reliable data
• Identify potential investment opportunities
• Assess market conditions for supply chain management

Financial Analysts

• Conduct in-depth financial analysis with accurate data
• Forecast future market movements
• Evaluate investment risks and returns

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How does it work? A: Simply set your preferences, run the tool, and download the data. It's designed for ease of use without any technical setup.

Q: How accurate is the data? A: The data is sourced directly from IndexMundi, ensuring high accuracy and reliability.

Q: Can I schedule regular runs? A: Yes. You can schedule the actor to run at regular intervals to keep your data up-to-date.

Q: What if I need help? A: Contact us through the support link below. We're happy to help you get the most out of this tool.

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📬 Support Contact us to request a new scraper, propose a custom data project, or report a technical issue with this actor at https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA

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Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by IndexMundi or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.