🚀 LabX Laboratory Equipment Scraper

Collect laboratory equipment listings and product details from LabX.com in a structured, analysis ready format.

LabX is a major marketplace for new, used, and refurbished laboratory equipment. This scraper helps procurement teams, lab managers, and market researchers automate data collection for pricing analysis, supplier research, and catalog monitoring.

No technical skills required. Configure input, run the actor, and export data as CSV, Excel, or JSON.

📌 Scope Notice

This actor is focused on LabX listing pages and product detail pages. It does not perform checkout actions, account actions, or transaction workflows.

✨ What Does It Do

The LabX.com Scraper collects rich product records including:

• Core product identity: product name, manufacturer, model, condition
• Commercial data: price, currency, and availability indicators
• Seller context: seller name and location
• Product details: description, warranty, and category tags
• Traceability: image URLs and direct product URLs
• Freshness timestamp: scrapedAt for every record

This supports sourcing workflows, market benchmarking, pricing intelligence, and equipment catalog enrichment.

🎬 Demo Video

Coming soon. A full walkthrough video will be added.

🔧 Input

Use exactly one mode:

• startUrl mode: direct LabX category/listing/search URL
• searchQuery mode: keyword search (for broad discovery)

Important validation rules:

• Use startUrl OR searchQuery, not both
• maxItems does not count as a filter mode
• Free users are automatically limited to 100 items
• Paid users can run up to 1,000,000 items

Why this design for LabX categories

LabX behaves like a large shop with many category filters. Not all filter options are shared across all categories.
For that reason:

• Use startUrl when you want category filters exactly as shown on the website
• Use searchQuery when you want generic keyword discovery across categories

Start URL mode example

{
  "startUrl": "https://www.labx.com/categories/centrifuges",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}

Search Query mode example

{
  "searchQuery": "microscope",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}

📊 Output

The actor exports structured product records with listing and detail page fields. The output schema exposes the overview view.

{
  "imageUrl": "https://images.labx.com/example.jpg",
  "productName": "Beckman Coulter Allegra X-15R Centrifuge",
  "manufacturer": "Beckman Coulter",
  "model": "Allegra X-15R",
  "condition": "Used",
  "price": 7500,
  "currency": "USD",
  "availability": "In Stock",
  "seller": "Lab Equipment Seller Inc.",
  "location": "California, USA",
  "description": "Refrigerated benchtop centrifuge in excellent condition...",
  "warranty": "30 days",
  "categories": ["Centrifuges", "Benchtop Centrifuges"],
  "productUrl": "https://www.labx.com/item/example",
  "producDetail": {
    "pageTitle": "Beckman Coulter Allegra X-15R Centrifuge | LabX.com",
    "metaDescription": "Used Beckman Coulter Allegra X-15R for sale...",
    "jsonLdType": "Product",
    "jsonLdKeys": ["@context", "@type", "description", "image", "name", "offers", "url"],
    "offerKeys": ["@type", "availability", "price", "priceCurrency", "seller"],
    "detailFields": {
      "Condition": "Used",
      "Warranty": "30 days",
      "Manufacturer": "Beckman Coulter"
    }
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-02-18T15:30:00.000Z",
  "error": ""
}

Field highlights:

• productName, manufacturer, model: equipment identity
• condition, price, currency, availability: commercial and inventory context
• seller, location: vendor context
• description, warranty, categories: decision support metadata
• producDetail: extra product details and parsed key values when available
• productUrl, imageUrl: verification and catalog linking
• scrapedAt: extraction timestamp
• error: error message when extraction fails (last field)

💎 Why Choose the LabX.com Scraper?

Category + Search Flexibility: Works with direct LabX category/listing URLs and keyword search mode.

Built for Complex Shop Structure: Supports category variability by letting you use exact website URLs in startUrl.

Time Saving Automation: Replace manual browsing and copy/paste with repeatable extraction runs.

Business Ready Data: Structured output for procurement analysis, pricing benchmarks, and reporting.

No Coding Required: Easy setup through Apify UI and export in common business formats.

📋 How to Use

Step 1: Sign Up
Create a free account w/ $5 credit

Step 2: Open the Actor
Find the LabX.com Scraper in Apify and open the input form.

Step 3: Choose Mode
Use either startUrl mode or searchQuery mode.

Step 4: Set maxItems and Proxy
Set collection size and choose proxy mode based on your run strategy. Prefill starts with proxy disabled.

Step 5: Run and Export
Download data from Dataset as CSV, Excel, or JSON.

🎯 Business Use Cases

Procurement Teams

• Compare equipment options by condition, model, and seller
• Build sourcing shortlists across categories
• Monitor availability and pricing changes

Lab Operations

• Track replacement equipment opportunities
• Organize vendor data by category and location
• Support budgeting with fresh listing prices

Market Research

• Analyze equipment category depth and price distribution
• Benchmark brand/manufacturer presence
• Track market movement across high value equipment classes

Data and BI Teams

• Feed structured listing data into dashboards
• Build recurring snapshots for trend analysis
• Combine marketplace data with internal procurement datasets

❓ FAQ

Can I use startUrl and searchQuery together?
No. Use one mode per run. This keeps results clean and predictable. If you already know the exact LabX page or filtered results page you need, use startUrl. If you want broader discovery by keyword, use searchQuery.

Why use startUrl on LabX?
LabX has many categories, and each category can behave differently. Using startUrl keeps the exact page context, including category selection, sorting, and visible filter setup from the website. This is the best option when you need precise and repeatable results.

Can I scrape any LabX URL?
Use listing, category, or search result URLs from labx.com. Product detail URLs are also supported during extraction when they appear in listing results. Avoid account pages, checkout pages, or private sections.

Can I schedule recurring runs?
Yes. You can schedule runs daily, weekly, or with a custom frequency in Apify. This is useful for continuous market monitoring, supplier tracking, and price change detection without manual work.

What output formats are available?
You can download results as CSV, Excel, or JSON. This makes it easy to use the data in spreadsheets, BI dashboards, internal databases, or automated workflows.

🔗 Integrate this Scraper with any app

Connect this actor with your favorite tools:

• Make - Automate workflows
• Zapier - Connect apps
• GitHub - Versioning and automation
• Slack - Notifications
• Airbyte - Data pipelines
• Google Drive - Spreadsheet export

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🆘 Need Help?

We are here to support your data collection success:

• Check the FAQ section above
• Contact us for custom data projects
• Report technical issues for fast support
• Request improvements for your workflow

📞 Contact

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

⚠️ Disclaimer

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