# Mercado Libre Scraper - Prices and Products, 18 Countries (`pioneering_explosion/ml-monitor-mx`) Actor

Live Mercado Libre data across 18 LATAM countries: prices, discounts, installments, stock. Monitor competitors and hunt profitable products to resell.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pioneering\_explosion/ml-monitor-mx.md
- **Developed by:** [Xavier Hernández López](https://apify.com/pioneering_explosion) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

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# README

### What does Mercado Libre Scraper do?

**Mercado Libre Scraper** extracts live product data from [MercadoLibre](https://www.mercadolibre.com.mx) — Latin America's largest marketplace — across **18 countries** (Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and more). No official API needed: every result is parsed and verified from real listing pages.

Use it to **monitor competitors**, track prices daily, detect discounts, and find products to resell.

### Why scrape Mercado Libre?

- **Price monitoring** — watch any product and catch price drops before others do.
- **Competitor research** — see what rivals charge, their discounts and installments in every country.
- **Reselling** — find underpriced products with free shipping to flip for profit.
- **Market coverage** — one Actor for 18 countries, with sorting by relevance, price ascending or descending, and real pagination.

### What data can Mercado Libre Scraper extract?

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `title` | string | Product title |
| `price_mxn` | number | Numeric price (AR/CL thousands with dots parsed correctly) |
| `old_price_mxn` / `discount_pct` | number | Original price and real discount % |
| `installments` | string | Monthly payments info |
| `sold_text` | string | Units sold |
| `free_shipping` | boolean | Free shipping flag |
| `permalink` | string | Direct product link |
| `country` | string | MX, AR, BR, CL… (18 supported) |
| `parse_confidence` | number | Extraction confidence 0–1 |

Enable `extendedDetails` and the Actor also opens each product page for approximate units sold, warranty and the full attributes table (brand, model, …).

### How to scrape Mercado Libre

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Enter your **product** in `query` (e.g. `licuadora ninja`) and pick a **country** (default MX).
3. Optionally set **sorting**, **maxResults** (up to 200) and **pages**.
4. Click **Run**.
5. Download your data as **JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML** from the Dataset tab.

```json
{
  "title": "Licuadora Ninja Profesional Plus BN701LAA 1400W",
  "price_mxn": 2499,
  "free_shipping": true,
  "permalink": "https://www.mercadolibre.com.mx/...",
  "parse_confidence": 0.85
}
```

### How much does it cost to scrape Mercado Libre?

**$2 per 1,000 results** — less than half the price of the leading Amazon-style scrapers. Platform compute and proxy costs are paid by you (Store standard). A residential proxy of the target country is recommended, as datacenter IPs get blocked.

### Tips

- Use `price_asc` sorting with a low `maxResults` to hunt bargains fast and cheap.
- Schedule daily runs via the Apify **Scheduler** and compare datasets to detect price changes automatically.
- Combine with our [I24 Monitor MX](https://apify.com/pioneering_explosion/i24-monitor-mx) and [Glassdoor Monitor](https://apify.com/pioneering_explosion/glassdoor-monitor) for Mexico market coverage across e-commerce, real estate and jobs.

Our Actors are ethical and only extract publicly visible product data. They do not collect private user information.

# Actor input Schema

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

Producto a buscar (ej. licuadora ninja)

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Tope de productos (1-200)

## `extendedDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Abre cada producto para garantía, vendidos y atributos (más lento)

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Residencial MX recomendado: la IP de datacenter la bloquea ML

## `country` (type: `string`):

MX, AR, BR, CL, CO, CR, DO, EC, GT, HN, NI, PA, PY, PE, SV, UY, VE, BO

## `sort` (type: `string`):

relevance, price\_asc, price\_desc

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Páginas de resultados (1-5)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxResults": 20,
  "extendedDetails": false,
  "country": "MX",
  "sort": "relevance",
  "maxPages": 3
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Un item por producto: titulo, precio\_mxn, envio gratis, enlace (y garantia/vendidos/atributos en modo extendido).

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pioneering_explosion/ml-monitor-mx").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pioneering_explosion/ml-monitor-mx").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 '{}' |
apify call pioneering_explosion/ml-monitor-mx --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pioneering_explosion/ml-monitor-mx"
        }
    }
}
```

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/R5KdEsM1iGVMNafvl/builds/yDlxmi2Fq0Gqh874v/openapi.json