# Idealo Price Comparison Scraper (`reventadata/idealo-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Idealo product offers, lowest prices, merchant counts, specs and ratings across 6 European markets (DE, AT, ES, FR, IT, UK).

- **URL**: https://apify.com/reventadata/idealo-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [reventadata](https://apify.com/reventadata) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 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.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Idealo Scraper

> **Unofficial.** This scraper is an independent open-source tool and is not affiliated with, authorized, maintained, sponsored, or endorsed by Idealo or any of its affiliates.

Fast, reliable, and cost-effective scraper for **Idealo**, Europe's leading price comparison platform. Extract product listings, comparison offers, lowest prices, merchant offer counts, customer review ratings, and technical specifications across **6 European markets**: Germany, Austria, Spain, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

***

### Features

- **Multi-Market Support**: Seamlessly scrape across 6 Idealo domains:
  - Germany (`idealo.de`)
  - Austria (`idealo.at`)
  - Spain (`idealo.es`)
  - France (`idealo.fr`)
  - Italy (`idealo.it`)
  - United Kingdom (`idealo.co.uk`)
- **Rich Data Fields**: Captures best available price, currency, merchant offer count, review rating, review count, product description, image URL, and direct product link.
- **Sorting & Filtering**: Supports built-in sorting (Popularity, Lowest Price, Highest Price, Greatest Discount, Newest) plus post-filtering by price range and offer count.
- **Akamai Bypass**: Pre-configured with Apify Unblocker proxy integration to handle anti-bot defenses reliably.
- **Pay-Per-Event Pricing**: Transparent pricing at **$1.00 per 1,000 products** ($0.001 per item) with no hidden fees or large minimums.

***

### Input Parameters

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `searchQueries` | Array of strings | `["iphone"]` | List of search keywords to query. |
| `country` | String (enum) | `"DE"` | Target Idealo marketplace (`DE`, `AT`, `ES`, `FR`, `IT`, `UK`). |
| `maxItems` | Integer | `60` | Maximum number of products to extract. |
| `maxPages` | Integer | `5` | Maximum pagination pages to crawl per query. |
| `sort` | String (enum) | `"DEFAULT"` | Sort order (`DEFAULT`, `PRICE_ASC`, `PRICE_DESC`, `DISCOUNT_DESC`, `NEWEST`). |
| `minPrice` | Number | `null` | Optional minimum price filter in local currency. |
| `maxPrice` | Number | `null` | Optional maximum price filter in local currency. |
| `minOffers` | Integer | `null` | Filter products with at least N comparing merchant offers. |
| `includeKeywords` | Array of strings | `null` | Only keep products whose title/description contain these terms. |
| `excludeKeywords` | Array of strings | `null` | Exclude products whose title/description contain these terms. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | `UNBLOCKER` | Proxy settings (uses Apify Unblocker by default). |

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### Sample Output

Each product is pushed to the dataset with the following structure:

```json
{
  "id": "207643424",
  "title": "Apple iPhone 17",
  "url": "https://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/207643424_-iphone-17-apple.html",
  "price": 859.0,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "offersCount": 545,
  "rating": 1.5,
  "reviewsCount": 271,
  "description": "5G Handy, 6,3 Zoll, 120 Hz, 48 MP, 8 GB RAM, A19, iOS 26, 3.692 mAh",
  "image": "https://cdn.idealo.com/folder/Product/207643/4/207643424/apple-iphone-17.jpg",
  "country": "DE",
  "matchedKeyword": "iphone",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-16T18:15:30.123456+00:00"
}
```

***

### Pricing

- **Pay-Per-Event**: **$0.0010 per scraped product** ($1.00 / 1,000 items).
- **Actor start event**: **$0.00005**.
- **Minimum charge per run**: **$0.01**.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

List of keywords or search queries to run on Idealo.

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

Idealo country marketplace to scrape (DE, AT, ES, FR, IT, UK).

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

Total maximum number of product listings to scrape and save.

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

Maximum number of pagination pages to walk per query.

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

Sort order of product results.

## `minPrice` (type: `number`):

Optional minimum price filter in local currency.

## `maxPrice` (type: `number`):

Optional maximum price filter in local currency.

## `minOffers` (type: `integer`):

Optional minimum number of comparing shop offers (e.g. 5).

## `includeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Keywords that must all appear in the title or description.

## `excludeKeywords` (type: `array`):

Keywords that must NOT appear in the title or description (e.g. accessories, cases).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy configuration. Uses Apify Unblocker by default to bypass Akamai bot defenses.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "iphone"
  ],
  "country": "DE",
  "maxItems": 5,
  "maxPages": 1,
  "sort": "DEFAULT",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "UNBLOCKER"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Items scraped from the target website.

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "iphone"
    ],
    "country": "DE",
    "maxItems": 5,
    "maxPages": 1,
    "sort": "DEFAULT",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "UNBLOCKER"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("reventadata/idealo-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 = {
    "searchQueries": ["iphone"],
    "country": "DE",
    "maxItems": 5,
    "maxPages": 1,
    "sort": "DEFAULT",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["UNBLOCKER"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("reventadata/idealo-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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "iphone"
  ],
  "country": "DE",
  "maxItems": 5,
  "maxPages": 1,
  "sort": "DEFAULT",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "UNBLOCKER"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call reventadata/idealo-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,reventadata/idealo-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/OUUptITWu610c7GNA/builds/cxjpLydJNmbPNvxSk/openapi.json