# Amazon New Releases Scout — Top New Products per Category (`primesieve/amazon-new-releases-scout`) Actor

Gets the top-ranked new releases in any Amazon category — rank, title, USD price, rating, review count, URL. One cheap fetch per category (no browser). Ideal for spotting fresh products and fast-moving niches.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/primesieve/amazon-new-releases-scout.md
- **Developed by:** [Prime Sieve](https://apify.com/primesieve) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 releases

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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#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".

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

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# README

## Amazon New Releases Scout

Get the **top-ranked new releases** in any Amazon category — the freshest, fastest-moving products on the marketplace right now.

### Why

New releases are where opportunity shows up first: fresh listings, thin competition, early pricing gaps. This actor returns the category's new-releases leaderboard — rank, title, price, rating — in one cheap fetch per category. No browser, no API keys.

Each result: `rank`, `ASIN`, `title`, `price (USD)`, `rating`, `review count`, `url`, `category`.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `categories` | string\[] | required | Category slug(s), e.g. `["electronics", "lawn-garden"]` or `["all"]` for everything |
| `minPrice` | int | 0 | Minimum price USD (0 = none) |
| `maxPrice` | int | 0 | Maximum price USD (0 = none) |
| `topN` | int | 20 | Top-ranked releases per category (max 30) |

Common category slugs: `electronics`, `toys-and-games`, `books`, `lawn-garden`, `kitchen`, `beauty`, `sporting-goods`, `tools`, `pet-supplies`, `videogames`, `fashion`, `automotive`. Use `all` for the main New Releases page (mixed categories).

### Output

One dataset item per release:

```json
{
  "rank": 1,
  "asin": "B0GWFN7Y8T",
  "title": "Pocket Hose Ballistic 50 FT Expandable Garden Hose",
  "price": 47.49,
  "rating": 4.4,
  "reviewCount": 2862,
  "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWFN7Y8T",
  "category": "Patio, Lawn & Garden"
}
```

### Pricing

- **$0.002 per release** (pay-per-event) = **$2.00 per 1,000 releases**
- `apify-actor-start`: $0.05 covers fixed startup cost

Free-plan users get one category (top 20 releases) free per run.

### Notes

- Rank = position in Amazon's official new-releases list for that category (1 = top).
- `price` is `null` for products Amazon shows as "See options" (no single list price).
- `rating` / `reviewCount` are `null` for brand-new products with no ratings yet.
- Runs on a plain `fetch` (no headless browser) — fast and cheap; Amazon may occasionally throttle, the actor retries automatically.

# Actor input Schema

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Category slugs or names to fetch new releases for. Use "all" for the full New Releases page. Examples: "electronics", "toys-and-games", "books", "lawn-garden", "kitchen", "all".

## `minPrice` (type: `integer`):

Only keep products priced at or above this. 0 = no minimum.

## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`):

Only keep products priced at or below this. 0 = no maximum.

## `topN` (type: `integer`):

How many top-ranked new releases to return per category (max 30).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categories": [
    "electronics",
    "toys-and-games",
    "lawn-garden"
  ],
  "minPrice": 0,
  "maxPrice": 0,
  "topN": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `releases` (type: `string`):

All saved release records

# 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 = {
    "categories": [
        "electronics",
        "toys-and-games",
        "lawn-garden"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("primesieve/amazon-new-releases-scout").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 = { "categories": [
        "electronics",
        "toys-and-games",
        "lawn-garden",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("primesieve/amazon-new-releases-scout").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 '{
  "categories": [
    "electronics",
    "toys-and-games",
    "lawn-garden"
  ]
}' |
apify call primesieve/amazon-new-releases-scout --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,primesieve/amazon-new-releases-scout"
        }
    }
}

```

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/QRdOSsPRC0aEOODYq/builds/JxlwoZaM9pIIjbZD0/openapi.json