# Steam Community Market Prices Scraper (`parseforge/steam-market-prices-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/steam-market-prices-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Games
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.62 / 1,000 results

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

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

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## 🎮 Steam Community Market Prices Scraper

> 🚀 **Export live Steam Community Market prices for any game in seconds.**

This Actor pulls item prices, listing counts, and images from the Steam Community Market for any Steam app, straight from Steam's own market search API. No login, no API key.

The Steam Community Market lists hundreds of thousands of tradable items across CS2, Dota 2, Team Fortress 2, Rust and more. This scraper turns any game's market into a clean, structured dataset.

| For | Use it to |
|---|---|
| Traders & investors | Track item prices and market depth across a game |
| Analysts & data teams | Build price datasets, monitor trends, spot arbitrage |
| Developers | Enrich apps with live market prices and item metadata |

### 📋 What it does

- Lists market items for any Steam `appId` (default 730 = Counter-Strike 2).
- Returns price, listing count, item type, image, and market URL per item.
- Optional `query` to filter; paginates automatically up to your `maxItems`.

> 💡 **Why it matters:** it reads Steam's own market search API, so results are complete and current, not screen-scraped.

### 📊 Output

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| 🖼️ `imageUrl` | Item image |
| 🏷️ `name` | Item name |
| 🔑 `hashName` | Market hash name (unique key) |
| 🎮 `appId` / `appName` | Steam app id and name |
| 🗂️ `type` | Item type/grade |
| 💲 `price` | Current lowest sell price |
| 🔢 `priceCents` | Price in cents |
| 📈 `sellListings` | Number of active listings |
| 🔗 `marketUrl` | Steam market listing URL |
| 🕓 `scrapedAt` | When this row was collected |

Sample record:

```json
{
  "name": "Dreams & Nightmares Case",
  "appName": "Counter-Strike 2",
  "type": "Base Grade Container",
  "price": "$1.67",
  "priceCents": 167,
  "sellListings": 491975,
  "marketUrl": "https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/730/Dreams%20%26%20Nightmares%20Case"
}
```

### 🚀 How to use

1. [Create a free account w/ $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp).
2. Open the Actor, set the `appId` (and optional `query`) and `maxItems`.
3. Run it and download JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML.

### ❓ FAQ

**Do I need a Steam API key?** No. It uses the public Steam market search API.

**Which games are supported?** Any Steam app with a Community Market, by its `appId` (730 CS2, 570 Dota 2, 440 TF2, 252490 Rust, and more).

**How many items can I get?** As many as the game lists, up to `maxItems`. Large runs paginate automatically.

**How fresh are the prices?** Every run reads the market live.

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

- [DOAJ Journals & Subject Classification Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/doaj-subject-classification-scraper)
- [PubMed Article Metadata Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/pubmed-article-metadata-scraper)

> 💡 **Pro Tip:** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge) for more data Actors.

***

*This Actor is not affiliated with Valve or Steam. It reads publicly available data from the Steam Community Market for research and analysis. Respect Steam's terms and rate limits.*

# Actor input Schema

## `appId` (type: `integer`):

Steam application id whose market to scrape (e.g. 730 = Counter-Strike 2, 570 = Dota 2, 440 = Team Fortress 2, 252490 = Rust).

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

Optional market search text. Leave empty to list all items for the app.

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

Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "appId": 730,
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Complete dataset of scraped market items.

# 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 = {
    "appId": 730,
    "query": "",
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/steam-market-prices-scraper").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 = {
    "appId": 730,
    "query": "",
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/steam-market-prices-scraper").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 '{
  "appId": 730,
  "query": "",
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/steam-market-prices-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,parseforge/steam-market-prices-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/PrlLuUzvtvLqcGZff/builds/Lo8sMG1gYROAXRgNy/openapi.json